Global water crisis could cost trillions

Planet Earth is 70% water, yet only about 0.5% is freshwater readily available for drinking, washing and watering crops. And much of that is becoming scarcer due to rising demand and intensifying heat and drought linked to climate change.

(14/14) ... Kim Il Sung se rfugie Khabarovsk (URSS) -> en devient Major de l'Arme Rouge (cf 1942).
- annulation JO Helsinki car (cf 1952).
- Schlrwagen
- USA : succs du Fantasia de Walt Disney grce aux oscillateurs de prcision produits par Hewlett Packard (cf 1939 1974)

The Best Climate-Focused Speculative Fiction

These must-read works of climate fiction grapple with humanitys resilience, how communities band together in dark times and what it takes to preserve hope when all hope is seemingly lost

This is where government comes in, or should come in. The best hope we have of tackling the climate crisis is for government, acting in the public interest, to create publicly-owned enterprises focused on developing clean energy alternatives

This is happening in Europe, where governments, notably the Nordic countries as well as Spain, Portugal & Austria, have established companies that advance renewable energy

If I recall correctly, the dam question is the headwaters of the Brahmaputra, which runs from west to east along the northern border of the Himalayas, then doglegs around its eastern most extent, and then turns its flow from east to west.

China is dam happy. The consequences internally and of course internationally is just not on the radar.

The cheapest energy is the stuff we never burn.

Mardi 26 aot 2025 21h sur

"I can be very critical of the city planning profession. We should be leaders. Too often city planners have the rap of being a bureaucrat, a technocrat, or the profession gets portrayed as just mind numbingly boring. Cities are inherently interesting, fascinating, sexy & exciting things!"

Cool! Trial of generating renewable energy with osmosis, the same kind you'd see in 1st year chemistry.

25.08.2025 - 20:00 Uhr
Chart des deutschen Strommix ber die letzten 6 Stunden.

Millions Along U.S. West Coast Under Heat Wave Alerts

A heat wave is expected to set record high temperatures in parts of the West Coast this week,

Across major corn-growing states, is fueling conditions that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers. Factors like consistently high summer overnight temperatures, droughts and heavier-than-usual rains at the wrong time can all disrupt the plants pollination making each full ear of corn less of a guarantee and more of a gamble.

Alarming Report Finds US Bird Populations Are Still Crashing

"About one-third of all American bird species are of high or moderate conservation concern due to low populations, declining population trends, or other threats"

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Donald Trump has made sweeping strides to prioritize fossil fuels and hinder renewable energy projects. Those include reviewing wind and solar energy permits, canceling plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development and stopping work on another offshore wind project under construction for New York, although construction was later allowed to resume.

BMWs next EV is its most sustainable car yetheres why

"The global average number of high humid heat days ... over land reached a record of 35.6 days more than normal in 2024, surpassing the previous record set in 2023 by 9.5 days" - Axios SeattleMy take We're fucked.

And it isnt even the Colorado

States vow to fight Trump officials stop-work order on offshore wind farm.

Rhode Island and Connecticut officials say project, slated to power 350,000 homes, is essential to their climate goals.

"New coalition launched to scale marine CO2 removal"

You really cant separate the natural world from economies.

Before aught else we must eat.

Ironically, China has maintained its tradition of farmers maintaining their own beehives. There might be a clue in this for American farmers. That their best hope for the stable bee population is to provide refuge (keep) on their own land.

Just looked at the historical highs and lows for the Alberni Valley for the August 22-25 period. We needed to get to 37-39C to break those records.

But maybe more surprising are the all time low marks for the Beaver Creek Station (1894-1958)

August 22: 4.4C (set in 1906, 1944, 1951, 1955)
August 23: 1.7C (1910)
August 24: -1.7C (1910)
August 25: -1.1C (1910)

It's almost inconceivable to have that low a temperature now.

Alarming Report Finds US Bird Populations Are Still Crashing

"About one-third of all American bird species are of high or moderate conservation concern due to low populations, declining population trends, or other threats"

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- mto Bordeaux : 18 aot / 20 aot / 23 aot / 25 aot : min 15 max 25/min 15 max 33/ min 9 max 22 / min 16 max 24 (cf 1995).

Imagine looking around the world today as a young person, or even an oldish one like me, and asking: Which government(s) do I trust to truly act on

"Remember the week that was Hurricane Katrina from August 23-29, 2005 Maybe we have forgetten its lessons since we have not made enough climate progress in the 20 years since its week of formation and devastation in New Orleans.

By virtually all retrospective scientific accounts, Hurricane Katrina was worse than it would have been without the accompanying climate changing. Yet here I was back in 2005, along with about all my psychiatric colleagues, paying scant attention to this progressing major social psychiatric problem.

It was not until about 2 years later, when our third grandchild was born, that my personal epiphany occurred. When the family soon visited us, I was asked to go to the nearby small grocery to get some items. As I was checking out, the clerk asked: 'paper or plastic' I froze and then realized the question really meant to me: what would be best for this granddaughters future I actually answered 'neither,' that I could carry the items. Thinking about it later, the best alternative would have been to bring your own bag but, even now, the clerks ask the same question. Some progress in the country has occurred by reinforcing the least destructive option for our environment.

