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Scientists find that we are living through a record-setting ‘period of significant warmth’
Scientists find that we are living through a record-setting ‘period of significant warmth’ We just lived through the 4 hottest years on record, says scientific nonprofit first funded by billionaire polluter Charles Koch. In 2018, a remarkable 29 countries plus Antarctica set individual records for the hottest year ever. Meanwhile, no country saw a record […]
Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?
Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather? The past week has seen some brutal weather hitting the US and Canada. With cold Arctic air plunging south down to the US midwest, six states have seen temperatures lower than the south pole and at least eight people have died due to the extreme […]
CO2 on Track for Largest Rise in 62 Years
CO2 on Track for Largest Rise in 62 Years Around the world, atypical climate change grows increasingly threatening to all life on the planet, principally because of excessive CO2 emissions. Paradoxically, this is happening on the heels of the Paris 2015 climate accord among nations of the world. But, didn’t almost all of the countries […]
Food shocks increase as world warms
Food shocks increase as world warms Overfishing is one of the most serious threats to marine food supplies. Image: By Fabien Bazanegueon Unsplash Heat extremes harm harvests. So do floods, drought and high winds. Climate change spurs food shocks that threaten the supper table. LONDON, 1 February, 2019 − More than ever, the world’s ways of keeping hunger at […]
Professor Jordan on Climate Change – the Reality
Professor Jordan on Climate Change – the Reality
Vaclav Smil. Making the modern world: materials and dematerialization
Vaclav Smil. Making the modern world: materials and dematerialization Preface. I can’t believe I read this book, it is just a long litany of the gigantic amounts of materials we exploit, with no analysis, implications, or the meaning of what impact this will have on the planet. I certainly don’t expect anyone to read even this […]
Climate Collapse: Wind Chill Temperatures Will Hit -60 In The Midwest This Week As Global Weather Patterns Shift
Climate Collapse: Wind Chill Temperatures Will Hit -60 In The Midwest This Week As Global Weather Patterns Shift The experts are telling us that the Midwest could experience the coldest weather that it has ever seen this week. Wind chill temperatures of -40 and -50 degrees will be common throughout the region, and it is […]
BP’s First Global Advertising Campaign Since Deepwater Horizon Accused of Being ‘Deceptive and Hypocritical’
BP’s First Global Advertising Campaign Since Deepwater Horizon Accused of Being ‘Deceptive and Hypocritical’ Nearly a decade after being held responsible for the largest marine oil spill in history, BP’s first global advertising campaign in ten years has been denounced as “deceptive and hypocritical”. The global advertising campaign called “we see possibilities everywhere” aims to showcase BP’s efforts to embrace […]
Human carbon emissions to rise in 2019
Human carbon emissions to rise in 2019 Tropical forests continue to suffer devastation. Image: By ViniLowRaw on Unsplash Here comes another dismal science forecast, with human carbon emissions due to rise this year. Forests may be unable to keep pace as global warming increases. LONDON, 31 January, 2019 − Stand by for a year in which global warming can only […]
Nothing Can be Reduced to a Single Cause & Effect be it Markets or Nature
Nothing Can be Reduced to a Single Cause & Effect be it Markets or Nature QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, Thanks for the Socrates forecast. Just a question. What will possibly happen to existing Tropic Belt countries like my region South East Asia when the world is turning into global cooling? Any forecast? Regards, SS ANSWER: I […]
Freezing Minnesotans Putting “Significant Strain” On Natural Gas System; Hotel Rooms Offered Amid Outage
Freezing Minnesotans Putting “Significant Strain” On Natural Gas System; Hotel Rooms Offered Amid Outage Residents in central Minnesota braving a historic cold snap of minus 21 degree s are being urged to turn down their thermostats and reduce how much natural gas they use, according to CBS Minnesota. The announcement by Xcel Energy is due to the […]
Canada’s Petro Paralysis, Diagnosed
Canada’s Petro Paralysis, Diagnosed Three books show how bitumen blocks democratic solutions to our climate crisis. Costly Fix: Power, Politics and Nature in the Tar Sands Ian Urquhart University of Toronto Press (2018) Oil’s Deep State: How the Petroleum Industry Undermines Democracy and Stops Action on Global Warming Kevin Taft Lorimer (2017) The Big Stall: […]
You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes
You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes So off went the Emperor in procession under his splendid canopy. Everyone in the streets and the windows said, “Oh, how fine are the Emperor’s new clothes! Don’t they fit him to perfection? […]
6 Reasons to Bundle Up and Get Outside During Winter
6 Reasons to Bundle Up and Get Outside During Winter Brrrr! Winter is here, and if it is chilly in your neck of the woods, you might be tempted to hunker down and stay indoors until Spring arrives. Winter can really take a toll on our moods, making even the warmest personalities turn as chilly […]
Amidst Global Warming Hysteria, NASA Expects Global Cooling
Amidst Global Warming Hysteria, NASA Expects Global Cooling Those promoting CO2 as the reason for global warming are hucksters and those taken in by hucksters. Please consider NASA Sees Climate Cooling Trend Thanks to Low Sun Activity. “We see a cooling trend,” said Martin Mlynczak of NASA’s Langley Research Center. “High above Earth’s surface, near the […]
