Tag: climate change
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Flooding NYC Fall 2023 — And Just Like That The Day After Tomorrow Becomes Today
www.nytimes.com/live/2023/09/29/nyregion/nyc-rain-flash-flooding
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“Entire neighborhoods swept into the sea” 😢 — Catastrophic Flooding in Libya, 9/11/20023
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/world/middleeast/libya-floods.html
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More Deadly Floods — This Time in Brazil. Hold fast friends, we’ll care enough eventually.
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/world/americas/brazil-cyclone-floods-rio-grande-do-sol.html
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North Carolina Net Metering 101 – How To Meet Deadline – Southern Energy Management
Explore the ins and outs of net metering in North Carolina and understand Duke Energy’s changes to lock in savings before the Oct 1 deadline. — Read on southern-energy.com/north-carolina-net-metering-101/
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Duke Energy’s solar attack heads to court | Environmental Working Group
DURHAM, N.C. — Read on www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2023/05/duke-energys-solar-attack-heads-court
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Heed it well. After the groundwater is gone all we have left gray water to survive on — bet these communities will care then.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/28/climate/groundwater-drying-climate-change.html
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So Critical! What If We Just Committed to Feed, Safely Hydrate, Protect, and Educate Every Climate Orphan in the Coming Decades—Having Deprived Them at the Very Least A Non-Toxic Environment Assuming They Make it to Adulthood —Don’t We Owe Them That, at Least? Not our problem either?
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Based on current trends, if we fail to rescue our planet and each other, we will actually long for the Summer of 2023
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Spot-on WBUR! There has been a lot of extreme weather lately. What’s the cause? | WBUR
Stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse. — Read on www.wbur.org/npr/1195170374/there-has-been-a-lot-of-extreme-weather-lately-whats-the-cause
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Scary, still. We can even predict and prepare for these disasters. In fact their preponderance now due to our early failures could be a short term advantage. Today could be the moment in history we start to survive.
www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/21/us/hurricane-hilary-california-mexico
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The Earth Has Repeatedly Declared A Climate Emergency; Which We Ignore. Biden Doing So Might Help, But Until Enough People Declare A True Emergency Exists And Change Course Our Legacy From Here On Out Will Be “Faced With Catastrophic Consequences, We Procrastinated.”
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First Resurgent Endemic Case of Malaria in Maryland in 40 Years Suspected
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Let TEH say it again: “This one Hurricane is expected to dump a years worth of rain in parts of SW-US”.
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Hurricanes Not Only Increasing in Frequency, They Are Also Increasing in Deadliness.
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Frequency of Extreme Weather Events Will Continue Along With Sequelae Of Increasing Market Inequalities in LDCs and HDCs.
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See Three Years Into Pandemic, Vaccine Boosters Should Come Before Variants But We Gave Up On Case Based Surveillance, So COVID-19 is Gaining Again.
apple.news/AVceGeeXeSlGIFk7dy3rVmw Otherwise stated. Why new variant is surging now and we are suddenly chasing again? Because we refused to learn and adapt. We built up all this great surveillance and response infrastructure and then threw it away like disposable masks and kit. The microbes already had the long-odds before the climate emergency — we are…
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Amazon Rainforest Defenders Summit 2023
www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/04/amazon-summit-commit-protect-rainforest-defenders
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PRO/AH/EDR> Japanese encephalitis & other – India (07): (AS) case surge, RFI
JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS & OTHER – INDIA (07): (ASSAM) CASE SURGE, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org Date: Fri 4 Aug 2023 06:18 PM IST Source: Latestly [edited] https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/india-news-five-succumb-to-japanese-encephalitis-in-assam-5317520.html Five persons, including a minor, have died due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Assam’s…
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PRO/SOAS> Dengue – Nepal (02): rise in cases
DENGUE – NEPAL (02): RISE IN CASES A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org Date: Tue 1 Aug 2023 Source: Online Khabar [edited] https://english.onlinekhabar.com/dengue-in-nepal.html According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, the number of dengue cases in the country has surpassed 5500, with Sunsari district…
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The Great Arizona Water Grab – Reveal
A surprising group of investors is fueling a global scramble for water in the most unlikely of places – the Arizona desert. As wells run dry, there’s a race for profits. — Read on revealnews.org/podcast/the-great-arizona-water-grab/
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I know it’s hypocritical, I’m an Epidemiologist, averages are my daily bread.
