Climate Change Minute

The only one of this year's emergency appeals not connected to the climate was an earthquake in Peru, in August. The others arose after an unprecedented string of catastrophic floods across much of Africa, south Asia and North Korea, and followed severe drought in southern Africa, Nicaragua's category-five hurricane, and extreme climate conditions in Bolivia, which brought both drought and floods. Sir John Holmes, the U.N.'s emergency relief coordinator, says the climate change mega-disaster is here.

It's a good thing global warming is a myth or we'd really be screwed. Via MeFi.