October 7th - 14th 2023

October 7th - 14th 2023 week one of What's Going on in the World is a little rough, but shares valuable information about the world we live in. Be patient as we develop the voice of our shoe.

Show notes and sources

Why countries are choosing to build new cities in places at high risk of worsening floods

Laura Paddison, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/04/world/flood-risk-cities-climate-change/index.html

Weather Underground

Warming underneath cities is weakening buildings in slow motion.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/underground-climate-change-is-weakening-buildings-in-slow-motion1/

By Allison Parshall on July 11, 2023

Scientists looked at nearly every known amphibian type. They're not doing great.

Nathan Rott

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203120401/scientists-looked-at-nearly-every-known-amphibian-type-theyre-not-doing-great#:~:text=They%27re%20not%20doing%20great&text=Kent%20Gilbert%2FAP-,A%20study%20published%20in%20the%20journal%20Nature%20found%20that%20the,most%20threatened%20class%20of%20vertebrates.

150 DOLPHINS DIE AS WATER HITS HOT TUB TEMPERATURE

https://futurism.com/the-byte/dolphins-die-water-temperature

Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/05/gobsmackingly-bananas-scientists-stunned-by-planets-record-september-heat#:~:text=Global%20temperatures%20soared%20to%20a,the%20hottest%20month%20ever%20recorded.