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Very interesting, and the time scales match that of the rise of extreme weather events.
This study sheds light on *why* intense weather events are on the rise: planetary atmospheric waves go into quasi-resonance.
"This essentially means the wave gets stuck for weeks on end, locked in place. As a result, some places get seemingly endless rain while others endure oppressive heat with no relief."
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-planetary-linked-wild-summer-weather.html
Thanks very much @SnowshadowII for the link!
Climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years and that may explain why long-range computer forecasts keep underestimating the surge in killer heat waves, droughts and floods, a new study says.
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The Case for Paying Americans to Move Out of Floodplains
"A home in Mississippi, for example, flooded 34 times in 32 years, resulting in insurance claims totaling nearly 10 times the homeโs value. This is not sustainable โ there are places we simply shouldnโt be living.
With federal disaster aid uncertain, states and localities should build voluntary buyout programs to relocate residents from floodplains."
https://www.governing.com/resilience/the-case-for-paying-americans-to-move-out-of-floodplains
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โThe regulations introduced by Suella Braverman have been quashed or voided,โ says Liberty lawyer Katy Watts. โSo it's as if they never existed.โ
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusive/anti-protest-laws-greta-thunberg-uk/
"New maps have revealed the best โwin-winโ opportunities across the world to regrow forests and tackle the climate crisis, without harming people or wildlife.
The places range from the eastern US and western Canada, to Brazil and Colombia, and across Europe, adding up to 195 million hectares (482 million acres)."
As a reminder: Reforestation has many benefits, but is NOT a substitute for stopping deforestation, or stopping carbon emissions.
Worldโs largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024, new report finds
Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/17/world-banks-fossil-fuel-finance-2024
"New data from Nasa has revealed a dramatic rise in the intensity of weather events such as droughts and floods over the past five years.
A Met Office expert said increases in extremes have long been predicted but are now being seen in reality. He warned that people were unprepared for such weather events, which would be outside previous experience."
"New research by scientists at Australia's Flinders University has found a link between new cases of sleep apnea and climate change, which is on trend with many chronic conditions and diseases expected to be more prevalent as temperatures change. Increased temperatures are expected to also increase the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), with cases doubling in most countries within the next century."
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One thing you can do is to beg your city council to make the infrastructure safer; it's as if a bunch of drunks are driving around on the city streets at any given time.
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