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The rising costs of climate change: “if Hurricane Carol of 1954 were to hit in 2022, its total economic damage would have been $41 billion” @DrJeffMasters
Major hurricanes in the Northeast are rare. Could climate change make them common? » Yale Climate...
A Category 4 hurricane making direct landfall on New York City could cause as much as $500 billion in insured damage.
yaleclimateconnections.org
BIG MOTHER JONES SCOOP: There are many unresolved health/environmental concerns with glyphosate (a.k.a. Roundup), but the USG keeps letting farmers, companies and public agencies spray it all over—including, as we learned, in America’s forests.
We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
www.motherjones.com
As Alfred E Neuman says, What Me Worry? Scientists say there's plenty to worry about if we don't cut burning fossil fuels.
The strongest El Niño in 150 years?
That’s not hype, it’s the actual median forecast right now for the developing event later this year.
It could rival — or even surpass — the legendary 1877 El Niño, the strongest on record, which was linked to widespread drought, monsoon
The heat is coming: “This year…has a 19% chance of surpassing 2024 as the warmest year…a strong El Niño event later this year would substantially increase the chance that 2027 will be the warmest year on record.” @hausfath @CarbonBrief
State of the climate: Strong El Niño puts 2026 on track for second-warmest year - Carbon Brief
There is reason to expect that global temperatures will continue to increase over the remainder of the year, as a strong El Niño event is expected
www.carbonbrief.org