Scientists and doctors raise global alarm over hormone-disrupting chemicals
Scientists and doctors raise global alarm over hormone-disrupting chemicals Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, which harm the human body’s regulation of hormones, have become ubiquitous in consumer products, food, water, and soil, says a new report, leading to serious global health impacts. There are some 350,000 synthetic chemicals and polymers used worldwide, and thousands may be endocrine disruptors. […]
The Destiny of Civilization
The Destiny of Civilization From the cave to the stars…? Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash We live in dangerous times. Everything seems to be out of normal: stagnating economies, inflation, wars and an unfolding ecological and climate disaster. This is clearly not how things ought to be… While many just wave a hand and say, we will […]
Trust The “Science”…That Just Retracted 11,000 “Peer Reviewed” Papers
Trust The “Science”…That Just Retracted 11,000 “Peer Reviewed” Papers It’s yet another reminder of why blindly ‘trusting the science’ may not always be the best go-to move in the future. 217 year old Wiley science publisher has reportedly “peer reviewed” more than 11,000 papers that were determined to be fake without ever noticing. The papers […]
Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno
Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno In a rapidly warming world, cities need more tree cover to stay cool—but only certain species can handle soaring temperatures, and often they aren’t native species. PHOTOGRAPH: VICENTE MÉNDEZ Last fall, I invited a stranger into my yard. Manzanita, with its peeling red bark and delicate […]
Peak oil and the low-carbon energy transition: A net-energy perspective
Peak oil and the low-carbon energy transition: A net-energy perspective Highlights Global gross and net-energy of oil liquids production is determined from 1950 to 2050. Energy required for production is estimated to be 15.5% of the actual gross energy. Oil liquids become a limit to a rapid and global low-carbon energy transition. The peak supply […]
Long-term ocean sampling in Narragansett Bay reveals plummeting plankton levels: Impact uncertain for local food web
Long-term ocean sampling in Narragansett Bay reveals plummeting plankton levels: Impact uncertain for local food web Narragansett Bay is one of the most studied estuaries in the world, and its long-running URI plankton survey offers important historical context for the past half-century in the bay. Recent analysis of ocean sampling of the bay reveals plummeting […]
Ukraine Confirms France Will Send Military Trainers To Its Soil
Ukraine Confirms France Will Send Military Trainers To Its Soil Ukraine’s military says it is ‘welcoming’ French trainers in Ukraine, in new remarks which strongly suggest that for the first time France is deploying its troops to Ukraine soil. This marks the beginning of major ‘boots on the ground’ escalation in a formal, public capacity […]
Growth or Scale?
Growth or Scale? Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay Demonstrating that growth can’t continue on a finite planet has been a favorite sport of mine in the past (e.g., here, here, and here). But it’s child’s play, really: not a difficult accomplishment. Still, as blatantly obvious as it is, a surprising number of people are surprised […]
“Global Trade War Looms, But It’s Not Just Trade War To Fear”
“Global Trade War Looms, But It’s Not Just Trade War To Fear” History, Humility, and Wishful Thinking The UK election and the “I will protect you, but forgot my umbrella” Tory campaign have both been shaken up by its pledge to bring back conscription for 18-year-olds. This is seen as a desperate gamble and sad […]
Plastics are everywhere — but mostly in places they shouldn’t be
Plastics are everywhere — but mostly in places they shouldn’t be Turns out, maybe we should have been a bit more responsible with how we used plastics. A new study in Toxicological Sciences has millions of people searching the Internet to find out: “are microplastics stored in the balls”? The short answer is yes, with the understanding “balls” […]
Ukraine Biolab Watchtower
Ukraine Biolab Watchtower An attempt to triangulate something approximating truth about Ukraine and Biolabs This was first published in March 2022. It has withstood the test of time. It is helpful to look back at the early days of the Ukrainian hot war and remember that this all started with a series of USG lies. […]
How Much Of India’s Wastewater Is Left Untreated?
How Much Of India’s Wastewater Is Left Untreated? As is the case with rapid population growth and urbanization in many so-called developing nations, waste management becomes a problem not only in rural areas but also in densely populated cities. As Statista’s Florian Zandt details below, a textbook example of this growth outpacing infrastructural capacities is the situation in […]
The Deeper Dive: Record-Shattering Stealth Recession Approaching
The Deeper Dive: Record-Shattering Stealth Recession Approaching Why we won’t see the next recession coming and why it may not be reported as a recession even if it is the worst recession since the Great Depression. (But YOU’LL certainly feel it in your bones!) The next recession has all the ingredients to become the worst […]
UK’s Sunak Vows Mandatory Conscription For 18-Year-Olds If Elected
UK’s Sunak Vows Mandatory Conscription For 18-Year-Olds If Elected In another ominous sign of things to come, leading Western governments appear to be preparing for ‘something big’ at a moment the proxy war between Russian and NATO centered in Ukraine is escalating at uncontrollable pace. “Rishi Sunak has vowed to introduce mandatory national service for 18-year-olds […]
