Friday, December 20, 2019

2019 – A Devastating Year in Review

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By any measure this has been a devastating year: fires across the Amazon, the Arctic and beyond; floods and drought in Africa; rising temperatures, carbon emissions and sea levels; accelerating loss of species, and mass forced migrations of people. Story here.
Fires in the Brazilian Amazon - 2018. Photo by Ibama from Brasil.

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Glacier collapse caused Nepal’s deadly flash flood — a sign of things to come?

Journal  nature Global warming is making high-altitude regions unstable, and could trigger more frequent landslides and floods. Story here.