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Fires Doubled Australia’s Carbon Emissions–Ecosystems May Never Soak It Back Up
Bush fire season is underway again in Australia, where summer has just kicked off. Yet the country is still recovering from record-breaking wildfires two years ago that killed at least 33 people, destroyed thousands of homes and burned more than 65,000 square miles of land. How quickly the natural landscape recovers depends on the climate…
Deforestation Has Doubled Risk of Flash Flooding in Fast-Growing West African Coastal Cities
A late afternoon storm over a forest, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. Credit: Cornelia Klein Study shows storm frequency has doubled in the region in 30 years, mostly linked to land-use change. The frequency of thunderstorms in some fast-growing African coastal cities has doubled over the past 30 years, with much of this increase linked to the…
Coal and Gas Prices Have Doubled Which Contribute to China Power Outages
China has been rationing power because of coal and gas shortages. There are reports of multiple power outages to residences for four days in a row. Households have had to restrict AC usage. There are many factors contributing to a perfect storm of increased demand, high energy prices and reduced supplies. China’s heatwave, shortages with…