BONUS EPISODE! Australia has gone from devastating bushfires to (literally) flooding rains. While the rains are so welcome in breaking droughts and putting out the fires, the sheer volume of water and the severity of the weather events can cause dangerous conditions for lives and property. We thought we'd give you a quick update on the situation, and explain how rising temperatures contribute to severe weather events and flooding. It's a short episode today - just a quick explainer and some tips about what you can do to lessen your personal impact, and how to let politicians know what you think about the climate emergency.

Sources and links:

•Live updates on the flooding in Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2020/feb/10/nsw-queensland-floods-weather-rain-sydney-traffic-commuters

•Climate change and the water cycle: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/sites/climaterealityproject.org/files/WaterCycle.pdf; https://climaterealityproject.org/blog/climate-change-impacting-water-cycle; https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/water-and-climate-change

•Climate change and severe weather events/natural disasters: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/; https://www.vox.com/2020/1/15/21065557/australia-fires-climate-change-weather-extreme-heat-drought-flood

•Contact your Senator and/or Member of Parliament: https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Guidelines_for_Contacting_Senators_and_Members