As half of England enters drought status, are we entering a global water crisis?

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Dr.Grass said:

Netyaroze said:
If its the worst drought since 1976 doesnt that mean 1976 was worse ?

So if we are entering a global water crisis (maybe) right now and not 35 years ago what is this based on ?

That there are droughts on earth and continents/countries with less water ?

Global warming should ensure that the Arctic melts and more water condensates and thus more rain falls.

LOL. More likely Europe will freeze over completely due to change of ocean currents.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2004/05mar_arctic/

Westerlies will still blow regardless if the gulf stream sinks mid atlantic due to the greater influx of fresh water. It's the very rotation of the Earth, instead of local climate, that makes temparate latitude landmasses have far warmer winters in ther western half than their eastern half. Compare Labrador to British Columbia, or Kamtchaka to Great Britain (of course Labrador is a bit too far since the foul weather of the Greenland icecap reaches far and wide. No wonder some of the northernmost treelines lie as far as possible from Greenland; Tamir peninsula, over 70 N).

Still you get the picture. To even think Europe will "freeze over completely" even should the GS collapse right now is a bit, well...

 

OT - anyways I must confess the OP made me laugh a bit. I mean, "England on drought, is the world facing a water crisis?" sounds a bit 1900 to me... but alright, I know he didn't mean it, no need to pick up on that one. Just adding everything's fine here on Brazil, just as we were once in drought and will be in the future. It's just the way climate works.

Still I wonder when mankind will realize how silly it looks when they flush their own shit and piss on tons of fresh water and still have the nerve to whine about water shortage. You all want a livable planet? How about start acting on it for real, for once?