Climate Letter #993

In India, flooding caused by incessant monsoon rains is comparable to the flooding in Texas.  The rainfall may be less extreme but the total area of devastation, which is densely populated, is clearly much larger.  Very little help is available for those afflicted.

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–Here is a quick description of several other places around the world being hit coincidentally by massive flooding:
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Public health problems that are awakened in the aftermath of flooding are part of the bitter fruit produced by climate change.  Floodwater itself is loaded with contaminants, and that is just the beginning.  Here is a full review:
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Two connected stories from Thomson Reuters are an eye-opener.  The first, not at all surprising, features a joint appeal from pope Francis and the head of the Orthodox church to “heal our wounded planet.”  Then if you scroll down the next story takes you into the Muslim world, where you find a movement of people who feel the same way, even to the point of stressing the need to pursue a simpler and greener lifestyle.  “Muslims have a duty to recognise the creator of the environment and reflect on Islamic teachings not to harm animals, waste water or cut down trees unnecessarily, said Fatima Ragie of Green Deen South Africa, a Muslim environmental network.”
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An article by Peter Brannen about Earth’s strange new atmospheric water cycle, which is intensifying with added heat (The Atlantic).  Peter is the author of a wonderful new book which was about how past extinctions were caused.  Here he does a review of some very modern, cutting edge subject matter that should be of great interest to all of us.
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Paris goals cannot be met without giving up red meat.  Today’s agriculture emissions, if unchanged, are equal to half of the remaining carbon budget, and meat from animals that chew their cud, called ruminants, is largely responsible.  It seems that nobody is anxious to deal with this issue, which would be like adding a big tax on carbon but even less popular.  This post has all the particulars:

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