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A Green Future is One Without War
A Green Future is One Without War Donald Trump and his base — the leftover scraps of Jim Crow, the broken shards of racist hatred that once were the American mainstream and made the country seem “great” to those who weren’t its victims — have, it appears, a crucial role to play in our future. […]
Warming may mean sea levels 30 cms higher
Warming may mean sea levels 30 cms higher An Irish railway station, built with sea level rise in mind. Image: By Sarah777, via Wikipedia Commons Warmer oceans mean higher tides, bigger storm surges and heavier rainstorms. With ocean temperatures rising ever faster, sea levels 30 cms higher are possible by 2100. LONDON, 14 January, 2019 […]
A Massive Winter Storm Buries Parts Of The US, Kills Seven
A Massive Winter Storm Buries Parts Of The US, Kills Seven After what was a quiet but abnormally warm start to 2019, a severe winter storm has left seven people dead as it charged across the Midwestern US, striking the Mid-Atlantic coast on Sunday. By late Saturday night, the storm had shifted over the Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore region, where 4 to 7 […]
Confronting extinction
Confronting extinction Photo by Julia Hawkins (Flickr) With high-profile direct actions across London, the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement has captured media headlines, garnered influential supporters, and inspired a wave of participants across the globe. From blocking bridges to occupying government departments, XR has sounded alarm bells at the extinction before us, demanding a more radical […]
Warning: A ‘Shrinking Window’ of Usable Groundwater
Warning: A ‘Shrinking Window’ of Usable Groundwater New analysis reveals that we have much less water in our aquifers than we previously thought — and the oil and gas industry could put that at even greater risk. We’re living beyond our means when it comes to groundwater. That’s probably not news to everyone, but new […]
Migrant birds face risk in earlier springs
Migrant birds face risk in earlier springs A great tit preys on a pied flycatcher. Image: By Maurice van Laar Spring in the high latitudes is arriving ever earlier. But migrant birds from the tropics may not realise that, and faulty timing could cost them their lives. LONDON, 11 January, 2019 – Biologists have identified […]
Magnetic Poles Are Moving Rapidly as Never Before – Precursor to a Pole Shift?
Magnetic Poles Are Moving Rapidly as Never Before – Precursor to a Pole Shift? The magnetic poles on the Sun flip about every 11 years. Since nobody lives there, we really have no idea what the effects would be. On Earth, the major pole shifts that are permanent tend to be in the 720,000 years […]
California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Collapses By 86% In One Year
California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Collapses By 86% In One Year In 1981 the Xerces Society, a non-profit environmental organization that focuses on the conservation of invertebrates, counted more than 1 million Western Monarchs wintering throughout California. The group’s most recent count, over Thanksgiving weekend, estimated 20,500 Western Monarchs in 2018, an 86% decline from the nearly 148,000 spotted the previous […]
North America Is Rattling: There Have Been 81 Significant Earthquakes In Alaska So Far In 2019
North America Is Rattling: There Have Been 81 Significant Earthquakes In Alaska So Far In 2019 Something is happening to our planet. The mainstream media is not talking much about this, and the experts assure us that everything is going to be just fine, but the truth is that we have been witnessing an unusual […]
Climate Change Debunked: No Sign Of Warming In 900 Years
Climate Change Debunked: No Sign Of Warming In 900 Years A new study finds no trace of modern-day global warming. In a new study published in the journal Climate of the Past, a team of geophysicists at UMass Amherst have reconstructed the highest resolution temperature record for New England, stretching back 900 years to the […]
How Tre Arrow Became America’s Most Wanted Environmental “Terrorist”
How Tre Arrow Became America’s Most Wanted Environmental “Terrorist” Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair The following is an excerpt from the new book The Big Heat: Earth on the Brink by Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank. That Tre Arrow, a tree-hugging vegan who espouses non-violence and lives by the airy and some nebulous philosophy of […]
As Disease Ravages Coral Reefs, Scientists Scramble for Solutions
A research diver looks for signs of stony coral tissue loss disease in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. JIM ABERNETHY As Disease Ravages Coral Reefs, Scientists Scramble for Solutions As oceans warm, coral reefs are suffering not only from bleaching but from deadly outbreaks of disease. Researchers are developing remedies, but the key question is […]
Judy Wilson’s Message for Canadians: ‘The Land Defenders Are Doing This for Everybody’
Judy Wilson’s Message for Canadians: ‘The Land Defenders Are Doing This for Everybody’ RCMP raids in Wet’suwet’en territory can’t bring justice, reconciliation or a better future, Neskonlith chief says. Chief Judy Wilson: ‘We have to change to ensure that our young people have a future. That’s what the Indigenous land defenders are talking about when […]
Permafrost thaw unsettles the Arctic
Permafrost thaw unsettles the Arctic Permafrost thaw caused this Alaskan road to drop by 3 metres. Image: Dr. John Cloud, NOAA (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons Permafrost thaw and retreating Arctic ice don’t just imperil caribou and bears. People, too, may find the ground shifts beneath their feet. LONDON, 1 January, 2019 − In just […]
