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  1. 📌Editorial piece provides balanced, high-level view of #climateattribution

    Tarsands companies pushed out #netzero pledge to 2050 -- want taxpayers to pay for carbon capture (expensive band-aid).

    Canadian government's larger goal = reduce oil & gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Measures are required to improve long-term standard of health & living for everyone.

    #climatecrisis #extremeheat #heatdomes #wildfires #Drought2023 are glaring 🪵🔥🏜️🚰

    theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ed

  2. By the end of 2023, drought receded from the West and covered parts of the Midwest, South and Southeast. Texas recorded the most drought impacts, followed by Louisiana and Missouri.

    Read more in the 2023 annual drought impacts summary: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4

    #drought #drought2023 #drought2024 #climate #news #data #maps #US #USA #UnitedStates

  3. While many states had above-average or higher temperatures in 2023, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Massachusetts and New Hampshire had their warmest year on record.

    Read more in the 2023 annual drought climate summary: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2

    #drought #drought2023 #drought2024 #climate #news #data #maps #US #USA #UnitedStates

  4. Parts of the U.S. — including Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Virginia — experienced lingering drought impacts into the winter after dry conditions earlier in the year.

    Read more in our December 2023 Drought Impacts Summary: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6

    #drought #drought2023 #December2023 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates

  5. Despite an overall decline in drought coverage in December, changes to drought conditions varied widely across the U.S.

    Read more in our December 2023 Drought Climate Summary: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1

    #drought #drought2023 #December2023 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates

  6. This week brought improvements primarily to parts of the East, High Plains and Pacific Northwest. Some degradations occurred in the Midwest and South, with patches in Montana, North Dakota and elsewhere.

    See more change maps: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/Ch

    #droughtmonitor #drought #drought2023 #climate #science #data #maps #UnitedStates #USA #US

  7. US Drought Monitor 12-21-23

    For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 27.88% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 28.05% last week.

    #droughtmonitor #drought #drought2023 #climate #science #data #maps #UnitedStates #USA #US

  8. In the December edition of Dry Horizons:
    ➡ Report examines climate change effects on drought.
    ➡ Policy brief outlines increasing global drought impacts.
    ➡ Study assesses Caribbean islands’ flash drought vulnerability.

    Dry Horizons is a monthly roundup providing news and research to help you plan for drought. Read more: mailchi.mp/unl.edu/dry-horizon

    #drought #drought2023 #climate #science #news #research #December2023 #UnitedStates #US #USA

  9. Extreme drought conditions that developed in the #ShenandoahValley region now cover 4.44% of Virginia. The state is currently 56.06% in D1 or worse, up from 44.97%.

    Dry conditions have contributed to #wildfires in #Virginia, leading Gov. Glenn Youngkin to issue an emergency declaration this week. As of Nov. 8, the #QuakerRunFire has affected about 3,700 acres total and is 40% contained, according to the Virginia Department of Forestry.

    #drought #drought2023 #science #climate #USA #news

  10. Editorial piece provides balanced, high-level view of #climateattribution

    Tarsands companies pushing out #netzero pledge to 2050 -- want taxpayers to pay for carbon capture (expensive band-aid).

    Canadian government's larger goal = reduce oil & gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Measures are required to improve long-term standard of health & living for everyone.

    #climatecrisis #extremeheat #heatdomes #wildfires #Drought2023 are glaring 🪵🔥🏜️🚰

    theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ed