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World Out Of Whack: Electricity YAY!
World Out Of Whack: Electricity YAY! Britain to ban sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040 So says the Guardian. Which follows on from: France to ban sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2040 This follows Norway, The Netherlands, Germany and now – the big Daddy… China plans to ban […]
Florida Farmers Say Irma’s Damage Is The Worst They’ve Ever Seen
Florida Farmers Say Irma’s Damage Is The Worst They’ve Ever Seen Almost half of Florida’s citrus crops were destroyed during the hurricane and when Florida farmers survey the damage caused by Hurricane Irma, and most are saying it’s the worst destruction to their farms that they’ve ever seen. When the worst of Irma’s fury had […]
Adjusting Measurements to Match the Models – Part 3: Lower Troposphere Satellite Temperatures
Adjusting Measurements to Match the Models – Part 3: Lower Troposphere Satellite Temperatures Except for small gaps over the poles the satellite temperature series are the only truly global temperature series we have; their defect is that they do not begin until 1979. Published series are constructed using raw records from different satellites that require […]
Can You Really “Shut Down” a Nuclear Power Plant before a Hurricane?
Can You Really “Shut Down” a Nuclear Power Plant before a Hurricane? Soothing words before the storm: “Our nuclear plants are now shut down.” There are those who believe the answers to life’s most pressing questions can be found in one of two movies: “The Godfather” (part one) or “The Princess Bride.” In the latter […]
Natural Disasters and the Common Cause
Natural Disasters and the Common Cause We have suffered brutal direct hits. Over half of the state of Florida is without power, in the dark. It is too soon to know what the losses are. Houston, America’s fourth largest city, suffered the most extreme rain event in U.S. history. Casualties are mounting; damages are estimated […]
25% Of Homes In Florida Keys Destroyed By Hurricane Irma
25% Of Homes In Florida Keys Destroyed By Hurricane Irma After Hurricane Irma overwhelmed the Florida Keys with 15-foot storm surges and 130 mph winds, causing the worst flooding the chain of islands has experienced in nearly a century, federal officials’ first assessment of the damage suggests that nearly a quarter of the homes on […]
Organic Pesticides, Biological Controls, and Finding What Can Be Grown
ORGANIC PESTICIDES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS, AND FINDING WHAT CAN BE GROWN Bugs are inevitably a part of growing things. While most of the bugs out there are good for the soil and good for your plants, there are plenty of pests that will drive you crazy while you try to salvage a tomato crop ravaged by […]
All Food Is GONE! Violence Erupts On Caribbean Island Of St. Martin
All Food Is GONE! Violence Erupts On Caribbean Island Of St. Martin Photo Credit: (New York Times) A woman in St. Martin carries a jug full of water. Hurricane Irma ravaged the Caribbean islands last week and wiped entire islands off the map. Now that the food and water have been scavenged from every grocery store […]
Irma Death Toll Climbs To 11 As Storm Surges Flood Charleston And Savannah
Irma Death Toll Climbs To 11 As Storm Surges Flood Charleston And Savannah The National Hurricane Center downgraded Irma to a Tropical Depression late Monday night, but even in its weakened state, the storm continues to cause deadly storm surges and volatile winds as it travels through Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, flooding downtown Charleston, […]
In the Dark
In the Dark The stock market is zooming this morning on the news that only 5.7 million people in Florida will have to do without air conditioning, hot showers, and Keurig mochachinos at dawn’s early light Monday, Sept 11, 2017. I’m mindful that the news cycle right after a hurricane goes kind of blank for […]
I Was an Exxon-Funded Climate Scientist
I Was an Exxon-Funded Climate Scientist Photo by Mike Mozart | CC BY 2.0 ExxonMobil’s deliberate attempts to sow doubt on the reality and urgency of climate change and their donations to front groups to disseminate false information about climate change have been public knowledge for a long time, now. Investigative reports in 2015 revealed […]
The Military’s Warning on Global Warming
The Military’s Warning on Global Warming The U.S. military, which gets called on to cope with unrest tied to global warming, is taking the climate threat seriously as opposed to civilian politicians who are pandering to special interests, says ethicist Daniel C. Maguire. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The really neat American idea […]
Atlantic Hurricane Trends and Mortality
Atlantic Hurricane Trends and Mortality Since 1851 there has been on average 5.4±2.5 (1SD) Atlantic Hurricanes per annum. There is a clear trend of rising frequency from 4.4 Hurricanes per annum in 1851 to 6.3 per annum today, that is a rate of increase of 1.2 hurricanes per annum per century. Mortality from Hurricanes has […]
Half Of Florida Without Power As State Braces For “Lengthiest Restoration In US History”
Half Of Florida Without Power As State Braces For “Lengthiest Restoration In US History” After hammering the Florida Keys, Miami, Naples and a large swath of the southernmost part of the state – leaving some 5 million Florida homes and businesses without electricity – the still-formidable Hurricane Irma weakened to a category one storm as […]
Visualizing The Future Of Food
Visualizing The Future Of Food The urban population is exploding around the globe, and, as Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins explains below, yesterday’s food systems will soon be sub-optimal for many of the megacities swelling with tens of millions of people. Further, issues like wasted food, poor working conditions, polluted ecosystems, mistreated animals, and greenhouse gases are just […]
