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Northeast Begins To Recover After Ida Leaves Dozens Dead, Buildings Damaged : NPR

President Biden plans to visit New York and New Jersey on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought when remnants of Hurricane Ida struck several states in the Northeast with ferocity this week, thrashing the region several days after making landfall on the Gulf Coast.

At least 49 people are confirmed dead, and in some areas, the search continues for missing people. Recovery efforts remain underway.

There was "just the right mix of weather conditions" in place for Ida to unleash devastating floods and even tornadoes on parts of the region, Tripti Bhattacharya, an assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences at Syracuse University, told NPR. Scientists say climate change is creating the conditions to make such storms more intense.

It may take some time to rebound from the storm.

Refuse Dystopia

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Refuse Dystopia

8/20/21 by iHeartRadio

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Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/127334097
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If we’re going to build a better future, we have to believe things can improve.

Rain storms and Adirondack Roads

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I often wonder about the future of Adirondack back country roads in an era of climate change and severe rain fall events becoming the new normal.

It’s only going to get more and more expensive to keep them in good repair with more and more severe rain storms. 🌧  🚧

Five things we have learned from the IPCC report – BBC News

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Climate change: Five things we have learned from the IPCC report – BBC News

A special report on 1.5C in 2018 showed the advantages of staying under the limit were massive compared to a 2C world. Getting there would require carbon emissions to be cut in half, essentially, by 2030 and net zero emissions reached by 2050. Otherwise, the limit would be reached between 2030 and 2052.

This new report re-affirms this finding. Under all scenarios, the threshold is reached by 2040. If emissions aren't reined in, 1.5C could be gone in around a decade.