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Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers
Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers Three-quarters of flying insects in nature reserves across Germany have vanished in 25 years, with serious implications for all life on Earth, scientists say Flying insects caught in a malaise trap, used by entomologists to collect samples. Photograph: Courtesy of Entomologisher Verein Krefeld The abundance […]
Nafeez Ahmed: Our Systems Are Failing
Nafeez Ahmed: Our Systems Are Failing This is an evolutionary moment for our species Dr. Nafeez Ahmed is an award winning 15 year investigative journalist, noted international security scholar, best-selling author and film-maker. He authored The Guardian’s Earth Insight blog and has twice won the prestigious Project Censored Award for outstanding investigative journalism. In his new […]
Young people are growing ever more depressed. Is modern life to blame?
Young people are growing ever more depressed. Is modern life to blame? Our mental health has suffered over the past 80 years. The causes are complex, but it’s exhausting to live in a society where asking for help equals failure ‘If modern life is unkind to our mental health, it’s no doubt in part […]
CBC adopts SecureDrop to allow for anonymous leaks
CBC adopts SecureDrop to allow for anonymous leaks Encrypted technology allows users to anonymously share files, messages online without being tracked CBC’s SecureDrop is a web-based system that allows whistleblowers to confidentially reach our journalists, including those who work in investigative units across Canada and on our leading programs. (Getty images) Dave Seglins is a […]
Promethean porn and Malthusian mistakes: a letter to Leigh Phillips
Promethean porn and Malthusian mistakes: a letter to Leigh Phillips Dear Leigh Hello, my name is Mr Puck. I heard about your new book, Austerity Ecology and the Collapse Porn-Addicts: A Defence of Growth, Progress, Industry and Stuff. Now, a title involving the word ‘porn’ that isn’t actually about, er, porn usually indicates something that’s well […]
Half of world’s wealth now in hands of 1% of population – report
Half of world’s wealth now in hands of 1% of population – report Inequality growing globally and in the UK, which has third most ‘ultra-high net worth individuals’, household wealth study finds Global inequality is growing, with half the world’s wealth now in the hands of just 1% of the population, according to a new […]
Pope’s climate push is ‘raving nonsense’ without population control, says top US scientist
Pope’s climate push is ‘raving nonsense’ without population control, says top US scientist Paul Ehrlich writes in Nature Climate Change that Francis is wrong to fight climate change without also addressing the strain from population growth on resources One of America’s leading scientists has dismissed as “raving nonsense” the pope’s call for action on climate […]
Syria peak oil weakened government’s finances ahead of Arab Spring in 2011
Syria peak oil weakened government’s finances ahead of Arab Spring in 2011 While the attention of the world is on the refugee crisis we need to look at the causes of this mass exodus. Fig 1: Refugees walking on Hungarian motorway towards Austria in Sep 2015 In May 2013 the Guardian had an article “Peak […]
