Climate Change Hits Home in the USA | Troubled Waters...Ancient People Understood / Record temperatures and historic drought >> Welcome to Phoenix, America's hottest city

  

4,543 views Aug 10, 2023 #water #EveryDropCounts

Are we running out of time to protect our most precious resource? As weather systems spin out of control across the globe, we take a closer look at how the United States is tackling the “too much” and “too little” of water. The Quinault, a Native tribal community in Washington State, is forced to relocate their coastal village to higher ground as high tides threaten to wash away the land they’ve inhabited for thousands of years.

• Meanwhile 1,500 miles away in Phoenix, Arizona, a historic megadrought and punishing heatwave are driving officials and the community at large to find new solutions for conserving their dwindling Colorado River supply, as vulnerable homeless populations struggle to stay cool on the streets.

#EveryDropCounts #water Taholah photos courtesy of Larry Workman Taholah drone footage courtesy of Ryan Eide 00:00 Tsunamis in Washington, megadrought in Arizona. What is happening? 01:02 Culture and community: Introducing the Quinault tribe in Taholah 01:50 Elders trapped in their homes: a tsunami rescue by canoe 02:30 People of the Water: The heartbreak of leaving home 03:10 Time to face relocation 03:55 Ancient wisdom can inform a modern problem 04:50 When your home is on the frontlines: Lia's story 05:40 The first government climate funds for relocation in history 06:16 A self-governing tribe adapts to climate change 07:00 Relocating an ancient village: what does it take? 07:21 How the climate crisis is a water crisis: the UN breaks it down 08:14 Record temperatures and historic drought: welcome to Phoenix, America's hottest city 08:50 The heat beat: the race to protect the city's homeless population 10:07 Heat deaths on the rise: how to stop the toll 11:43 Can a growing city sustain its water supply? How humans behave 12:43 Phoenix's Native origins 13:28 The worst drought in 1200 years 13:43 Sea level rise vs. drought - who has it better? 14:04 Phoenix's water resources and shortages: finding a solution 15:15 United Nations: why we need a global effort to solve the water crisis 15:54 Hopes for the future 16:18 Decision to leave