{"id":9904,"date":"2017-08-31T15:32:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T20:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=9904"},"modified":"2017-12-30T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T20:34:54","slug":"august-climate-impacts-stories-hurricane-harvey-other-climate-change-fueled-floods-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2017\/08\/august-climate-impacts-stories-hurricane-harvey-other-climate-change-fueled-floods-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"August climate impacts stories: Hurricane Harvey, other climate change fueled-floods, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 30th:<\/strong> Harvey reminds us that we should treat climate change as we treat other public health threats. That’s the argument in this New York Times op-ed: Harvey, the storm that humans helped cause<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Holthaus-harvey\"<\/a>August 29th:<\/strong> The most sobering hot-take on Harvey is by Eric Holthaus: Harvey is what climate change looks like<\/a>.<\/p>\n

August 27:<\/strong> Michael Mann offered a clear explanation of the climate change-Hurricane Harvey connection.<\/a><\/p>\n

Climate change boosts hurricanes through higher and hotter seas say @KHayhoe @AndrewDessler: The relationship between hurricanes and climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

August 26:<\/strong> Rapid hurricane intensification, like we’ve seen with Harvey, is consistent with climate change, writes Chris Mooney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

August 25:<\/strong> First tanker crosses Arctic from Europe to Asia-without icebreaker help<\/a>. Fleet of 15 coming soon.<\/p>\n

August 24:<\/strong>Alaska’s permafrost is thawing<\/a>, and that has huge implications, locally, regionally, and globally. (My colleagues Beth Herndon and Lauren Kinsman-Costello are studying how permafrost melt, wetlands, carbon, and phosphorus interact in the Alaskan tundra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"2017WarmNights_cleveland_en_title_lg\"<\/a>August 23:<\/strong> As the number of warm nights is increasing<\/a>, it makes it harder to recover from heat waves. <\/p>\n

August 22:<\/strong> Britain\u2019s seabird colonies face catastrophe as warming waters disrupt their food supply<\/a>. But we don’t know exactly how big problem is because the UK government won’t fund a new seabird census. The last one was done in 2000.<\/p>\n

August 20: <\/strong>High Ground Is Hot Property as Sea Level Rises: Climate Gentrification in Miami<\/a>. <\/p>\n

August 19: <\/strong>Climate gloom and doom? Bring it on. But we need stories about taking action, too<\/a>. (via @ClimateCuddles)<\/p>\n

August 16:<\/strong>Humid heat waves that can kill healthy people in hours will affect millions in South Asia in decades<\/a>.<\/p>\n

August 15:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NASA: Last month was the warmest month ever measured on Earth.
July 2017 was 2.25\u00b0C above 1980-2015 annual average, a tie w\/ Jul & Aug 2016. pic.twitter.com\/AaZm7jdH8L<\/a><\/p>\n

— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) August 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n