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Video evidence of how fast Lake Meade is shrinking, going all the way back to 2000. Produced by people who drive pick up trucks to pull their power boats. Of course not a word about climate change, not even in the comments. In the middle they get sidetracked by rescuing a stranded truck. Maybe skip that part.
As the average temperature rises, evaporation increased by 42%. Combine that with naturally increased drought, and we have disaster looming. 6 minutes. A bit technical. By @CC_Yale. Via @GNDNewsleter.
Democracy Now does a great job reporting on the beginning of the LA fires, and interviews Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus, who fled LA two years prior to the fires. The New York times published his article on the matter, but deleted the part where he said it is just going to keep getting worse. Via @tinoeberl@mastodon.online
Environment-2022" report, India is the fourth worst-hit country in the world when it comes to climate change-induced migration, with more than three million people forced to leave their homes in 2020-2021.
The highest number of migrations took place in China with more than 5 million people driven out of their homes due to weather-related disasters
India underestimating heatwave impact, more than 90% of the country at risk: Study
More than 90 per cent of the country is at risk of suffering losses in livelihood capacity, food grains yields, vector-borne disease spread and urban sustainability, according to a new study by the University of Cambridge
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is deeply concerned about the deteriorating air quality
The spike in air pollution in the region is due to an increase in forest fires, which are increasing in number and severity due to climate change, and residential biomass burning. As well as the impacts on human health, pollutants cause extensive damage to the region's rich biodiversity and accelerate climate impacts
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