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Time for politicians to get real about the anthropocene
Time for politicians to get real about the anthropocene Hurricane Maria wreaks havoc in Puerto Rico. We are currently living through an era of global environmental collapse. Resources are being consumed at around 1.5 times the Earth’s ability to regenerate them. The continued reliance on carbon to power our economies means that we are highly […]
How Lead Poisoning Was Discovered in Flint’s Water
How Lead Poisoning Was Discovered in Flint’s Water The toxic water supply in Flint, Michigan, which exposed up to 42,000 children under 2 years of age to lead poisoning, was a major media story a few years back. Ingestion of high dosages of lead, particularly among infants, results in cognitive impairment, attention and mood disorders, […]
Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Set New Record
Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Set New Record In April of this year, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii recorded an average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide above 410 parts per million (ppm). This was the highest monthly average in recorded history, and in fact according to ice core records it is the highest value in at least […]
GMO Agriculture and the Narrative of Choice
GMO Agriculture and the Narrative of Choice The pro-GMO lobby claim critics of the technology ‘deny farmers choice’. They say that farmers should have access to a range of tools and technologies. It is all about maximising choice and options. Taken at face value, who would want to deny choice? At the same time, however, […]
Iraq is Threatened by Catastrophic Drought
Iraq is Threatened by Catastrophic Drought Photo by Jayel Aheram | CC BY 2.0 “I once rescued a friend from drowning when he was swept away by the force of the current as we were swimming in the Diyala river,” says Qasim Sabti, a painter and gallery owner in Baghdad. “That was fifty years ago,” […]
Temps To Hit 110 Degrees – Officials Warn “Stay Inside” As Holiday Heat Wave Hammers East Coast
Temps To Hit 110 Degrees – Officials Warn “Stay Inside” As Holiday Heat Wave Hammers East Coast Just in time for American consumers to be “held hostage” by high energy prices as the WTI front-month contract eclipses $75 for the first time in three-and-a-half years, meteorologists are forecasting a heat wave that could drive temperatures […]
Population: what’s the problem?
Population: what’s the problem? Apologies for the clickbait-y title. My question isn’t a rhetorical one intended to suggest that human population levels aren’t a problem. I don’t doubt they are. But it seems to me much less clear than a lot of people seem to think exactly what kind of problem they are, and what […]
Analysis: ‘Global’ warming varies greatly depending where you live
A woman quenches her thirst in Jaipur, India, during a severe heatwave in May 2016. Credit: PACIFIC PRESS / Alamy Stock Photo. Analysis: ‘Global’ warming varies greatly depending where you live As part of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the international community committed in 2015 to limit rising global temperatures to “well below” 2C […]
Diet, Ignorance and the Environmental Catastrophe
Diet, Ignorance and the Environmental Catastrophe Climate Change sounds vast and impersonal, but it’s really a very personal matter; a global crisis caused by the individual actions humanity has collectively taken. All too often such actions proceed from a position of ignorance selfishness and habit, and are undertaken with little or no understanding of the […]
Three Climatic Monsters with Asteroid Impact
Three Climatic Monsters with Asteroid Impact Photo by Logan Fulcher | CC BY 2.0 Three monster climatic events are currently shaping up to collide. It’ll be like an asteroid collision. In that regard, this article, in two parts, explores real, already happening, indisputable climate change that is starting to take down ecosystems throughout the biosphere. […]
Ecology: The Keystone Science
Ecology: The Keystone Science Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters | CC BY 2.0 A missing piece from most critiques of modern capitalism revolves around the misunderstanding of ecology. To put it bluntly, there will be no squaring the circle of mass industrial civilization and an inhabitable Earth. There is no way for […]
This Is What A Massive X9 Class Solar Flare Looks Like
This Is What A Massive X9 Class Solar Flare Looks Like Scientists from Caltech Astronomy examined the great solar flare of 1990 that occurred in active region NOAA 6063. The eruption and subsequent shockwave were so massive that scientist decided to write a report on their findings titled “Tangential Field Changes in the Great Flare of 1990 […]
News Not to Miss: Oil Train Spill, China Petrochemical Deal, Methane Leaks
News Not to Miss: Oil Train Spill, China Petrochemical Deal, Methane Leaks It’s hard to keep up with the flood of news these days. Here’s your weekly round-up of news not to miss from DeSmog. Justin Mikulka has been on the oil train beat for years. He’s documented how the oil boom and pipeline bottleneck in the […]
