California shows why ‘climate chaos’ describes the climate problem better
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
California faces extreme rainfall and serious drought at the same time. That's chaos.
Tag: flooding
‘Climate Dystopia at Our Doorstep’: Tens of Millions Battle Catastrophic Flooding in Pakistan
By Julia Conley, Common Dreams
With hundreds of thousands of people displaced, more than four million crops destroyed, and nearly a million homes demolished or severely damaged, Pakistani officials and rights campaigners on Monday called for a major international aid push....
It’s not just Australia — Indonesia is Facing its own Climate Disaster
By Rachel Ramirez, Grist
Indonesia’s sinking capital of Jakarta and the surrounding areas have been inundated with rain, triggering landslides and floods that have killed dozens of people.
1,200 Dead; Up to 41 Million Affected in Asian Flooding
By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International
The Red Cross estimates that 14 million people have been affected by flooding in India; over 7 million in Bangladesh and 1.5 million in Nepal. The United Nations puts the total number of people affected by floods and lindslides at total nearly double that at 41 million.
Climate change doubled the chances of Louisiana heavy rains, scientists warn
By Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief
Torrential rains unleashed on south Louisiana in August were made almost twice as likely by human-caused climate change, according to a quick-fire analysis released just weeks after the flood waters subsided.
Flood-Ravaged Gulf Coast Residents Ask President Obama To Cancel Federal Offshore Drilling Lease Auction
By Julie Dermansky, DeSmog Blog
During President Obama’s visit to a flood-ravaged area near Baton Rouge, Louisiana this week, a group of environmental activists delivered a petition to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) protesting the planned leasing of more of the Gulf of Mexico for oll and gas drilling.
Can Flooding Be Prevented by Rebuilding the Soil?
By Chris Rhodes, Energy Balance
The floodplain does the job that ecology might expect it to, which is to take-up the excess water when the river is in flood.
Planet Code Red
By Alex Wise, David Spratt, Radio Ecoshock
The amount of carbon we can burn and still have a safe climate is zero. One Australian calls it Code Red, time for emergency action. Plus new science on why New York City will flood again and again. Guests David Spratt and Dr. Stefan Talke, plus special on gardening in extreme heat with Marjory Wildcraft.
The rising of the waters
By Paul Kingsnorth, Dark Mountain Project
For the last few weeks, the south of England has been flooded, to a degree that hasn’t been seen for years – even though ‘the floods’ have become, quietly unacknowledged, an annual event now.
Food & agriculture – headlines
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Using Permaculture Design to Prepare for Floods •Iowa Is Getting Sucked Into Scary Vanishing Gullies •Africa's farm revolution - who will benefit? •Could This Baker Solve the Gluten Mystery? •Elemental Business: Phosphorus •Polish farmers 'grassroots rebellion'
Over the Climate Cliff
By Alex Smith, Radio Ecoshock
Alex is joined by Cam Walker, Friends of Earth Australia, Dr. David A. Lavers, and author Alan Weisman.
5 Things You Should Know About Colorado’s ‘1,000 Year Flood’ (with Jaw-Dropping Photos)
By Tara Lohan, Alternet
Colorado’s Front Range has been ravaged by heavy rain and flooding since last week, with 15 counties now impacted...