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Chris Hedges: Imminent Mass Extinction
Chris Hedges: Imminent Mass Extinction https://youtu.be/cbH_o-96qZI
Are We In the Midst of a Silent Mass Extinction?
Genetic diversity in deer mice creates differences in coat color. NICOLE BEDFORD Are We In the Midst of a Silent Mass Extinction? A new modeling technique aims to help scientists and policymakers detect declines in genetic diversity based on habitat loss. Nearly one fifth of the genetic diversity of the planet’s most vulnerable species may […]
The Dawn of the Apocalypse
The Dawn of the Apocalypse We were warned for decades about the death march we are on because of global warming. And yet, the global ruling class continues to frog-march us towards extinction. Our Climate Future – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now The past week has seen record-breaking heat waves across Europe. Wildfires have ripped through Spain, Portugal […]
Could climate change make humans go extinct?
Could climate change make humans go extinct? There’s good news and bad news. A digital illustration of someone watching a climate change simulation. (Image credit: boscorelli/Shutterstock.com) The impacts of climate change are here with soaring temperatures, stronger hurricanes, intensified floods and a longer and more severe wildfire season. Scientists warn that ignoring climate change will yield “untold suffering” for humanity. But if […]
False Beliefs and Denial
False Beliefs and Denial Sam’s Gap at the Tennessee/North Carolina border I have embarked on quite the journey over the past year. I stepped out of my comfort zone and decided to begin writing this blog. I do enjoy discussing energy and resource decline and climate change, because of the stark implications they present. I’m […]
Tim Merges the Worst Climate News in History with Epic Images
Tim Merges the Worst Climate News in History with Epic Images “Climate change is one of a host of environmental ills for which technological solutions are being proposed. In fact, most of the proposed solutions exacerbate environmental ills in other dimensions such as species loss and mass extinction. This tendency of technological reasoning to ‘bleed’ from […]
Updated Extinction Assessment Drives Fresh Call to ‘Save Life on Earth’
An Africocypha varicolor blue, categorized as endangered on the ‘Red List.’ (Photo: André Günther) Updated Extinction Assessment Drives Fresh Call to ‘Save Life on Earth’ “Every new look at extinction shows that we’re running out of time to save wildlife and ultimately ourselves.” The Biden administration was told Thursday it must act urgently to address the […]
Humans Are Doomed to Go Extinct
Humans Are Doomed to Go Extinct Habitat degradation, low genetic variation and declining fertility are setting Homo sapiens up for collapse Credit: Jordan Lye/Getty Images Cast your mind back, if you will, to 1965, when Tom Lehrer recorded his live album That Was the Year That Was. Lehrer prefaced a song called “So Long Mom (A Song for […]
Dear Mr. Paulson, Re Your Recent NY Times Op-Ed about Mass Extinction
Dear Mr. Paulson, Re Your Recent NY Times Op-Ed about Mass Extinction Dear Mr. Paulson, You arguably are one of the most powerful, famous, and networked men in the world, with many important accomplishments. I am the completely ordinary, middle class, volunteer steward of 53 acres of publicly owned, remnant floodplain woodland situated on the […]
Study warns US farmland is now 48 TIMES more TOXIC to insects: Are neonicotinoids to blame for the impending “insect apocalypse?”
Study warns US farmland is now 48 TIMES more TOXIC to insects: Are neonicotinoids to blame for the impending “insect apocalypse?” (Natural News) Researchers have determined that the nation’s farmland is now 48 times more toxic to insects than it was just 25 years ago, and much of this rise in toxicity is being blamed […]
Extinction Via Rugged Individualism
Extinction Via Rugged Individualism Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Greycliff, Montana. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. I was recently amused by a train of thought on Twitter excoriating Henry David Thoreau for his experiment in self-sufficient living. True, he was on the land of his wealthy neighbor, his mother did his laundry (and brought him old-timey donuts to […]
Extinction is Stalking Humanity
Extinction is Stalking Humanity I have previously written a summary of the interrelated psychological, sociological, political-economic, military, nuclear, ecological and climate threats to human survival on Earth which threaten human extinction by 2026. See ‘Human Extinction by 2026? A Last Ditch Strategy to Fight for Human Survival’. Rather than reiterate the evidence in the above article, […]
Escaping extinction through paradigm shift
Escaping extinction through paradigm shift ‘Rebellion’ is not enough. We need to build new systems from the ground up, right now For the last month, as a journalist and academic, I’ve experienced a strange sensation of paralysis. I don’t usually experience this. Usually I find myself driven by the pressures of wanting to cover with due justice […]
Green New Physics
Green New Physics You could probably say I’m sympathetic to the schoolchildren protesting against climate change, and I’m sympathetic to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her call for a Green New Deal. Young people are the future, and they deserve a voice about that future. At the same time, I’m also deeply skeptical about their understanding of […]
Planetary Collapse Threatens Our Survival: A New Study Says That More Than 1,200 Species “Will Almost Certainly Face Extinction”
Planetary Collapse Threatens Our Survival: A New Study Says That More Than 1,200 Species “Will Almost Certainly Face Extinction” We are witnessing a worldwide environmental collapse, and nobody seems to know how to stop it. As you will see below, a study that was just released that looked at more than 5,000 species of birds, […]
