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<\/a><\/p>\nLaura Millan @ Bloomberg<\/em><\/small>:
\nNepal Glacier Collapse Reveals New Scale of Climate Perils<\/a><\/h2>\nOnce considered outliers, these types of catastrophic incidents are now happening more regularly<\/em><\/p>\nOutliers become the norm<\/h3>\n
The giant wave of rock, ice and debris that swept through 100 kilometers (62 miles) of Nepalese valleys last week<\/a> is the deadliest illustration yet of how climate change is fueling mountain disasters of epic proportions.<\/p>\nScientists have long predicted<\/a> quicker melting of snow and ice and accelerated thawing of permafrost in high mountain areas that are warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. For years they have documented the results: more frequent rockfalls, avalanches, lake outbursts, flash floods and landslides.<\/p>\nEven so, the sheer scale of the disaster in Nepal shocked experts. \u201cThere are things that we\u2019re completely unprepared for,\u201d said Noah Diffenbaugh<\/a>, a climate scientist at Stanford University. The floods fall into the category of \u201cthings that are just completely outside of our experience.\u201d<\/p>\nThe event was triggered on Aug. 26<\/a> when the bedrock gave way below a glacier near the Langtang Lirung peak in the Nepalese Himalayas. A huge section of the glacier, measuring between 1 and 1.3 kilometers wide, detached from the mountain. The fast-moving deluge that ensued raised water levels in rivers downstream by as much as 9 meters within just half an hour.
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\n<\/center><\/p>\nIt\u2019s among the catastrophic mountain incidents that climate scientists would have classed as outliers not long ago, but that are now happening more regularly. …
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Jewel Bright @ NPR<\/em><\/small>:
\nThe U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThe United States was the only country to vote against it.<\/em><\/p>\nJames Cirrone @ Fox<\/em><\/small>:
\nUnited Nations votes 164-1 for Equal Earth map after US brands it ‘radical ideological project’<\/a><\/h2>\nThe resolution backs equal-area maps over the Mercator projection, which makes Africa appear far smaller than it actually is<\/em><\/p>\n
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Coral Davenport @ NY Times<\/em><\/small>:
\nTrump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones<\/a><\/h2>\nThe proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.<\/em>
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Heather Delaney Reese<\/small>:
\nTrump was WARNED not to give this interview<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Outliers become the norm<\/h3>\n
The giant wave of rock, ice and debris that swept through 100 kilometers (62 miles) of Nepalese valleys last week<\/a> is the deadliest illustration yet of how climate change is fueling mountain disasters of epic proportions.<\/p>\n Scientists have long predicted<\/a> quicker melting of snow and ice and accelerated thawing of permafrost in high mountain areas that are warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. For years they have documented the results: more frequent rockfalls, avalanches, lake outbursts, flash floods and landslides.<\/p>\n Even so, the sheer scale of the disaster in Nepal shocked experts. \u201cThere are things that we\u2019re completely unprepared for,\u201d said Noah Diffenbaugh<\/a>, a climate scientist at Stanford University. The floods fall into the category of \u201cthings that are just completely outside of our experience.\u201d<\/p>\n The event was triggered on Aug. 26<\/a> when the bedrock gave way below a glacier near the Langtang Lirung peak in the Nepalese Himalayas. A huge section of the glacier, measuring between 1 and 1.3 kilometers wide, detached from the mountain. The fast-moving deluge that ensued raised water levels in rivers downstream by as much as 9 meters within just half an hour. It\u2019s among the catastrophic mountain incidents that climate scientists would have classed as outliers not long ago, but that are now happening more regularly. … <\/p>\n … The resolution backs equal-area maps over the Mercator projection, which makes Africa appear far smaller than it actually is<\/em><\/p>\n The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.<\/em>
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\n(Laura Millan @ Bloomberg<\/em> more…)<\/small><\/small><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nJewel Bright @ NPR<\/em><\/small>:
\nThe U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThe United States was the only country to vote against it.<\/em><\/p>\nJames Cirrone @ Fox<\/em><\/small>:
\nUnited Nations votes 164-1 for Equal Earth map after US brands it ‘radical ideological project’<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/a><\/p>\nCoral Davenport @ NY Times<\/em><\/small>:
\nTrump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Coral Davenport @ NY Times<\/em> more…)<\/small><\/small><\/a><\/p>\n
\nHeather Delaney Reese<\/small>:
\nTrump was WARNED not to give this interview<\/a><\/h2>\n
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