Climate Letter #989

A fine explanation of Hurricane Harvey from The Atlantic, featuring an interview with Kevin Trenberth.  Also, it is noted that Houston’s exposure to heavy downpours and flooding had substantially increased in recent years before this storm.

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–Michael Mann offers some additional views on how Harvey and other extreme weather events are worsened by a number of effects of climate change, one of which occurs high in the atmosphere.  The post includes a link to a very recent study (no paywall) that describes this phenomenon.
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A critique of industrial agriculture.  This professor at the University of Texas shows the many ways that it plays a major role in the mass extinction of wildlife.  His ideas about easing back and reversing course are similar to prescriptions for ending the climate crisis.  “The story of industrial agriculture is all about externalising costs and exploiting nature.”
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Seven reasons why we are facing a global water crisis.  This is a report from the World Resources Institute.  The basic information is not new, but many of the details have not been well-publicized and often get carelessly overlooked.  As expected, the available solutions include the need to hold back the trend of climate change.
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A new addition to the list of places becoming uninhabitable gets recognized.  People living in the highlands of Afghanistan have always barely survived, somehow, but their ability to continue is fast fading.  “According to the UNEP, about 80% of conflicts in Afghanistan are related to resources like land and water – and to food insecurity, an immediate consequence of global warming.”
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Katherine Hayhoe’s lectures are having an effect on attitudes of the evangelical community.  She is treated as a trusted source to a much greater degree than other scientists who lack her religious background.  This is important because that community provides considerable bulk to Donald Trump’s support base, which he cannot afford to lose.  Some people really do make a difference, and this could be a big one.
Carl

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