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The Weakening Of Earth’s Magnetic Field Has Greatly Accelerated, And That Could Have Apocalyptic Implications For All Of Us
The Weakening Of Earth’s Magnetic Field Has Greatly Accelerated, And That Could Have Apocalyptic Implications For All Of Us Earth’s magnetic field is getting significantly weaker, the magnetic north pole is shifting at an accelerating pace, and scientists readily admit that a sudden pole shift could potentially cause “trillions of dollars” in damage. Today, most […]
The Molestation of Earth
The Molestation of Earth Photo Source Sam Beebe | CC BY 2.0 This past year’s reckoning against powerful men in the United States whose alleged abuses have been reported on nearly every day by the corporate media has made me reflect on a performance by artist Marina Abramovic done in 1974. Filmed on camera, she […]
‘The Expanse’ is a story about systemic ruin
‘The Expanse’ is a story about systemic ruin “The Expanse” is a popular science fiction television series (based on a book series of the same name) that at first seems to follow a predictable storyline: essentially the Cold War revisited, only in this case with warlike Mars (previously settled by people from Earth) pitted against […]
Today we’ve consumed more resources than the planet can renew in a year
Today we’ve consumed more resources than the planet can renew in a year Our economies are operating a giant planetary Ponzi scheme: borrowing far more from the Earth’s ecosystems than they can sustain. Photo by Jenny Tañedo Today is Earth Overshoot Day, the date when we have taken more from nature than it can renew […]
The Cosmogenic Isotope Record and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Earth’s Climate
The Cosmogenic Isotope Record and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Earth’s Climate The defining division between “climate sceptics” and “greenhouse gas warmists” is the role of the Sun in causing Earth’s climate to oscillate. The anecdotal evidence for a significant solar role comes from the observation that during the Little Ice Age (LIA) […]
Challenges of Choice
CHALLENGES OF CHOICE Even before permaculture vernacular had become commonplace to us, my wife Emma and I were active in our pursuit of living more in keeping with how we wanted to treat the planet, its animals, and our fellow humans. We were already ardent boycotters, believers in fair wages, in animal rights, in corporate […]
Global Climate Change & Its Link to Soil Organisms
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE & ITS LINK TO SOIL ORGANISMS When people think of the consequences of global warming, most jump to the melting ice caps and death of beloved polar bears. We know that as our Earth undergoes climate change, it’s adversely affecting the ecological balance in complex ways. For the first time, however, a […]
Stephen Hawking: 100 Years Left for Humans to Escape Earth
Stephen Hawking: 100 Years Left for Humans to Escape Earth (ANTIMEDIA) World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has been discussing the impending doom of the human race for several years. On multiple occasions, he has warned of the likelihood that alien species will act like colonialists if they ever visit Earth, likening extraterrestrials’ tendencies to our own […]
The View From Far Above: How Earth Changed in 2015
The View From Far Above: How Earth Changed in 2015 From raging forest fires to dwindling snowmelt to the extraordinary birth of new ocean islands, sometimes the best way to witness planetary happenings — and to gain perspective on them — is from high above. Below are satellite images and aerial photos from the NASA Earth […]
He’s told us not to blow it
He’s told us not to blow it Hopefully you’ve seen the recent movie, The Martian, a film directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from the online book by Andy Weir. If you have not seen the movie or read the book, both of which I highly recommend, there will be some spoilers for the movie in this […]
The Anthropocene and Ozymandias
The Anthropocene and Ozymandias Much has been made lately of the so-called Anthropocene — the idea that Homo sapiens has so taken over and modified Earth that we need a new name for our geological age instead of the outmoded Holocene. One remorseless Anthropoceniac writes, ‘Nature is gone… You are living on a used planet. If this […]
How Humans Cause Mass Extinctions
How Humans Cause Mass Extinctions STANFORD – There is no doubt that Earth is undergoing the sixth mass extinction in its history – the first since the cataclysm that wiped out the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago. According to one recent study, species are going extinct between ten and several thousand times faster than they […]
The Earth’s Battery Is Running Low
The Earth’s Battery Is Running Low We’ve drained our planet’s stored energy, scientists say, with no rechargeable plug in sight. In the quiet of summer, a couple of U.S. scientists argued in the pages of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that modern civilization has drained the Earth — an ancient battery of […]
The Social Costs Of Capitalism Are Destroying Earth’s Ability To Support Life
The Social Costs Of Capitalism Are Destroying Earth’s Ability To Support Life I admire David Ray Griffin for his wide-ranging intelligence, his research skills, and for his courage. Dr. Griffin is not afraid to take on the controversial topics. He gave us ten books on 9/11, and anyone who has read half of one of […]
