Researchers have developed new maps that predict coastal flooding for every county on the Eastern and Gulf Coasts and find 100-year floods could become annual occurrences in New England; and happen every one to 30 years along the southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico shorelines.
— Read on www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190822165010.htm
Day: August 23, 2019
The Amazon rainforest used to be a major carbon sink. Emphasis on the words, “used to be.” “Scientists Warn Of “Cascading System Collapse” in Amazon Rainforest.” @futurism #amazonfires #environment
The Amazon rainforest used to be a major carbon sink: futurism.com/the-byte/system-collapse-amazon-rainforest
“100-Year Floods Could Soon Happen Annually in Parts of U.S., Study Finds.” @YaleE360 #climate #flooding
100-Year Floods Could Soon Happen Annually in Parts of U.S., Study Finds – Yale E360: e360.yale.edu/digest/100-year-floods-could-soon-happen-annually-in-parts-of-u-s-study-finds