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Top Scientist Says He Quit USDA Because Trump Admin Tried to Bury His Study on Climate and Nutrition
Top Scientist Says He Quit USDA Because Trump Admin Tried to Bury His Study on Climate and Nutrition Rep. Chellie Pingree tweeted, “Once again, the Trump admin is silencing our scientists.” Plant physiologist Lewis Ziska quit the U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday. (Photo: Peggy Greb/USDA Agricultural Research Service via sciencenewsforstudents.org) The exodus of federal scientists in the era […]
Nuclear Power Offers an Abundant Supply of Low-Carbon Energy. But What to Do With the Deadly Radioactive Waste?
NUCLEAR POWER OFFERS AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF LOW-CARBON ENERGY. BUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE DEADLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE? The race is on to develop new strategies for permanently storing some of the most dangerous materials on the planet. Photo of Chernobyl confinement structure © iStockphoto.com/E_Kryzhanivskyi There’s a small red hammer and sickle flag of the […]
The Uninhabitable Earth.
The Uninhabitable Earth. This is a book review that I wrote, which will be published in the journal, Science Progress, of which I am an editor.“The Uninhabitable Earth.” DAVID WALLACE-WELLS. Allen Lane 2019 ISBN 9780241355213; xx + 310 pp; £20.00 As set in motion by human hands, the forces of the Anthropocene – a word coined to mark the […]
Human Activity Caused Latest European Heat Wave, Scientists Say
Human Activity Caused Latest European Heat Wave, Scientists Say The latest heat wave that crippled Paris with 109 degree Fahrenheit heat and saw the mercury hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit in the Netherlands and Belgium was caused by humans, according to a new studypublished on Friday, as the Associated Press reported. The rapid attribution study by a team of respected climate […]
“We’re Already Starting To Ration Our Corn” – Perfect Storm Could Send Spot Prices Higher
“We’re Already Starting To Ration Our Corn” – Perfect Storm Could Send Spot Prices Higher Corn is extensively used to feed livestock, but the surge in spot prices has forced US farmers to search elsewhere for low-cost substitutes, reported Reuters. The persistent wet weather that swamped the Midwest this spring is now reducing corn yields. More recently, […]
River Of Radiation: Life Near The World’s 3rd-Worst Nuclear Disaster
River Of Radiation: Life Near The World’s 3rd-Worst Nuclear Disaster Before Fukushima and Chernobyl, the worst-ever nuclear disaster was a massive leak from a plant in the eastern Urals. RT went to see how people live in areas affected by the fallout from the USSR’s risky rush to the nuclear bomb. Chernobyl and Fukushima are the two […]
Fires in Arctic Ice, Exposed on Mountains of the Heart
Fires in Arctic Ice, Exposed on Mountains of the Heart PR: Recently, the temperature in Paris rose to 108.7 F (42.6 C) surpassing the previous record by 4 F (2.2 C) set on July 28, 1947 of 104.7 F (40.4 C). Shortly thereafter, during an email exchange with an old friend, a prominent (if the […]
As Cost of Climate Crisis Grows, Climate Movement Escalates
AS COST OF CLIMATE CRISIS GROWS, CLIMATE MOVEMENT ESCALATES The warnings of climate chaos are coming so fast they are difficult to keep up with. Storms, heatwaves and climate-related weather disasters are increasing at a rapid pace. The leadership of the two corporate-dominated political parties are trying to keep the climate issue out of the […]
Rhine River At Dangerously Low Water Levels Could Cause Production Hell For German Firms
Rhine River At Dangerously Low Water Levels Could Cause Production Hell For German Firms A series of heatwaves across Central Europe this summer has brought record-breaking temperatures to Germany that sparked dangerously low water levels on the Rhine river, one of the continents most important shipping routes, which could decrease manufacturing and disrupt supply chains that might tip […]
California Turns To Farming Photons As Water Woes Result In Central Valley Solar Fields
California Turns To Farming Photons As Water Woes Result In Central Valley Solar Fields California’s Central Valley is going green(er). Thanks to constrained water supplies and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) which requires over 500,000 acres be taken out of production, some of the Golden State’s more than 77,000 farms are embarking on ambitious solar projects, according to the LA Times. […]
Smog Alert: Dirty Air Kills 30,000 Americans Each Year, New Study Claims
Smog Alert: Dirty Air Kills 30,000 Americans Each Year, New Study Claims New findings from the Imperial College London estimate that air pollution causes heart attacks, strokes, and lung disease that kill over 30,000 Americans each year, which is about the same number of deaths from car accidents each year. The study, published last week in the […]
A Large Solar Storm Will Hit Earth On July 31 Or August 1 At The Same Time That The “Black Supermoon” Happens
A Large Solar Storm Will Hit Earth On July 31 Or August 1 At The Same Time That The “Black Supermoon” Happens An absolutely massive hole has formed in the upper atmosphere of the Sun, and our planet will align with that hole later this week. Once the alignment happens, Earth will be bombarded by […]
BOOM! Fossil Fuel Combustion and the Mother of All Economic Busts
BOOM! Fossil Fuel Combustion and the Mother of All Economic Busts Photograph Source: Eric Kounce TexasRaiser – Public Domain William Catton focussed on what follows a boom in the human population. He spelled out the scenario in his 1980 book, Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change. As one reviewer put it, “Catton believed that industrial civilization had […]
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough Earth Overshoot Day came on July 29 this year. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes, this is only the second time the day, which marks the time at which humanity has used up its allotment of natural planetary resources for the year, occurred in the month of July. It had occurred in August between 2010 and […]
