[✔️] October 1, 2023- Global Warming News Digest | NYC Muddy waters, flooding, Explain the rains, micro-plastic, 2013 learning,

Sun Oct 1 11:11:41 EDT 2023

/*October 1*//*, 2023*/

/[ Muddy waters in NYC flooded from 7 inches of rain - //video 
//gathered  from many sources ]/
*New York City recovering after record-setting rainfall*
NBC News
Sep 30, 2023  #Weather #Flooding #NYC
New York City is recovering after Friday’s record-setting rainfall. City 
officials said more than two dozen water rescues took place amid the 
storm. NBC News’ George Solis has the latest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6SDevrrH0o
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**New York Turns into an Ocean! Crazy Flooding hit Brooklyn, New York 
City, USA*
Tough WeatherUS
Sep 30, 2023  BROOKLYN
A state of emergency has been declared in New York City as strong storms 
bring flash flooding.
Many of the city's subway systems, streets and highways have flooded, 
while at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport closed on Friday before 
later reopening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U_e3litPiE
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*NYC Underwater: The Day Nature Rewrote the Record Books*
Jonathan Petramala
Sep 30, 2023  BROOKLYN
September 29th, 2023, will be etched in New York City's history as the 
day the skies opened with an unparalleled ferocity. The deluge was so 
intense that JFK Airport recorded its highest 24-hour rainfall since 
1948, with an astonishing 8 inches pouring down.
Brooklyn faced nature's fury head-on, as three hours of ceaseless rain 
equaled an entire month's average downpour. Witness water roaring into 
basements, stranded vehicles, and impassable roads that brought the Big 
Apple to a standstill.
This video dives deep into the heart of the devastation, spotlighting 
the worst affected regions like Brooklyn and Long Island. From shattered 
rainfall records to streets that became rivers, experience the magnitude 
of NYC's epic flood crisis. For more unforgettable insights and updates 
from this storm's aftermath, subscribe now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHnU9OzYGD8

/[ Some science explains heavy rains  ]/
*With Climate Change, Smaller Storms Are Growing More Fearsome, More Often*
The Friday storm that produced vast flooding in New York City started 
out earlier in the week as an unremarkable — if unpredictable — weather 
system...
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The storm ended up joining forces with another low-pressure weather 
system coming in from the west. “Where they converged is where the heavy 
rain occurred,” he said. That just happened to be right over New York 
City. And “that is the nature of science sometimes,” he added...
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Fall in the Northeast, when hurricane remnants and nor'easters 
increasingly come through, is prone to continuous, heavy rainfall, said 
Upmanu Lall, an engineering professor and the director of the Columbia 
Water Center at Columbia University. “If we just had a cloudburst during 
the summer, nothing much happens, because it’s possible to drain out,” 
he said.

But with climate change, sustained rainfall is now happening in the 
summer as well, if the recent downpours in July, and subsequent 
catastrophic flooding that struck parts of Vermont and the Hudson 
Valley, are any example.

And just as no two storms are alike, flooding also can vary, depending 
on whether it comes from the coast or the sky, Mr. Kruczkiewicz said.

“In New York City, when we think of coastal flooding, there are areas we 
know that are high risk,” he said. “But flash flooding has nothing to do 
with tides,” he said. “It’s coming from the sky and it’s driven by 
intense precipitation,” so flash floods can pop up anywhere there is 
poor drainage infrastructure.

“The water from flash floods tends to rise faster than any kind of 
flood,” Mr. Kruczkiewicz said. And when you add ailing infrastructure or 
poor drainage into the mix, he added, all bets are off.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/30/nyregion/climate-change-flooding-storms.html

/[ Oh darn, expanding our predicament  ]/
*‘Plastic air pollution’: Microplastics in clouds could be exacerbating 
climate change, study says*
Published on 29/09/2023

The presence of tiny plastics in clouds risks the contamination of 
‘everything we eat and drink’, researchers say.

Microplastics have been discovered in clouds, where scientists say they 
could be contributing to climate change.

Researchers found several types of polymers and rubber in the water in 
cloud water surrounding Mount Fuji, Japan’s biggest mountain, and Mount 
Ōyama.

Their study, published in the journal Environmental Chemical Letters, 
joins a growing body of evidence showing that plastic pollution has 
infiltrated most ecosystems on Earth.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/09/29/plastic-air-pollution-microplastics-in-clouds-could-be-exacerbating-climate-change-study-s

/[The news archive - looking back at when we learned ]/
/*October 1, 2013*/
October 1, 2013: Syndicated columnist Eugene Robinson writes:

    "Skeptics and deniers can make all the noise they want, but a
    landmark new report is unequivocal: There is a 95 percent chance
    that human-generated emissions of carbon dioxide and other
    greenhouse gases are changing the climate in ways that court disaster.

    "That's the bottom line from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
    Change, which Monday released the latest of its comprehensive,
    every-six-years assessments of the scientific consensus about
    climate change. According to the IPCC, there is only a 1-in-20
    chance that human activity is not causing dangerous warming.

    "You may like those betting odds. If so, let's get together for a
    friendly game of poker, and please don't forget to bring cash."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/01/warm_enough_for_you_120159.html

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