Warlords, Disease, and Heat Waves. Welcome to the New Abnormal
As drought dries the great Mississippi River, and saltwater crawls upstream, the U.S. Army has a solution: barge in 36M gallons of freshwater to New Orleans — every day. As the water crisis unfolds, American companies are worried that their mines won’t have enough water to function, further complicating our energy transition and collection of minerals.
The UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a 352-page report on methane emissions in livestock and rice production. Livestock currently generates about 30% of CH4 emissions, while rice creates around 8%. The most recent IPCC report estimates that methane emissions have contributed about .5 °C to global warming. A German study concluded that hidden methane leaks (through underground pipelines, “incomplete combustion,” and “fugitive emissions”) are also contributing to this issue.
Switzerland’s glaciers have lost 10% of volume over the last two years. Bolivia set new September heat records; last winter was its hottest on record. More than 2/3rds of Mexico is officially in drought. Parts of Iowa’s crops have been hard hit by this year’s drought.
The American power grid survived a sweltering summer, but experts fear disaster in the future. In another moment of good news, the…
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