My house flooded THRICE in a WEEK. My block had a gastroenteritis outbreak because of it. I had to take my Dad to the ER because I was too ill to treat him at home myself
Before that? Flooded once two YEARS ago
More than SIX years after the last one
HUNDREDS are DEAD across #Pakistan#India, bt thats "TYPICAL"?
Each of these anomalies creates new risks, threatening human health and biodiversity. Yet with disasters piling up and headlines blurring together, there is another profoundly dangerous risk: apathy.
Not good. This is the main stem of the Winooski. Since records here began in 1912, it’s only gotten to this volume (15,600 cfs) 3 times, most recently 1936. We’re 1000 cfs and over 1 ft higher than 2011 (Irene).
Week 200 of fasting on Fridays for the #ClimateCrisis. Week 200 of striking from working and shopping on Fridays for the #ClimateEmergency. Photo of #climatestrike followed by a walk in the park to visit a lake and waterfall.
"As new #rains threaten the same areas hit by last year’s #floods, #Pakistan finds itself at the mercy of a pernicious pattern: #ClimateChange is driving more intense rainfall, which drives more intense flooding, which stymies #recovery from past floods.
Among all the challenges, the biggest might be #food. The flood’s impact on livestock and farmland has limited Pakistan’s ability to feed its citizens: 10.5 million people are experiencing acute food insecurity."
"The shocking visual is prompting many to ask whether this recent surge [in #ocean heat] is evidence that human-caused heating has propelled the #climate past a #TippingPoint.
Climate scientists say the answer is likely no. Instead, it is much more probable to be ... a coincidence of natural factors piled on top of the steady trend of human-caused global heating. "
"Some scientists caution the attention given to these big numbers can overshadow the real-world hazards they amplify: #Heatwaves, #floods and #droughts becoming much more #frequent, #severe and long-lasting as the Earth heats up.
The world gets hung up on blockbuster records but “these heat records are not exciting numbers,” she told CNN. “They mean that people and ecosystems are dying, that people are losing their livelihoods, that agricultural land will be unusable.”"