https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/world/europe/dutch-rivers-flood-control.html Source: By Thomas Erdbrink , The New York Times.  Excerpt: Extreme rainfall is causing deadly and destructive floods globally. The Netherlands averted disaster this summer by creating flood plains.…

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/world/americas/drought-argentina-parana-river.html Source: By Daniel Politi , The New York Times.  Excerpt: The continent’s second-largest river is drying up amid the biggest drought in 70 years, upending ecosystems, trade and livelihoods.…

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/us/hurricane-ida-louisiana-levees.html Source: By Richard Fausset ,  Sophie Kasakove  and  Christopher Flavelle , The New York Times.  Excerpt: A massive flood protection system built around New Orleans helped save it from flooding during Hurricane Ida. Surrounding communities, which weren’t so lucky, want their own system.… See also Nearly a Week Without Power, New Orleans Is Facing a ‘Race With the Clock’ and Satellite Images Find ‘Substantial’ Oil Spill in Gulf After Ida .

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/03/climate/bitcoin-carbon-footprint-electricity.html   Source: By Jon Huang, Claire O’Neill and Hiroko Tabuchi  , The New York Times.  Excerpt: ...cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, one of the most popular, use astonishing amounts of electricity. ...The process of creating Bitcoin to spend or trade consumes around 91 terawatt-hours of electricity annually, more than is used by Finland, a nation of about 5.5 million.…

Source: By Jenessa Duncombe , Eos/AGU. Excerpt: The Montreal Protocol halted the destruction of the ozone layer. In the process, it saved one of Earth’s most important carbon sinks. ...The international treaty that phased out the production of ozone-depleting chemicals has prevented between 0.65°C and 1°C of global warming, according to research. The study also showed that carbon stored in vegetation through photosynthesis would have dropped by 30% without the treaty, which came into force in 1989. Researchers from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the United States wrote in  Nature  that the  Montreal Protocol  was essential in protecting carbon stored in plants. Studies in the polar regions have shown that high-energy ultraviolet rays (UVB)  reduce  plant biomass and damage DNA. Forests and soil currently absorb  30% of human carbon dioxide  emissions. ...In the simulation, the UVB radiation is so intense that plants in the midlatitudes stop ...

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-report-shows-disproportionate-impacts-climate-change-socially-vulnerable Source:     EPA Press Office ( press@epa.gov ) Excerpt:  A new EPA analysis released today shows that the most severe harms from climate change fall disproportionately upon underserved communities who are least able to prepare for, and recover from, heat waves, poor air quality, flooding, and other impacts.  EPA’s analysis indicates that racial and ethnic minority communities are particularly vulnerable to the greatest impacts of climate change.  Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impact Sectors  is one of the most advanced environmental justice studies to date that looks at how projected climate change impacts may be distributed across the American public.....  

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/climate/climate-towns-bankruptcy.html Source: By Christopher Flavelle , The New York Times.  Excerpt: Repeated shocks from hurricanes, fires and floods are pushing some rural communities, already struggling economically, to the brink of financial collapse. ...places hit repeatedly by hurricanes, floods and wildfires are unraveling: residents and employers leave, the tax base shrinks and it becomes even harder to fund basic services. That downward spiral now threatens low-income communities in the path this week of Hurricane Ida and those hit by the recent flooding in Tennessee — hamlets regularly pummeled by storms that are growing more frequent and destructive because of climate change.…