The Survivor Stories series reflects the range of backgrounds and life experiences of NFIP policyholders — from a young family to a retiree — but collectively, they demonstrate
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[1] CO2 absorbs IR, is the main GHG, human emissions are increasing its concentration in the atmosphere, raising temperatures globally; the second GHG, water vapor, exists in equilibrium with water / ice, would precipitate out if not for the CO2, so acts as a feedback; since the oceans cover so much
of the planet, water is a large
positive feedback; melting snow and ice as the atmosphere warms decreases albedo, another
positive feedback, biased toward the poles, which gives larger polar warming than the global average; decreasing the temperature gradient from the equator to the poles is reducing the driving forces for the jetstream; the jetstream's meanders are increasing in amplitude and slowing, just like the lower Missippi River where its driving gradient decreases; the larger slower meanders increase the amplitude and duration
of blocking highs, increasing drought and extreme temperatures — and 30,000 + Europeans and 5,000 plus Russians die, and the US corn crop, Russian wheat crop, and Aussie wildland fire protection fails — or extreme rainfall
floods the US, France, Pakistan, Thailand (driving up prices for disk drives — hows that for unexpected adverse
impacts from AGW?)