• Record rainfall spoils crops in China, rattling its leaders
• Climate change can cause bridges to “fall apart like tinkertoys,” experts say
• Even desert plants known for their resilience are burning and dying in the heat
• How Halloween pumpkins contribute to the climate crisis
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• WMO report highlights vicious cycle of climate change, wildfires, and air pollution
• Higher temperatures with lower humidity will kill you quicker than previously though, study shows
• Climate change is already forcing millions of people to migrate – and it will only get worse
• Japan and China record their hottest summers on record amidst intensifying global heatwaves
• African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says
(Archived link)
• How climate change accelerated spring winds
(Archived link)
• Italy’s southern islands drought made 50% more likely by climate change, study finds
… but there’s money to be made, so la di da, la di da.
For those surprised by the pumpkin thing, the TL;DR is that it isn’t actually a pumpkin thing in particular, but instead a “putting food waste in a landfill makes it emit methane” thing in general. In other words, everyone should compost their jack-o’-lanterns instead of throwing them in the trash.