UNC Asheville classes suspended until Oct 9, even online classes aren't possible with all power and comms out. This is the future for too many places, and we aren't prepared #climatecrisis

Devastating flooding in Asheville NC www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...www.chronicle-tribune.com/news/wire/de...

Flooding and landslides in Nepal kill at least 66 people, with as many again still missing

Flooding caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 66 people in Nepal and a further 69 are missing.

Update from a family member who works for this hospital system (northeast TN). Names/places in the first text are all major hospitals; name crossed out in blue is my brother’s partner, a family MD. As he says, it’s very bad

I-40 at the NC/TN border has washed out

Great show!

Yeah, I remember a Dennis Miller rant about Gen X

study: in the Colorado River basin, "Water consumed for agriculture amounts to three times all other direct uses combined. Cattle feed crops including alfalfa and other grass hays account for 46% of all direct water consumption." www.nature.com/articles/s43...

New water accounting reveals why the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea - Communications Earth & Environment

Comprehensive accounting for consumptive water uses in the Colorado River Basin, United States indicates that irrigated agriculture consumes half of all river flows; nearly two-thirds of agricultural ...

So... fire the actual language experts at the company, replace with scraped content that only customers see? Since I practice Hungarian on Duolingo, I can't wait for all the pro-Orban agitprop

Indiana University Bloomington is looking to hire multiple tenure-track faculty in Environmental and/or Climate Impacts on Health and Wellbeing. There are many possible tenure homes for these positions, including Geography. 🧪 More info here:

Natalia Mogilevskaya (Ukrainian) youtu.be/2UgUl4vx8Qc?...