With the climatic conditions of planet earth rapidly changing, changing humidity levels, global warming, extreme weather conditions and many other such events are shaping earth’s current climate. All of these changing factors have influenced all forms of life on earth. …
From Guest Blogger Christine Rudolph: Climate Change Can Bring Unwelcome Pests Read More »
I mentioned just the other day that sea level rise is arguably the most frightening aspect of climate change. In a comment to this post, I wrote: Of all the terrifying aspects of climate disruption, sea level rise is the …
From today’s New York Times – and two replies from a team of scientists that has added me to their distribution list: • Only if each of us chooses to be a coward. • More likely if we are stupid. So …
Averting Climate Disaster Will Require Courage and Intelligence Read More »
Many of us complain bitterly about the U.S. government’s lethargy re: mitigating climate disruption and embracing clean energy solutions. Yet we live with frequent reminders of how much worse it could be. Take the Land Down Under, for instance. Pictured below …
Sluggish Response To Environmental Issues? Could Be a Great Deal Worse Read More »
One calculates the rate of species extinctions the same way we measure mortality in a certain population. We want the number of deaths per thousand individuals per year, so we take the total number of deaths in a given year, …
Species Extinctions Rates At An All-Time High, But…. Read More »
IMO, John Oliver doesn’t get enough coverage of his terrifically insightful and hilariously funny commentary on life in the 21st Century. Here’s a four-minute-long excerpt from his recent piece on climate change, including this exchange: Newscaster: According to a recent poll, …
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa produced the loudest sound ever known. It could be heard 3000 miles away and it reverberated around the globe 7 times before diminishing. Pictured here is the relatively tiny eruption of the same volcano in …
There are 4339 posts on this blog, and not a single one mentions Hillary Clinton; it’s time to rectify that. Is she an insincere politician? Obviously. But that doesn’t mean she’s off-base when it comes to climate change and the …
According to the Writer’s Almanac: It was on this day in 1837 that Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a speech titled “The American Scholar” to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University. The speech was the first time he explained …
Wanted: “New and Unique Ideas” to Address World Energy Policy Read More »
Here’s an eight-minute video called “Carbon” which summarizes nicely where our civilization finds itself vis-à-vis a sustainable use of energy, climate change, the oil companies, political corruption, etc. Very well done, IMO.
