A recent post on Grist highlights the writings of a guy who really thinks hard about nexus and connections, Bill McKibben of 350.org. His May Washington Post op-ed was turned into a video mashup (below) by Stephen Thompson of Plomomedia, and it is must-see. I was going to comment further about the connections between climate change and extreme weather events, but well, you should just watch the video or read the op-ed and see for yourself.
One point, though: it is not pessimistic or apocalyptic to point out the reality of what is going on right now. We need to adapt to climate change as it is and as it will be on the ground, and there’s plenty of tough adjustment to be done without scaring one another about far-off probabilities. This video uses current news footage to show what’s happening now. It’s frightening because it’s a wake-up call, but we can deal with it if we get to work now.
Eliza F. Cava 
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