“Israel was first to show that vaccines were bending the curve of Covid infections. The country led the world in early vaccinations, and by February more than 84% of people ages 70 and older had received two doses.”
More Than 4.64 Billion Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker
Vaccinations and COVID-19 – Data for Israel – Our World in Data
Israel has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world and cases are skyrocketing. Palestine has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the world, and far fewer cases.
Vaccinations and COVID-19 – Data for Israel – Our World in Data
On August 12, 1936, one third of India was flooded and it was 120 degrees in Oklahoma.
TimesMachine: August 13, 1936 – NYTimes.com
13 Aug 1936, 1 – The Purcell Register at Newspapers.com
Oklahoma 120 Kansas 119 California 118 Nebraska 117 Arizona 115 Texas 114 Missouri 112 Iowa 109 Arkansas 107 South Dakota 107 Illinois 106 Colorado 105 Indiana 105 New Mexico 105 Louisiana 104 Kentucky 101 Mississippi 101 Ohio 101 Michigan 100 Tennessee 100 Utah 100 Nevada 99 New York 99 North Dakota 98 Virginia 97 Florida 96 Idaho 96 Oregon 96 South Carolina 96 Montana 95 Pennsylvania 95 West Virginia 95 Georgia 94 New Jersey 94 North Carolina 94 Washington 94 Maryland 93 Vermont 93 Wyoming 93 Alabama 92 Delaware 92 Wisconsin 92 Connecticut 90 Maine 90 Massachusetts 90 Minnesota 89 New Hampshire 89 Rhode Island 86
Scientific American apparently believes we didn’t used to have droughts before oil companies, and that droughts should be named after them.
Let’s Start Naming Climate-Related Disasters for Polluters and Their Enablers – Scientific American
I propose the Sir Francis Drake Drought.
The Lost Colony and Jamestown Droughts | Science
Researchers Find Evidence Of 16th Century Epic Drought Over North America — ScienceDaily
And we also need an Anasazi Drought.
“Mega droughts have been verified by science. Carbon dating combined with dendrochronology — the study of tree rings — has determined the Southwest suffered from 14 mega droughts punctured sometimes with a couple years of normal precipitation spanning from 50 to 100 years stretching from 800 to 1600 AD.”
Mega drought: As goes Anasazi civilization, so goes California? – Turlock Journal
Expert: Arctic polar cap may disappear this summer_English_Xinhua
North Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer
BBC NEWS | UK | Swimmer aims to kayak to N Pole
Star-News – Google News Archive Search
Arctic Sea Ice Gone in Summer Within Five Years?
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’
Gore: Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014
The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search
Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013 | Sierra Club Canada
Ice-free Arctic in two years heralds methane catastrophe – scientist | Environment | The Guardian
The End of the Arctic? Ocean Could be Ice Free by 2015 – The Daily Beast