But folks when it comes to climate science, it’s time to put the averages away. Don’t take it from TEH though: “Yes, humans are smarter, richer, healthier, and better educated, on average, than ever before in history. But “on average” is misleading: as the old joke goes, you can have your head in the refrigerator…
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The Science of Attribution to Me, Now
These days I think way too much about anthropogenic global warming emergencies and how much trouble my boys are in and all the animals and natural beauty and magical wellsprings of life at stake. I think about all the historical precedent, statistics, and scientific consensus we have right in front of us: map and compass…
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Notes from Angry Weather to Simmer On (written Dr. Fredricke Otto, Environmental Attribution Scientist, TEH has officially designated an EpiSaint)
The anthropogenic climate change to climate emergency continuum that is imperiling the majority so a few can be extremely wealthy is largely a communication crises. Consider if the threat is always global mean temperature is predicted to rise by a one, two, even three degrees in 30 years!!!!! Or we must completely change everything we…
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Climate Shift Index alert: Europe, July 2023 | Climate Central
Climate Central analysis shows that human-caused climate change made the record-breaking heat forecast across Europe up to 5 times more likely. — Read on www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert-Europe-July-2023
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That’s what a hero looks like right there. Solidarity Greta Thunberg!
www.nytimes.com/2023/07/24/world/europe/greta-thunberg-fined-climate-sweden.html
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More Extreme weather and …“The price is being paid by those who always pay—people in developing countries” ~ Friederike Otto
www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/world/asia/record-heat-wave-flooding-climate-change.html
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According to NYT Report — Middle East Heat Index Reaches Life Threatening 152F
www.nytimes.com/live/2023/07/18/world/heat-wave-us-europe-weather/the-heat-index-reached-a-life-threatening-152-degrees-in-the-middle-east
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Everyone Should Wake Up Tomorrow And Decide Today I Dig Deep For My Kids. Here’s The Quote: The U.S. special envoy for climate change called the extreme heat “a threat to all of humankind.”
www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/extreme-heat-wave-us-europe-asia.html
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Heart breaking toll in US-PA Floods July 2023
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“South Korea is only halfway through the 2023 Monsoon season and they have already exceeded their seasonal total expected flood volume.”
-BBC World Report from July 17th, 2023 Photo credits to NASA Earth Observatory and ESRI.
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Extreme Heat in Death Valley US-CA reached 129 F on July 15 2023
apple.news/AXGMzzvtWQPyGOcH5Pq3NIg Photo credits to NASA Earth Observatory and JPL, both sources are also embedded in Heat card so will not reference as consistently in blog too.
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Flooding in US-VT July 2023
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66170640 Photo credits to NASA Earth Observatory and ESRI.
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Flooding in US-NY July 2023 also provided by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66150950 Photo credits to NASA Earth Observatory and ESRI.
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Flooding in Northern India July 2023
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66151375 Photo credits to NASA Earth Observatory and ESRI.
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Increase in Deadly Floods 2023 Asian Monsoon Season
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Flood Preparedness Needed
www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/climate/climate-change-floods-preparedness.html Photo credits to NASA Earth Observatory and JPL.
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PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – Philippines (04): (Western Visayas) fatal, increasing cases
LEPTOSPIROSIS – PHILIPPINES (04): (WESTERN VISAYAS) FATAL, INCREASING CASES A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org Date: Fri 7 Jul 2023 11:05 PHST Source: Inquirer [edited] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1798622/leptospirosis-cases-in-iloilo-up-by-296-percent The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has warned the public, especially farmers, against leptospirosis after cases went up by…
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PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – Reunion (02): rain, floods
LEPTOSPIROSIS – REUNION (02): RAIN, FLOODS A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org Date: Mon 12 Jun 2023 Source: LINFO [in French, machine trans., abridged, edited] https://www.linfo.re/la-reunion/sante/sante-progression-des-epidemies-de-grippe-et-leptospirose-a-la-reunion A sustained rate of leptospirosis cases (12 cases last week) is the cause of sustained hospital activity. This marked…
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Watch out 2016, 2020, looks like 2023 will be hotter — dang at this rate by 2050…
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PRO/MBDS> Dengue – Thailand: increase
DENGUE – THAILAND: INCREASE A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org Date: Tue 13 Jun 2023 Source: Outbreak News Today [edited] http://outbreaknewstoday.com/thailand-reports-a-nearly-500-increase-in-dengue-in-2023/ In a follow-up on the Thailand dengue fever situation in 2023, the Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control (DDC) reports 19 503 total…
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Exactly, feedback loops are a terrible fate, maybe listen time to start listening to Environmental Scientists
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PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – Peru (05): heavy rainfall, flooding, sewage, rat
LEPTOSPIROSIS – PERU (05): HEAVY RAINFALL, FLOODING, SEWAGE, RAT A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org Date: Mon 5 Jun 2023 Source: Peru21 [in Spanish, machine trans., edited] https://peru21.pe/peru/leptospirosis-mas-de-6-mil-casos-en-lo-que-va-del-ano-dengue-peru-casos-aumentan-fiebre-hospital-loreto-madre-de-dios-piura-tumbes-noticia/ So far in 2023, more than 6700 cases of leptospirosis have been registered nationwide, with the most…
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PRO/ESP> Dengue – Peru: epidemic outbreak in progress, simultaneous circulation of three serotypes
DENGUE – PERÚ: BROTE EPIDÉMICO EN PROGRESO, CIRCULACIÓN SIMULTÁNEA DE TRES SEROTIPOS Un comunicado de ProMED-mail http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail es un programa de la Sociedad Internacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas http://www.isid.org [Editado por Jaime Torres] Fecha: 08 de junio, 2023 Fuente: Outbreak News Today, EE.UU. http://outbreaknewstoday.com/peru-officials-warn-that-three-dengue-serotypes-currently-circulate-nationwide-17500/ [Editado por Jaime Torres y Jorge González. Traducido por Jorge González]…
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God, I Love ProPublica — They Understand. If you can’t tell the truth, you can’t solve the problem.
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HPAI and Chickens
Show me a farmer and I guarantee meaningful science is near. Still, somehow, HPAI is coming for us and my little dinosaur friends here. Our species, the great sentinels, have harnessed physical energy and improved the very building blocks of life, but when it comes to advancing in the science of protecting the vulnerable and…
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PRO/SOAS> Dengue – India (02): (Kerala) rise in cases
DENGUE – INDIA (02): (KERALA) RISE IN CASES A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org Date: Sun 14 May 2023 Source: The Times of India (TOI), Times News Network (TNN) [edited] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/dengue-cases-rise-amid-summer-rains/articleshowprint/100219445.cms Health officials in Ernakulam [district in Kerala State] said on [Sat 13 May 2023]…
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PRO/SOAS> Dengue – Sri Lanka (04): rise in cases
DENGUE – SRI LANKA (04): RISE IN CASES ************************************** A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org Date: Sun 14 May 2023 Source: Outbreak News Today [edited] https://outbreaknewstoday.com/sri-lanka-reports-more-than-33000-dengue-cases-through-mid-may-88777/ The National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) in Sri Lanka reports a total of 33 656 dengue cases, including…
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Get used to this word, El Niño, these seasons are only going to get worse.
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Why do I believe in the NYT?
NYT Story www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/dining/arizona-drought-garden-produce.html Comment Okay, fine, I get it. Words can be boring. Personally I find them challenging because I can’t do anything else while reading them. I do not like stopping whatever I am building, coding, planting, inventing myself to stare at them. I don’t like their tricks and ambiguity, and I definitely think…
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We could just learn from Norway and survive the Climate Change Emergency.
www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/business/energy-environment/norway-electric-vehicles.html
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What will not seem possible on that day after the tipping point is reached? Let it be tomorrow for our kids.
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IPCC Resilient Development Opportunities
www.linkedin.com/posts/ipcc_climatechange-activity-7061257367945916416-9oCx
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Images of Change – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
Deforestation in Bolivia — Read on climate.nasa.gov/images-of-change/
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Almost Thirty Years later…Today, prospects are even grimmer. We must act. How? Start today by recognizing every innocent soul lost to climate change and inequality there is equivalent to your own here. Internalize this and let your conscience raise the next question.
“I had left the United States wondering whether the human species would survive the next hundred years, but in Africa I encountered huge numbers of people for whom surviving even the next hundred days was no sure thing.” Excerpt FromEarth OdysseyMark Hertsgaardhttps://books.apple.com/us/book/earth-odyssey/id419251777This material may be protected by copyright.
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Brilliant campaign from my NYT heroes!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/opinion/climate-change-effects-countries.html
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Yes, about our extinction?What Have We Done This Week to Prevent the Climate Emergency?
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The Boat for Prediction Has Left The Port. Now We Must Act – Everyone Must Dig Deep, Do The Right Things Within Their Control
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Thanks be to God, let’s make tomorrow the World’s D-Day for Saving The Planet from Ourselves While We Still Are Able.
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