(. . .)

How best then to remember Hurricane Katrina as the days of its existence pass by 20 years later It would seem that the devastation needs to be shown to the public and us in psychiatry over and over again the next few days. But that negativity is not nearly enough and will be intolerable mentally for some. There must be realistic hope for actions that have and will help slow down climate instability. That hope is not conveyed by focusing on the surfing that was enjoyed when Hurricane Erin avoided hitting land, only skirting our East Coast. That hope can be conveyed from the environmental changes of individuals with the ensuing social contagion, up to the global governments that are cooperating in reducing fossil fuel usage for more sustainable energy alternatives.

As touched upon by Zishan Khan in his cogent August 13, 2025, article for Psychiatric Times 'Assessing and Treating PTSD in the Wake of Natural Disasters: Lessons From Katrina to Today,' it is essential 'that mental health remains a core component of disaster recovery efforts.' One study a decade later about Katrina evacuees in Dallas indicated that only about one-third of individuals with criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder and incident major depressive disorder received a mental healthcare referral. Black individuals in lower socioeconomic classes in New Orleans fared the worst. In the best of outcomes, there can be posttraumatic growth. For all our patients, we can be sensitive to the acute and chronic repercussions of the climate on mental health and advocate for our organizations to try to convince our federal government to roll back the cuts to productive environmental policies."

"The annual Hawaii Conservation Convention typically covers all things climate- and environment-related in the islands, with sessions modeling varieties of animal trapping technology or discussions of invasive species research.

This year, participants who walked into the Hawaii Convention Centers Room 312 after lunch on the second day were greeted by a woman behind a table with markers, colored pencils and pieces of scrap paper.

'Are you in the right session' she asked some of them. 'Grief'

As deep anxiety over climate change and the future grips the general public, this summers conference featured a first-of-its-kind grief seminar. The session, moderated by Danielle Pacific, an end-of-life doula, explored the toll climate change takes on environmental science professionals."

Art installation amplifies hundreds of voices on climate change.

At Rice University, light and sound immerse visitors in a global chorus calling for climate action.

Barnaby Joyces net zero repeal bill to be debated, as Labor presses Coalition over climate divide

Labor will seek to maximise pain over internal Coalition divisions on whether to keep or scrap its net

Why are there so many leaves falling Is this an early autumn

By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and digital producer

Aug. 22, 2025 10:02 AM EDT

"Have you seen a lot of leaves turning colors or even falling off the trees this August A lot of people on social media have posted about this subject during the last few weeks, asking, 'Is it an early fall'

"Well... don't get out the pumpkin spice lattes just yet. Although astronomical autumn doesn't start until Sept. 22, more leaves are falling than usual this time of year due to drought, causing what scientists call "tree stress." Since the beginning of August, drought has developed in areas of , , , and ."

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What are cloudbursts and why might a warming world make them even more dangerous

By Helen Regan, Sophia Saifi, CNN

Published Aug 21, 2025

Excerpt: "Cloudbursts in the region have occurred with greater intensity and frequency in recent years, fuelled by record-shattering global temperatures.

"Warmer air soaks up water like a sponge, and all this extra moisture can result in extreme rain and sudden downpours like cloudbursts, especially when that air meets the mountains.

" 'Warmer oceans are loading the monsoon with extra moisture, and a warmer atmosphere holds more water, fueling intense rainfall when moist air is forced up steep mountain slopes,' said Koll, from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.

"During the southwest monsoon season, annual rains fall across parts of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh brought by winds from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, which have undergone rapid warming in recent years. "

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- Colonie Saint Domingue (Hati) Empire France post-1789: place forte mondiale production + jusqu' 400 000 esclaves (cf prime fiscale + 1804).

WTF

Not the climate change risk to which people, communities, humanity are exposed, but the climate change risk in which banks are exposed!!

ECB President Lagarde: "It is our duty to check the climate change risk to which banks are exposed."

Climate Models Have Predicted Sea Level Rise Almost Perfectly For 30 Years

If someone tells you past models exaggerated how bad things would be, theyre wrong

Otto Lang presents during last December's .

Lang is part of the team on the 'sink' side of our source-to-sink study of how dust moves through the Critical Zone.

Read some of his latest collaborative work here:

Climate Change is going to kill outdoor music festivals, outdoor anything....

Economically, cooperation would also pay off: investing levy revenues in the energy transition of low- and middle-income countries would lower global fossil fuel demand and with it, world market prices. This price effect could fully offset potential costs for consumers

Farmers Face Tough Crop Conditions Amidst Climate Change Challenges

Someone had an excellent reply to a denialist "climate has always changed" ignorance:

"Loosing a half gallon of blood in 30 seconds is called dying, over the course of a year, donating. Its not absolute value its the rate of change."