2024-10-07 17:55:10
Climate Change
Water
Sustainability
Water Crisis Escalates Amid Climate Change
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New York Times - Americas
Environment
The Amazon River, spanning nearly 4,000 miles, and its major tributaries, each over 1,000 miles long, have fallen to record low water levels due to climate change. Brazil is deepening the world's largest river in response.
The Guardian
Climate warning as world’s rivers dry up at fastest rate for 30 years
Environment
Rivers worldwide dried up at highest rate in 30 years in 2023, threatening global water supply. Major rivers like Amazon, Mississippi, Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Mekong experienced record low levels. Climate breakdown is disrupting water cycles, causing extreme floods and droughts. Natural weather patterns like La Niña and El Niño are also exacerbating these impacts. Regions like East coast of Africa, North Island of New Zealand, and Philippines faced severe flooding, while UK, Ireland, Finland,..
World - South China Morning Post
‘Canary in coal mine of climate change’ as global river flows hit all-time lows’, UN says
Environment
Global river flows hit historic lows in 2023 amid record heat, endangering water supplies. Droughts impacted major basins like the Mississippi, Amazon, Ganges and Mekong. Half of catchment areas showed abnormal deficits, reducing water for agriculture and industry. WMO's Celeste Saulo said water is the "canary" of climate change, calling for increased monitoring. These extreme conditions wreak a heavy toll on lives, ecosystems and economies.
Environmental News - Environment, Earth Sciences
Hurricane Helene's reach was shocking, another example of how climate change 'is here and now,' scientists say
Environment
Many people were stunned to see the intense flooding and devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina communities, located inland and tucked thousands of feet above sea level in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Asheville, North Carolina, has long been considered a "haven" from such disasters. So has the Great Lakes region.
"Unfortunately, extreme weather is always such a timely discussion. We're talking about Helene, but every week it's something different, every day it's something..
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