It comes as no surprise that those living outside the U.S. do not view our nation and its people with the same reverence as we Americans do ourselves. And this is by no means a new phenomenon. From Wikipedia:
Category: Climate Change
Worried About Climate Change? Relax.
If you’re concerned about the ultimate impact of climate change on the Earth and its people, there’s no longer any reason to worry. A member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) told a constituent last week that …
Climate Change Poses a Threat To Our Civilization’s Protection Against Climate Change
I’m sure most readers are aware of the stronghold called the Global Seed Vault, built about a decade ago and maintained with international cooperation in the arctic permafrost to enable humankind to regrow about one million species and cultivars of …
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Lots of Stuff Happens As Ice Melts on Earth–And None of It Is Good
What happens as the Earth warms? Well, farmland turns to desert, storms worsen, the sea level rises (as 24 cubic miles of ice melts every year in the Antarctic alone), and the oceans lose their capacity to support most animal …
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More on Melting Glaciers
In response to my post on the disappearing glaciers in the eponymous national park, family friend Shawn Price (pictured with his adorable daughter Annie) writes: It does seem odd that a glacier that has been around for 10,000 years suddenly …
Renaming Places and Things Is Sometimes Cause for Sadness
In general, renaming places and things on this planet shouldn’t be particularly disturbing to anyone: progress militates that Mt. McKinley, Bombay, Burma, Ceylon, Dahomey, Rhodesia, etc. all lose their names to support our more modern sensibilities. But certain places require …
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Great Video on Ocean Currents
Here’s a short but wonderful video created from images from NASA’s Goddard Space Center called “The Way the Oceans Move.” As you’re watching it, ask yourself: Shouldn’t this be called “The Way The Oceans USED To Move?” Rising ocean temperatures, …
The New French President Has a Message for U.S. Climate Scientists, and It’s Deeply Humiliating for All Americans
What is the take-away from the Macron landslide victory in France today? Of course, we can all breathe a little more easily that the election result represents a complete rejection of fascist and xenophobic values. But barely more subtle is …
There Are Only Two Types of Climate Deniers–And You Don’t Want To Be Either One
A skeptic comments on my post re: yesterday’s Climate March in which I mentioned that Pakistan saw temperatures of 122F in April. He mentions that all this hub-bub is not about science, but about “short-lived publicity.” I wish he were …
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Scorching Hot Day for the 2017 Climate March in Washington D.C.
Climate March 2017 took place in Washington D.C. earlier today, and in over 250 “satellite” venues across the country and around the world. A couple of hundred thousand protesters voiced their outrage at President Trump’s planet-killing energy policies in the …
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