Climate Futures

Various impacts of climate change on the world of our children and grandchildren.

Helene’s floodwaters have abated, but the risk of more potentially deadly landslides persists in the region, scientists say • Asheville Watchdog

Thumbnail of Helene’s floodwaters have abated, but the risk of more potentially deadly landslides persists in the region, scientists say • Asheville Watchdog

Good summary of landslide danger and reasons for it in WNC

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Home Sales Sink Across Florida Amid Hurricane Recovery, Surging HOA and Insurance Costs

Lily Katz redfin.com

In Texas, a Crisis of Inaction Without Consequence

Colin Bogle texasobserver.org

It comes on top of more visible good news—the IEA said this weak that oil demand around the world is softening because of “surging” sales of electric vehicles. In China, demand for gasoline will peak this year or next and then decline sharply. Britain, where the coal era was born, will close it’s last coal-fired power plant at the end of this month... See more

Bill McKibben • Silent Solar

From Bill McKibben’s substack.

NASA satellites reveal abrupt drop in global freshwater levels

James R. Riordon phys.org

Cities Face 'Severe Degradation' Without Meaningful Climate Action, Warn Experts - Health Policy Watch

healthpolicy-watch.news

But the big uncertainty that determines whether 2100 is a happy place or a less happy place is our decisions on what we do with emissions. And they dwarf the uncertainties that we’re talking about here. We’re talking 0.1, 0.2 degrees. Well, the difference emissions make is 1 degree, 2 degrees, 3 degrees. So it’s an order of magnitude larger. And... See more