The U.N. humanitarian aid agency OCHA and the International Federation of Red Cross report Extreme heat: Preparing for the heatwaves of the future (October 2022) says large parts of the earth will become uninhabitable in the near future. “We don’t want to dramatize it, but clearly the data shows that it does lead towards a […]
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Heat Waves Make Regions Uninhabitable Within Decades
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Hurricane Ian: Florida Becoming Uninhabitable
October 2, 2022 How long would it take to go 100% green? “It depends on cooperation. If we all cooperated, we could change over within 6 months. However, we don’t expect the climate deniers will cooperate. In the meantime, many countries plan to reduce fossil fuels by 2030. Some countries, such as China, are building […]
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Rising Sea Levels: 100’s of 1,000’s of Buildings in Danger of Submerging by 2050
Real estate across millions of acres in the United States are projected to be submerged under seawater by 2050 as reported in Sinking Tax Base Land and Property at Risk from Rising Seas. ZME science summarizes the findings as follows: The research group Climate Central, a nonprofit that analyzes and reports on climate science, looked […]
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Trees, Climate Change, and Wildfires
by Daniel Brouse September 5, 2022 Pollution, droughts, and pests are killing many of our trees. Climate change is involved in all these causes. In addition, climate change feedback loops are accelerating the extinction of trees. Feedback loops accelerate global warming. For example, global warming has resulted in tree deaths and deforestation. Trees are a […]
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The Cost of Climate Change: USD 178 trillion
“Time is no longer running out to act on climate change; it’s up,” reports Deloitte. Unchecked climate change could cost the global economy USD 178 trillion over the next 50 years. “The human costs would be far greater: a lack of food and water, a loss of jobs, worsening health and well-being, reduced standard of […]
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The End of Days: Floods
While record breaking droughts have been recorded on 5 of the 6 continents Africa, Australia, North and South America, and Eurasia, parts of the world are also seeing recorded breaking floods. “A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture—about 7 percent more per 1.8°F (1°C) of warming—and scientists have already observed a significant increase in atmospheric moisture […]
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Florida Insurance Regulators Taking an “unprecedented” and “extraordinary” Step
The St. Lucie News Tribune reports: Florida insurance regulators are taking an “unprecedented” and “extraordinary” step to try and prevent tens of thousands of homeowners from being forced to look for new property insurance coverage if rating agency Demotech follows through on plans to downgrade many Florida carriers. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced […]
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2022 Climate Refugees in the USA
Climate change will eventually cause most American’s real estate to become worthless and uninhabitable. “Currently, we have crossed the tipping point when human induced climate change triggers a chain reaction of feedback loops. The Earth will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (average global surface temperature over the surface of the earth for ten years) by the […]
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Cost of Property Insurance in Florida
Florida Politics reports in their article, As climate in Florida sets ‘new normal,’ cost of property insurance will separate haves, have-nots: “Insurers believe that due to climate change, this is the new normal. They’re finding that catastrophic and non-catastrophic weather events are increasing in severity every year,” said Paul Handerhan, president of the Federal Association […]
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Frequency of Flash Floods
As the climate warms, the air holds more moisture. Theoretically, there is a 7% increase in atmospheric water holding capacity per degree Celsius warming. A recent study published in Nature The conterminous United States are projected to become more prone to flash floods in a high-end emissions scenario suggests extreme precipitation might be increasing even […]
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