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Climate change significantly worsened heat waves inAsia, parts of Mideast

Wed, 2024-05-15 12:37 — mike kraft

Climate change worsened deadly heat waves in April and May across Asia In the Philippines, the record heat was "virtually impossible" without climate change. Andrew Freedman Axios

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Extreme heat, spanning Lebanon to the Philippines since April, is being blamed for hundreds of deaths. It's added to the suffering of people who lack access to air conditioning, including displaced persons in the Middle East, the study notes.

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Analysis: A step to counter climate change increases in urban flooding --"sponge cities"

Wed, 2024-05-08 14:29 — mike kraft

As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here's how communities can become 'sponge cities' "When it rains, it pours" once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters. Now it's becoming a statement of fact about rainfall in a changing climate. Franco Montalto Phys.org

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Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s and Yemen's deadly floods

Fri, 2024-04-26 11:13 — mike kraft

Dubai’s deadly floods were made worse by climate change, scientists find | CNN The record-breaking rain that fell over the UAE and Oman was driven partly by the climate crisis, an analysis shows, pointing to the role of burning fossil fuels. Angela Dewan CNN

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Analysis: Some Americans are already moving because of climate change impact

Mon, 2024-04-15 10:33 — mike kraft

Climate Change Is Already Forcing People From Their Homes The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway. Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica

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New York: Map Shows Where State Will Become Underwater From Sea Level Rise

Tue, 2024-04-09 11:32 — mike kraft

New York map shows where state will become underwater from sea level rise New York City and swaths of Long Island are vulnerable to being consumed by the rising ocean as sea ice melts in the coming century. Newsweek

Parts of Manhattan, Long Beach and Coney Island are at risk of being consumed by water as sea levels rise due to the effects of climate change in the coming century, modeling suggests.

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Texas Coastal Areas Will Partially Become Underwater From Sea Level Rise--projects map

Mon, 2024-04-08 11:40 — mike kraft

Texas Map Shows Where State Will Become Underwater From Sea Level Rise

Coastal areas along Texas's stretch of the Gulf of Mexico could be vulnerable to being consumed by water as sea levels rise due to the effects of climate change, modeling suggests.

By the year 2100, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates there will be between 43 and 84 centimeters (1.4-2.8 feet) of sea level rise, but that an increase of 2 meters (6.6 feet) "cannot be ruled out."

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Southern Africa: Tens of millions face hunger and water shortages from drought in the region

Mon, 2024-04-08 11:06 — mike kraft

Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern Africa | CNN More than 24 million people face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity as experts warn the crisis could become an “unimaginable humanitarian situation” Sarah Dean CNN

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The warning from Oxfam on Wednesday came as Zimbabwe joined other southern African nations in declaring its drought a national disaster, following earlier declarations by Zambia and Malawi....

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U.S. East Coast cities from NYC to DC and south are sinking--new studies

Wed, 2024-01-03 10:40 — mike kraft

Study: From NYC to DC and beyond, cities on the East Coast are sinking Major cities on the U.S. Atlantic coast are sinking, in some cases as much as 5 millimeters per year—a decline at the ocean's edge that well outpaces global sea level rise, confirms new research from ... Lon Wagner Phys.org

Major cities on the U.S. Atlantic coast are sinking, in some cases as much as 5 millimeters per year—a decline at the ocean's edge that well outpaces global sea level rise, confirms new research from Virginia Tech and the U.S. Geological Survey.

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