With 37.68 inches of accumulation, 7.73 inches above average, precipitation across the contiguous U.S. from June 2018–May 2019 shattered the previous all-time 12-month record set at the end of April. https://t.co/bC3WTiBjPn #StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/v2KxUfu4WF
— NOAA NCEI (@NOAANCEI) June 6, 2019
Let’s hope some of the increase in rainfall is falling over the rainforests.
Wet weather sinks carbon into coastal temperate rainforests
“Conversely, if climate change brings more annual precipitation, and causes less of it to fall as snow, an increased area of water-saturated soil could bring even larger accumulations of soil organic carbon.”
https://physicsworld.com/a/wet-weather-sinks-carbon-into-coastal-temperate-rainforests/
I don’t think lack of rainfall is anywhere near the worst problem.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Bolivia-Deforestation-EO.JPG
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2016-08/rondonia-satellite-deforestation.jpg
Need to be able to afford flood insurance, or take a risk of losing everything. . . .
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/climate/climate-flood-insurance.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate&action=click&contentCollection=climate®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront