Sending you over to Slate quickly this morning for a marvelous 1:47 video that explains as succinctly as possible why we’re seeing such massive wildfires this summer–and why we’re likely to see them over and over again in the years to come. Short, concise, and–ironically enough–chilling. Here’s the link: https://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2013/08/yosemite_fire_climate_change_we_are_all_to_blame_for_forest_fires.html
Wow, what a piece this morning at The Daily Climate by Glenn Scherer (link to follow) on climate change and the horrific deaths of those nineteen firefighters in Yarnell, Arizona. He does an excellent job of putting into perspective the daunting increase in the size and numbers of wildfires. For starters, he notes that University [...]
This list is brought to you by Climate Progress (link to follow). I found it instructive to review the worst of the weather in such a telescoped fashion. It’s easy to forget the pain of the past year’s weather. It brings to mind what a friend once told me: “A woman would never have a [...]
Excellent pieces from Climate Central. The first details the ominous growth of wildfires in the U.S., and we’re talking both size and numbers. The wildfire season is not over, yet the devastation is 30 percent greater than during an average year, making this fire season one of the worst ever. Think of an area larger [...]
Those of us who still read newspapers–in my case, online–generally have columnists to whom we’re particularly drawn. My favorites have shifted over the years; for much of the ’90s and early aughts, I rushed to read Frank Rich in The New York Times. I’ve missed him since he moved to New York Magazine, and haven’t [...]