As one might expect, a great deal has changed about the way we warn about the danger of wildfires. First is the word “wildfires” itself, which, up until the last couple of decades, were called “forest fires.” Second is the …
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Superior Science and Inferior Morals
If what Clarke said here is correct, we’re in hot water as a species, because it’s fairly plain that our morals are in a steep decline, at least in the United States. About 30% of American voters support Donald Trump …
Why U.S. Republicans Support Russia
It’s not news that the United States’ political scene is deeply divided, to such a degree that, regardless of what Democrats want, Republicans will work hard to make sure it doesn’t happen. In many cases, this has the potential to …
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A Time Machine Could Tell Us What We Already Know
Barring a miracle, the average temperature of the Earth is going to rise somewhere between 2°and 5° C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the 21st Century. The planet will be ravaged by storms, wildfires, droughts, and the loss …
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Why Is It So Hard to Mitigate Climate Change?
According to the meme here, the answer is that ignoring the problem is so much easier, and there are so many distractions, the British monarchy amongst them.
Survival Is the Exception
This gem is from 20th Century American astronomer and philosopher Carl Sagan. There is no reason to expect that organized human civilization will persist indefinitely, even under the best of circumstances. And these aren’t exactly “the best of circumstances,” are …
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UFO Hearings To Commence
From the charismatic physicist Dr. Michio Kaku: They say, “the truth is out there.” The United States just hosted the first public hearing on the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in decades and declassified some related findings. There are …
Solutions to Mitigate Climate Change
From this piece called: “Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC” (Responding to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), climate scientist Michael Mann, a distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State who will …
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Supreme Court to Review Limits of U.S. Environmental Law
From The Energy Society: Legal cases in state and federal courts across the country are challenging the limits of US environmental law. Among them is West Virginia vs. the EPA, which is destined to become one of the most important …
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We Don’t Seem To Be Too Alarmed About the Climate Crisis
This is excellent. Obviously, it could apply to a great number of phenomena in our current world, but the imperative to mitigate climate change comes immediately to mind.
