While the very same „deadly rivers“ are also vital resources of freshwater, I really appreciate a global perspective on the hazards they can cause. In this sense, it’s our actions today that that bring about the floods of tomorrow.

… we reconstruct temperatures & seasonality from a stalagmite collected in Arctic Siberia, dating 9Ma back. While global average temperatures back then were around 4.5 °C - similar to future high emissions scenarios - Arctic temperatures could have been as high as +11.1 °C (−12.3 °C today). (2/3)

An Arctic warming of > 18 °C far surpasses what models predict and holds vital implications for vulnerable Arctic permafrost soils. (3/3)