... remember the 21st century’s most important physical fact: warm air holds more water vapor; July set a new record for U.S. thunderstorms
aka hot, wet & stormy.
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
... remember the 21st century’s most important physical fact: warm air holds more water vapor; July set a new record for U.S. thunderstorms
aka hot, wet & stormy.
USA-centric views follow:
Move to the Michigan Upper Peninsula while the bridge is still there.
Personally I'm hoping Michigan can build a wall along its southern border to keep the riff raff out.
That's a joke.
I really want a deep trench or moat instead.
More seriously, rental folks are screwed. Very few landlords are going to improve insulation and air conditioning, they'll try to dump the property on the next sucker instead. And by the time any meaningful legislation is passed, everyone will have moved as far north as they can.
Regarding Michigan, I wonder if states will try to suck the great lakes dry during this century? Would former US states go to war with each other over water? 100% they will.