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https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-wildfires-made-worse-by-drought-extreme-heat/a-70088581
#deforestation #biodiversity #Bushfires #droughts #wetlands #arson #meat #Amazon #climateemergency
Brazil wildfires worsened by 'mega drought,' extreme heat
Brazil is suffering another terrible fire season, with Sao Paulo state, the Amazon and the Pantanal wetlands recording massive blazes. How are climate change and deforestation making things worse?Martin Kuebler (Deutsche Welle)
Rapid #climatechange means we haven't experienced extremes modern-day #atmospheric and oceanic warmth produce. In stable climate, scientists would have decades of extreme events, such as #heatwaves, #floods, or #droughts. We could use these observations to build up understanding of what the climate is capable of. But in our rapidly changing climate, we effectively have only a few years
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/the-climate-is-changing-so-fast-that-we-havent-seen-how-bad-extreme-weather-could-get/
The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get
Decades-old statistics no longer represent what is possible in the present day.Ars Technica
#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
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...a long overdue policy shift👈."
“#Ukraine is pretty dry, and it’s getting drier.”
"Shrinking #plantations could avoid the “repeated depletion” of these water resources,.."
"Forests with 👉mixed species and well-spaced trees of varying ages would be less susceptible to intense fires and the #droughts👈 that are expected to become more common as the region’s climate warms,.."
"Minister of Environmental Protection and...
