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For context, the denial crowd is basically all paid to hold their views and confuse people

An archived copy of the article should show up here shortly after I post.

That's because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. That extra water vapor means storms can drop more rain than in the past. Today, the heaviest rainstorms in Texas drop about 20% more water than they did in the late 1950s, when the planet was significantly cooler, according to the National Climate Assessment. And extreme rain in Texas is expected to get much more frequent in the coming decade, as the climate warms even more, according to a 2024 report by the Texas state climatologist.

Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts may thwart their efforts.

Extreme weather seems to make the headlines almost every week, as disasters increasingly strike out of season, break records, and hit places they never have before.

Decades of scientific research has proven that human-caused climate change is making some disasters more dangerous and more frequent. The burning of fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal releases carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere, where it traps heat, warms the planet, and alters the conditions in which extreme weather forms. These changes are happening more rapidly than at any time in the last 800,000 years, according to climate records.

Below, we break down what experts know — and what they don’t — about the connections between climate change and flooding.

Sorry that this has a hard paywall, but there isn't really other coverage of the issue. Key graph from article:

Archived copies of the article:

• archive.today
• web.archive.org

Archived copies of the article:

• archive.today
• web.archive.org

Not my favorite source, but not a lot of other coverage.

It's going to take two things to change this:

• Communication to make sure that elected officials hear from us. That means calling, writing, turning up in person, trying to have private conversations with staff, etc.
• Active intervention in primaries, so that it's much harder to get elected if you don't support decarbonization

Changing this view means showing them; that means calling, writing, turning up in person, talking in private to staff, etc.