However bad you think it is, it’s worse.
While the great unwashed seem to think that global warming has slowed, the reality is quite the opposite. In spite of the way these statistics are reported, concentrations of CO2 are increasing in the atmosphere and oceans and a sudden jump in methane is turbocharging climate collapse. And CO2 stays there for thousands of years, as every molecule that spews forth remains. The 1.5° C threshold was a joke all along, but that is well behind us now as CO2 levels cross the 430 PPM mark for the first time.
Rapid Warming Drives Massive Flood Increase In Himalayas/Asia
Rising temps have triggered a 25 year increase in flood risk and unpredictability in High Mountain Asia. The study confirms that planetary heating from the burning of oil, coal, and gas is driving the rise in all four of the main types of floods seen in the region.
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Sea level rise is increasing 50% faster than 30 years ago.
Since 1880, global sea levels have risen approximately 8–9 inches (21–24 cm), with rates accelerating in recent decades. Between 1993 and 2002, the ocean rose by 24 mm. Over the past decade, that number increased to 36 mm. While 3.6 mm per year seems small, it has already intensified coastal flooding and storm surges. By 2100, over 410 million people could be at risk. climate.gov
NOAA targeted as lethal storms and fires smash records
At least 42 people are dead after powerful storms swept through the Midwest and the South over the weekend and drenched parts of the Northeast.
Multiple states woke up Monday morning to damage from dust storms, wildfires, rain and tornadoes following nearly 1,500 storm reports across the country from Friday to Sunday.
Two children died in Transylvania County, North Carolina, after a tree fell through the center of their family’s trailer early Sunday. Firefighters found the boys — ages 11 and 13 — “trapped directly under the tree and other debris,” Connestee Fire Rescue said in a news release. Three other family members lived in the home and escaped unharmed.
Rapid Warming Drives Massive Flood Increase In Himalayas/Asia
Rising temps have triggered a 25 year increase in flood risk and unpredictability in High Mountain Asia. The study confirms that planetary heating from the burning of oil, coal, and gas is driving the rise in all four of the main types of floods seen in the region.
.
Sea level rise is increasing 50% faster than 30 years ago.
Since 1880, global sea levels have risen approximately 8–9 inches (21–24 cm), with rates accelerating in recent decades. Between 1993 and 2002, the ocean rose by 24 mm. Over the past decade, that number increased to 36 mm. While 3.6 mm per year seems small, it has already intensified coastal flooding and storm surges. By 2100, over 410 million people could be at risk. climate.gov
Drought flood drought as wildfires cross Carolinas
Evacuations continues amidst an emergency evacuation from wildfires in North and South Carolina.