An international research team led by scientists from the Chinese "Beijing Normal University" indicated that the connection between regions that may appear at first glance to be completely cut off from each other on the planet is stronger than we might think, in a way that should prompt us to reconsider issues of change. climatic.

According to a study published by this team in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers analyzed changes in air temperature near the Earth's surface in network data that includes more than 65,000 points on the globe over the past 40 years.

What is happening in the Amazon forests in South America affects the Tibetan Plateau in Asia (Shutterstock)

From Tibet to the Amazon

After a lengthy examination, it became clear that there is a clear pattern of the relationship between two areas on the surface of the earth, the distance between them was about 20,000 km, or almost half the circumference of the globe, and they are the Amazon forests in the continent of South America, and the Tibetan plateau that contains the Himalayas in the continent of Asia.

According to the new study, it was found that what is happening in the Amazon in terms of climate changes has a direct impact on what is happening in Tibet.

Next, the researchers used computer simulations of climate to see how global warming might affect those long-term links until the end of the century, finding that the evolution of extremes in the Amazon is directly related to the evolution of extremes in Tibet.

The study found that this correlation occurs in several forms, for example, when the weather becomes warmer in the Amazon, this also occurs in Tibet at the same rate, but when the rate of precipitation increases in the Amazon, snowfall decreases in Tibet.

When rainfall increases in the Amazon, snow falls less in Tibet (Shutterstock)

Domino effect

The world is more interconnected than we humans think. This idea is explained by the so-called "domino effect", a term usually used in the world of politics and economics, but recently it has been imported into the scope of environmental sciences.

The hypothesis of the following domino effect says: When you place a large number of dominoes next to each other in a distinct arrangement and shape, and then push the first piece, a chain of collisions will begin between the dominoes and continue until the last piece falls to the ground.

The same idea can be seen clearly in the ecological and climatic system of planet Earth;

If one party is affected, all other parties are affected.

Let us at this point assume an imaginary scenario related to the extinction of a species of bee that transports pollen from one wild flower to another.

If we decide to follow the scenario, we will find that this means that this flower, accordingly, may become extinct, but with its extinction, a problem will arise for other types of insects that were feeding on the production of this flower from fruits, which in turn may cause a problem for another type of animal that was dependent on That insect to rid it of a poisonous mushroom sticking to its skin, and so forth.

And with some reflection on the movements of the falling dominoes one after the other, you can guess that it will affect our lives at some point, because in the end we are not separated from this environment, but rather a part of it.

Melting ice in one region of the world causes changes in sea level and temperature (Shutterstock)

climate for all

The argument of the "domino effect" also applies to the climate. If sub-Saharan Africans are exposed to extreme heat waves in the summer, this does not mean that Europeans or North Americans are safe, because the accident in Africa will affect them, sooner or later.

A study published a year ago in the journal "Earth System Dynamics" found that the climatic domino effect could be catastrophic, as the melting of ice in Antarctica and Greenland could lead to changes in sea level and temperature, leading to rapid changes in climate systems. Other climates, such as causing changes in the movement of the Atlantic Ocean currents, consequently causing severe cold waves in Europe.

According to an official press release issued by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, which is participating in the new study on January 26, the occurrence of any climate extremes in any region of the world represents a danger that must be taken seriously for the rest of the world, because its consequences will be dire for For everyone.

In the end, the climate of the planet Earth is a climate for all. When any political leadership feels that it is separate from its problems, it is certainly wrong, because what scientists confirm in this regard is that climate disasters will eventually strike everyone.