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Tornadoes strike across 7 states with more severe weather on the way
Tornadoes strike across 7 states with more severe weather on the way Severe weather is forecast for Thursday across the entire South. The threat for tornadoes continues Thursday following an outbreak of deadly storms throughout the Midwest and South over the past few days. As of Thursday afternoon, at least 17 tornadoes had been reported […]
Notes from the edge of civilization: May 12, 2024
Notes from the edge of civilization: May 12, 2024 Solar flares could cause disruptions – are you ready?; conflicts could bubble over – is the US military ready?; and how classical music can help with cognition, memory, and emotion. Skywatchers across the country saw dazzling northern lights this week, reaching as far south as Georgia, […]
Tree rings reveal summer 2023 was the hottest in 2 millennia
Tree rings reveal summer 2023 was the hottest in 2 millennia Tree rings suggest the Northern Hemisphere summer of 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, with temperatures exceeding those of the coldest summer in the same period by 7 degrees Fahrenheit (3.9 Celsius). A photo taken in May 2024 shows three women shielding themselves […]
Orange Juice Prices Primed For Breakout After Forecast Warns Brazil Set For Worst Harvest In Decades
Orange Juice Prices Primed For Breakout After Forecast Warns Brazil Set For Worst Harvest In Decades Breakfast lovers are in for another jolt as orange juice prices surge to near-record levels. A new report released on Friday indicates that Brazil, the leading global exporter of OJ, is facing its worst harvest in over three decades. This alarming development […]
Musings on the Nature of Technology
Musings on the Nature of Technology A picture taken during the trip (own photo) Recently I have been on a four-day hiking trip, completing another 80 km (~50 mile) stretch of the 1171 km National Blue Trail running across my tiny country. This gave me plenty of time to tune into and ponder on the many […]
We All Need to Be Tree Huggers Now
We All Need to Be Tree Huggers Now It’s about respecting our elders Originally published pre-Substack, on January 14, 2020, and included in my collection, From Outside, available in paperback or as a digital download. The author with a giant fir tree in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon Nearly everything about contemporary human life needs to change if we […]
Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire
Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire Reuters Smoke rises from Alberta wildfire near TeePee Creek Thousands of Canadians have been ordered to leave their homes in Fort Nelson, British Columbia due to the threat of a wildfire. The blaze began on Friday night and was described by officials as “exhibiting extreme […]
Drought fuels wildfire concerns as Canada braces for another intense summer
Drought fuels wildfire concerns as Canada braces for another intense summer The 2023 wildfire season was historic and deadly in Canada. This summer could be more of the same. Smoke from wildfires in Quebec enveloped New York City in 2023. (Photo credit: Anthony Quintano / CC BY 2.0 DEED) As widespread drought raises expectations for a […]
Al Gore Said the Ice Caps would be Gone by 2014 – Yes 2014!
Al Gore Said the Ice Caps would be Gone by 2014 – Yes 2014! The Press REFUSES to hold all of these failed Climate Change forecasts to test. All they do is keep moving the date for our doom, all due to CO2. In fact, the real crisis is the continued weakening of the magnetic field, […]
Birth Dearth or Baby Boom?
Birth Dearth or Baby Boom? A new debate on where global population may be headed Lots and lots of babies! Upgrade to paid Writing in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week Greg Ip and Janet Adamy explored the possibility that the world’s population may peak and begin to fall far sooner than demographers have previously projected: […]
“The Economics Just Don’t Work”: Demand For Electric Semis Plunges Due To High Costs
“The Economics Just Don’t Work”: Demand For Electric Semis Plunges Due To High Costs For the last year, we’ve been writing extensively about how high costs and low demand have made EVs uneconomical – and, as a result, unpopular to produce – for the auto industry. It turns out unionized employees extorting you on labor […]
Future Gas Strategy is a betrayal of promised Climate and Environmental Policies
Future Gas Strategy is a betrayal of promised Climate and Environmental Policies Climate scientists reveal data that earth’s heating is accelerating, heat extremes are increasing and 1.5C has been breached faster than forecast. We are failing to treat climate change as the single greatest threat to humanity. At the same time our government has announced […]
Will sucking carbon from air ever really help tackle climate change?
Will sucking carbon from air ever really help tackle climate change? The direct air capture industry got a boost last week with the opening of Mammoth, the largest plant yet for sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but questions remain about whether the technology can scale up. Humanity has spent the past few centuries […]
Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like
Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planet World is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns Climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target Global heating is […]
