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Mississippi Crisis Highlights Climate Threat to Drinking Water Nationwide (Published 2022)
Aging infrastructure and underinvestment have left many cities’ water systems in tatters. Now flooding and other climate shocks are pushing them to failure.
ADevilYouKhow
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Deadly Floods Devastate an Already Fragile Pakistan
More than 1,100 have died as record monsoon rains inundate the country, washing away bridges, roads and crop fields. Much of Pakistan is underwater.
'Doomsday' glacier,' which could raise sea level by several feet, is holding on 'by its fingernails,' scientists say
The Thwaites "doomsday" glacier is eroding along its underwater base. Scientists now say it has the capability of retreating much faster than it has in the past decade.
edition.cnn.com
I read this yesterday and it made me thankful to live in a town that built an updated water facility within the last five years.Mississippi Crisis Highlights Climate Threat to Drinking Water Nationwide (Published 2022)
Aging infrastructure and underinvestment have left many cities’ water systems in tatters. Now flooding and other climate shocks are pushing them to failure.www.nytimes.com
It's a wrap for humanity, isn't it?
Absolutely pitiful run.
Yeah it's about to wrap up
Could've been averted if people had listened in the 90s and 2000s.
US bars 'advanced tech' firms from building China factories for 10 years
The US has barred chip companies that get federal funding from building advanced facilities in China.
www.bbc.com
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As Colorado River Dries, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis
The megadrought gripping the western states is only part of the problem. Alternative sources of water are also imperiled, and the nation’s food along with it.
www.propublica.org
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Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Opinion | What My Family and I Saw When We Were Trapped in China’s Heat Wave
On a trip through the epicenter, ravaged landscapes, paralyzed cities and populations pushed to extremes.
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Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company
Yvon Chouinard has forfeited ownership of the company he founded 49 years ago. The profits will now be used to fight climate change.
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Lake Oroville in CA
Top is 2019
Bottom was last month
Top is 2019
Bottom was last month
DamnLake Oroville in CA
Top is 2019
Bottom was last month
That extinction speedrunIt's a wrap for humanity, isn't it?
Absolutely pitiful run.
At least 11 dead and two missing after flash floods in central Italy
Among those missing are an eight-year-old girl and a 54-year-old woman, local authorities reported.
www.euronews.com
Flood in Italy: In 24h the region of Marche saw half of last year's rainfall...