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The Effects of Historical Housing Policies on Resident Exposure to Intra-Urban Heat: A Study of 108 US Urban Areas
Study key findings & significance
- "[I]n nearly all cases, those neighborhoods located in formerly redlined areas — that remain predominantly lower income and communities of color — are at present hotter than their non-redlined counterparts.”
- “‘D’-rated areas are now on average 2.6° C warmer than ‘A’-rated areas. Areas assigned a ‘hazardous’ HOLC [Home Owners' Loan Corporation] security rating in U.S.
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Heat And Smoke Are Worse Together Than Apart
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| Science Advances
Unprecedented climate events: Historical changes, aspirational targets, and national commitments
Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Deepti Singh, and Justin S. Mankin
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| American Meteorological Society
Sixfold Increase in Historical Northern Hemisphere Concurrent Large Heatwaves Driven by Warming and Changing Atmospheric Circulations
Cassandra D. W. Rogers , Kai Kornhuber , Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick et al
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| American Meteorological Society
Diverse Characteristics of U.S. Summer Heat Waves
Bradfield Lyon and Anthony G. Barnston
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Social inequalities in climate change-attributed impacts of Hurricane Harvey
Study key findings & significance
- climate change greatly increased Harvey’s flooding but also that the climate-boosted flooding hit low-income Hispanic communities the hardest.
- The finding shows that researchers can now do more than quantify how climate change led to additional homes being flooded. They can also assess how weather extremes, propelled by climate change, harm some groups more than others.
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“The first big finding is that climate change can serve as the tipping point between flooding and not flooding.
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Record 23 Billion-Dollar Disasters in 2023, With Four Months To Go
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Hurricane Lee Strengthens To Cat 5 Monster In 18 Hours
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Idalia Hits Florida With Dangerous Storm Surge
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Aug 29, 2023 | Climate Nexus Hot News
Idalia Bears Down On Florida Gulf Coast
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Attributable human-induced changes in the magnitude of flooding in the Houston, Texas region during Hurricane Harvey
Study key findings & significance
- The extreme rainfall brought by Hurricane Harvey increased the flooded area in the Greater Houston area by 14%
Author quotes
“Our best estimate is that climate change increased the cost of Hurricane Harvey by about 14% or US$13Bn”. Sampson & Wehner
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Climate Change Makes Back-To-Back Hurricanes More Frequent And Stronger, Research Finds.
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Feb 8, 2023 | E&E News
Census: Disasters displaced more than 3M Americans in 2022
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Jan 30, 2023 | AP
Filipino Workers Allege Offshore Oil Co. Abandoned Them To Hurricane Ida
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| Environmental Research Letters
Economic losses from hurricanes cannot be nationally offset under unabated warming
Robin Middelanis, Sven N Willner, Christian Otto et al
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The Fifth U.S. National Climate Assessment
Study key findings & significance
- The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a report developed by the U.S.
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Amazon Could Reach Tipping Point By Midcentury
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2023 Smashes Hottest Year Record
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It’s Official - 2023 Is World's The Hottest Year On Record
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Earth Veering Closer To Dangerous Tipping Points