The Copper Supply Shortage Is Here
The Copper Supply Shortage Is Here With the AI boom and green energy push fueling fresh copper demand, and with copper mines aging and not enough projects to match demand with supply, the forecasted copper shortage has finally arrived in earnest. Coupled with persistently high inflation in the US, EU, and elsewhere, I predict the industrial metal will surpass […]
US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases as Part of Anti-China Buildup
US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases as Part of Anti-China Buildup The idea is to create mobile missile defense systems and resupply bases The US Navy will convert surplus oil rigs in the western Pacific into mobile military bases as part of the US military buildup aimed at China, The Defense Post reported on […]
Cashless Society: WEF Boasts That 98% Of Central Banks Are Adopting CBDCs
Cashless Society: WEF Boasts That 98% Of Central Banks Are Adopting CBDCs Whatever happened to the WEF? One minute they were everywhere in the media and now they have all but disappeared from public discourse. After the pandemic agenda was defeated and the plan to exploit public fear to create a perpetual medical autocracy was […]
China issues highest-level rainstorm warning after fatal Guangdong floods
GUANGZHOU (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin) China issues highest-level rainstorm warning after fatal Guangdong floods More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area on Tuesday. Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong province in recent days, swelling rivers and […]
‘So hot you can’t breathe’: Extreme heat hits the Philippines
‘So hot you can’t breathe’: Extreme heat hits the Philippines The heat index was expected to reach the ‘danger’ level of 42 degrees Celsius or higher in at least 30 cities and municipalities of the Philippines. Extreme heat scorched the Philippines on Wednesday, forcing thousands of schools to suspend in-person classes and prompting warnings for […]
A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean for weather and climate
A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean for weather and climate CNN — When Mount Ruang in Indonesia underwent multiple explosive eruptions last week, volcanic gases were flung so high they reached the atmosphere’s second layer, tens of thousands of feet above ground. Ruang’s eruptions ejected a massive ash plume and sent some volcanic gases […]
Ocean waves contain more ‘forever chemicals’ than industrial pollution. That’s bad news if you live on the coast
Ocean waves contain more ‘forever chemicals’ than industrial pollution. That’s bad news if you live on the coast New research found that ocean spray spreads PFAS into the air and onto land, creating a vicious cycle of forever chemicals that never disappear. [Photo: Fer Nando/Unsplash] PFAS, or forever chemicals, are ubiquitous in our environment. In the […]
Should we tweak the atmosphere to counteract global warming?
Should we tweak the atmosphere to counteract global warming? With severe climate impacts becoming more and more apparent, many scientists think we should explore ways to block out solar radiation, but doing so would be risky. Earlier this month, on the deck of a second world war aircraft carrier docked in San Francisco, a giant […]
New Delhi chokes as trash mountain fire spreads hazardous fumes
New Delhi chokes as trash mountain fire spreads hazardous fumes Smoke billows from a fire that broke out at the Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi on April 22, 2024. Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images New DelhiCNN — India’s capital choked on toxic fumes Tuesday, as a thick and pungent haze spread from a fire at a towering trash dump, […]
Greece: Orange Sahara dust haze descends over Athens
Greece: Orange Sahara dust haze descends over Athens AFP Despite the beauty of the orange hue over Athens, the clouds of dust left many Greeks suffering from respiratory problems A dramatic orange haze has descended over Athens as clouds of dust have blown in from the Sahara desert. It is one of the worst such […]
Oil prices aren’t the Fed’s biggest problem right now — American demand is, says an economist
Oil prices aren’t the Fed’s biggest problem right now — American demand is, says an economist Inflation could see a resurgence in 2025, BlackRock strategists warned. Jonathan Kitchen/Getty Images “I think what’s difficult for the Fed currently is actually the part of CPI that is being driven by demand, rather than the supply issues or the […]
Pandemics in Roman Empire correlate with sudden climate changes
Pandemics in Roman Empire correlate with sudden climate changes A new temperature and precipitation proxy record shows that periods of rapid cooling align with the civilization’s three worst disease outbreaks. Physics Today 77 (4), 17–18 (2024); Plankton living in the Mediterranean Sea some 2000 years ago have helped researchers to uncover a correlation between climate change […]
Sudan on brink of collapse and starvation as country marks one year of civil war
Sudan on brink of collapse and starvation as country marks one year of civil war Sudanese security forces patrol in a commercial district in Gedaref city in eastern Sudan on April 3, 2024. EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP/AFP via Getty Images CNN — As Sudan marks the grim anniversary of a year-long conflict, aid agencies have warned that the country teeters […]
Letting Your Grass Grow Wild Boosts Butterfly Numbers, UK Study Says
Letting Your Grass Grow Wild Boosts Butterfly Numbers, UK Study Says Butterflies benefit when grass grows long, researchers say. simonkr / iStock / Getty Images Plus Have you ever noticed that meadows of long grass seem to be teeming with butterflies, bumble bees, beetles, crickets and other insects? Meanwhile, short-cropped, bright green lawns appear devoid of critters in comparison. A six-year study of […]
Childhood: Conditioned to Pretend to Know
Childhood: Conditioned to Pretend to Know New Yorker cartoon by the late Charles Barsotti When I was a young child, I would look at my parents and other adults interacting with each other, with a mixture of bewilderment and amazement. “Surely”, I thought to myself, “they don’t really believe what they’re saying. It must be like […]
