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Burning house surfing flood waters

Posted on June 26, 2016 by groundswellbasscoast

A burning house being carried away by flood waters is as vivid a metaphor for global climate catastrophe as I’ve ever seen. The sad fact about working class people who have supported right wing politics historically in the US, is … Continue reading →

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Councils’ climate change planning warnings to be curbed

Posted on January 31, 2014 by groundswellbasscoast

Can Australia win a double Darwin Award, for our State Planning Minister, relaxing building codes to make house reconstruction cheaper(!) in Black Saturday bushfire areas and now this “NSW Planning Minister Brad Hazzard will release a draft circular aimed at … Continue reading →

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Colorado’s Flooding Becomes A 1,000 Year Event

Posted on September 16, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

Some still contest that the last time this happened was before anybody knew about climate change, 1000 years ago, therefore climate change can’t be real! It makes more sense to say that on any day, there’s a 0.1% chance of … Continue reading →

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Record snowstorms not inconsistent with warming world

Posted on February 15, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

The science behind this is clear: Warmer temperatures cause more water to evaporate into the atmosphere, and warmer air holds more water than cooler air. The air’s “water-holding capacity,” in fact, rises about 7 percent with each Celsius degree of … Continue reading →

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