A Mission to the Venice of the Amazon
Welcome to Belen, where the poorest of the poor float for half the year on the floodplains of the Amazon. When government officials and local community members meet to discuss the needs of “the Venice...
View ArticleNYC – Titanic Moment, Fully Lit Pier 88 Flooded by Storm Surge Goes Dark...
As the surge of water moved inland on the west side of Manhattan, Pier 88 at 48th Street and the West Side Highway glowed eerily as the water rose inside the pier buildings. It was a Titanic moment...
View Article3 Words Every Man Hates to Hear
Chuck Chapman helps couples shift from problem starting to problem solving. ___ There are three little words that your significant other can say that are guaranteed to make your heart beat faster …...
View ArticleHow To Develop Courage
Jordan Gray says that courage is born of your ability to take action, among other things. Build resilient courage by following these three simple steps. —– “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action...
View ArticleSurreal Footage Of The Devastating Houston Floods From Above
Join The Good Men Project Community. “Here’s the thing about The Good Men Project. We are trying to create big, sweeping, societal changes—–overturn stereotypes, eliminate racism, sexism,...
View ArticleWhen the Rain Wouldn’t Stop
Embed from Getty Images — There are no words. But I’m going to try to come up with some. Houston, my hometown and current home, along with much of Southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana, have been...
View ArticleLove Smarter by Learning When to Take a Break
By Kerry Lusignan, MA, LMHC at NorthhamptonCouplesTherapy.com — Being able to shift gears in the heat of an argument and take a break is one of the most crucial relationship skills. It’s also one of...
View ArticleHothouse Earth Could Soon Be Unavoidable
— LONDON, 7 August, 2018 – Human actions threaten to push the planet into a new state, called Hothouse Earth. In such a world global average temperatures could stabilise at 4°C or even 5°C higher than...
View ArticleHalf a Degree May Make Heat Impact Much Worse
— LONDON, 4 April, 2019 − Japanese scientists have found new evidence that a global average temperature rise as small as half a degree could have a drastic effect. They conclude that the world cannot...
View ArticleClimate Impacts Will Seldom Strike Singly
— LONDON, 20 November, 2019 − By 2100, climate impacts will be felt by everyone and most people will experience at least three simultaneous hazards, inexorably made more hazardous by the build-up of...
View ArticleWeakened Hurricanes May Be Wind Farm Bonus
— LONDON, 23 October, 2018 − US scientists have identified yet another wonder of that icon of renewable energy, the offshore wind farm: they may result in weakened hurricanes. Turbines in the right...
View ArticleVery Heavy Rain Bouts Are on the Way
— LONDON, 19 June, 2019 – Canadian scientists have examined an exhaustive collection of rain records for the past 50 years to confirm the fears of climate scientists: bouts of very heavy rain are on...
View ArticleEgyptian Theatre Aids Climate Change Fight
— By Kieran Cooke LONDON, 4 September, 2019 − Ever been to an Egyptian theatre? Go to one if you get the chance. You might have an enlightening time. How to get the message about a warming world and...
View ArticleSouthward Shift Faces Us Climate by 2100
— By Tim Radford LONDON, 21 February, 2019 − If the world continues to burn ever-increasing levels of fossil fuels, then life will change predictably for millions of American city dwellers as the US...
View ArticleOur Society Is so Violent, Backwards, and Corrupt
By Natasha Vizcarra This article is part of a series on the experiences of Himalayan Sherpas adapting to a warmer world. Read the background story and accounts of a guesthouse owner and anthropologist....
View ArticleAtmospheric River Storms Can Drive Costly Flooding – and Climate Change Is...
— By Tom Corringham, University of California San Diego Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably guess that it’s the Amazon, the Nile or the Mississippi. In fact, some of...
View ArticleFlood and Hurricane Risk Varies Widely Across Us
— By Tim Radford The northern states of the US can expect more flooding in a warming world. The southern and southwestern states can look forward to fewer floods. And the evidence comes not from...
View ArticleAre You Not Ready for a Flood, Too?
— Mother Nature can be fickle. You pray for a shower to water your gardens and wash your car, and she gives you a downpour of biblical proportions. All of that rain has to go somewhere. With any luck,...
View ArticleRivers Flood, Seas Rise – and Land Faces Erosion
— By Tim Radford Climate heating often ensures that calamities don’t come singly: so don’t forget what erosion can do. In a warmer world the glaciers will melt ever faster to raise global sea levels...
View ArticleRiver Deltas Become Even Riskier as Climate Warms
— By Tim Radford Already, more than 30 million people worldwide are in danger of catastrophic floods − and now they face further danger from the river deltas which are their homes. Ocean storm surges...
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