Compare and contrast: Devastating Brazil floods made twice as likely by burning of fossil fuels and trees

Compare and contrast: Devastating Brazil floods made twice as likely by burning of fossil fuels and trees

The Guardian


During the peak of the rains on 1 May, the city of Santa Maria set a 24-hour rainfall record of 213.6mm. In just three days, the state capital, Porto Alegre, was inundated with two months’ worth of rain, transforming roads into rivers, football stadiums into lakes and damaging the city’s international airport so badly it remains closed. Click here to continue reading

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