Wildfires, drought, extreme heat and other effects of climate change are rapidly accelerating and compounding in California, according to a report from state scientists.
The fourth edition of “Indicators of Climate Change in #California,” released Tuesday, paints a stark picture of the escalating climate crisis and documents how global reliance on fossil fuels has had wide-ranging effects on the state’s weather, water and residents.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-01/climate-change-rapidly-accelerating-in-california
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"Since the last update in 2018, weather extremes have intensified and become more erratic, officials said, and human health indicators such as heat-related illness, valley fever and wildfire smoke have gotten worse. Some of the changes are irreversible."
Link to:
"Indicators of Climate Change in #California" REPORT
https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/climate-change/document/2022caindicatorsreport.pdf
@peeppeepcircus at a time of year when I'd normally be sweltering, of 30°+ days, instead we're closer to 0° and there's snow on the mountains.
I don't understand people who continue to deny that climate change is here.
