Climate Change Flooding In Rick Scott’s Florida Is Now Routine — Even As He Denies Its Cause
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Huffington Post
It’s not just “red tide” that’s plaguing the Florida governor’s run for Senate. “King tides” caused by rising sea levels are flooding southeast Florida every autumn.
Editorial: Local leaders must act on climate change when Trump refuses
Tampa Bay Times
The effects of climate change are coming harder and faster, according to a recent report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In fact, a child born today — if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t cut nearly in half before she’s a teen — will live in a world on track to irreversible damage. That catastrophe would begin just as that same child is graduating from college in 2040, far sooner than previously expected, and at a lower increase in global temperature than earlier thought. Stalling is no longer a viable strategy.
Climate change is complex. We have answers to your questions.
New York Times
We know. Global warming is daunting. So here’s a place to start: 17 often-asked questions with some straightforward answers.
Rising seas could devastate historical sites across the Mediterranean, study finds
Washington Post
The old city of Dubrovnik, clinging to the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, is one major storm away from a flood that could cover 10 percent of a medieval city long known as the “Pearl of the Adriatic” and more recently as a main setting for HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”
It’s one of about 40 treasured historical sites across the Mediterranean, including the winding canals of Venice and the ancient city of Carthage, at risk from rising seas, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.
Venomous sea creatures on the rise thanks to climate change
National Geographic
