2017-08-18 22:10
To save coastal cities we have to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% and start annual withdrawals of trillions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere --- before 2050. Continue reading → Read More
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2017-08-18 00:16
Hope for the best; plan for the worst. Continue reading → Read More
2017-08-15 20:03
“Among those who understand the systemic nature of our problems, the controlled crash option is the subject of what may be the most interesting and important conversation that’s… Read More
2017-08-11 21:15
Become an investigative reporter. Read the Poison Papers. Continue reading → Read More
2017-08-11 21:00
GR: Monsanto is facing enormous financial penalties for their continued production and sale of toxic chemicals. This post (and earlier stories) discusses PCBs. Other reports describe s… Read More
2017-08-10 00:35
As Finn and Thomas point out, animals are frequently killed by machinery, earth-moving and vegetation-clearing. Those who survive often find themselves without homes, competing in a radicall… Read More
2017-08-08 19:35
The study examines every corner of the United States and finds that all of it was touched by climate change. The average annual temperature in the United States will continue to rise, the au… Read More
2017-08-08 16:55
The Future of Human Understanding of Nature If we come through global warming, overpopulation, and overuse of the Earth, our experience will have reforged our view of the world. I think we w… Read More
2017-08-07 15:50
GR: The name is acceptable since there will be no single place to name thus giving future visitors the wrong impression that Trump contributed. “Environmental activists have crea… Read More
2017-08-05 14:51
To address the twin threats of climate change and ocean acidification, nearly every nation has promised to reduce fossil fuel burning.
But so far, humanity keeps burning ever more. Last y… Read More
2017-08-01 21:28
[At 4C] Agricultural collapse pressure is very high. A number of regions including Europe, the U.S. West, China, large parts of Africa, India and many more are all likely to be well outside… Read More
2017-08-01 16:09
"Hope for the best, but plan for the worst." Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-30 16:13
"Battles to protect wildlife are intensifying in the face of attacks from these and other lawmakers. However, they may be in for a bigger fight than they realize. A recent poll showed t… Read More
2017-07-29 14:30
If we’re interested in signs of impending global crisis, there’s no need to stop with just these two global challenges [climate related]. The world is losing 25 billion tons of t… Read More
2017-07-28 01:22
If you think that 25+ years of global climate change policy meetings (IPCCs & COPs), and today's much discussed growth in clean energy and efficiency are reducing global fossil fuel usag… Read More
2017-07-26 19:09
By 1988, the new report says, the Electric Power Research Institute, supported by the energy industry, acknowledged "a growing consensus in the scientific community that the greenhouse effec… Read More
2017-07-25 20:18
Renters and homeowners, here's an opportunity to switch all your electrical energy to renewable sources. Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-25 17:18
GR: The article below illustrates the value of scientific analysis. The Southwest Monsoon has always caused flooding. However, memory alone is an unreliable indicator of changes in storm str… Read More
2017-07-24 23:01
Let me be clear, honest, and take a risk of offending: there is no nutrition in the flesh or fluids of animals that can not be gotten from where the animal got it – the sun and the ear… Read More
2017-07-24 16:03
"We're traveling at high speed down a mountain in a car coming up to a hairpin turn, and it's not so much a question of whether we hit the guard rail as to whether we can slow down enough, s… Read More
2017-07-23 15:48
Our grandchildren will probably see the last of the wild apes, elephants, giraffes, lions, and tigers. We humans are eliminating Earth's wild animals. Though some of us might feel remorse, m… Read More
2017-07-22 23:36
Originally posted on Antinuclear: 17,000 containers of radioactive waste, 19 ships containing radioactive waste, 14 nuclear reactors, including five that still contain spent nuclear fuel; 73… Read More
2017-07-22 14:26
Rooftop solar panels are the best source of renewable energy. Apart from their manufacture, the panels are non polluting. As important, they remove energy production from the hands of a few… Read More
2017-07-20 17:23
"That point of no return has now arrived, and it is staring us in the face. If people fully understood how and why their families face a ruined world by mid-century, they would be demanding… Read More
2017-07-19 19:50
Should climate scientists soften their warnings or should they make full disclosure of the truth about the climate-change emergency on our doorstep? Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-18 18:02
Stock your neurons with useful information. Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-18 16:00
If you follow environmental politics, it is very clear why industries like the oil and gas industry, livestock industry and timber industry and the politicians they elect to represent their… Read More
2017-07-18 15:20
Across the western U. S. and other drying regions, trees are dying. Human-caused climate change with fire as its agent, is sweeping away the forests and shrublands. Fire-prone weeds are taki… Read More
2017-07-17 17:46
GR: Destroying a nature refuge to satisfy a campaign promise is probably more than Trump’s fellow phobes wanted. But there is no limit to the damage Trump will do to get some approval… Read More
2017-07-17 15:06
Franken has emerged as a true climate champion, fighting back against the misinformation and outright climate science denial spread by the Trump administration Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-17 14:38
Protecting nature is a critical issue understood by some politicians. Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-15 13:11
GR: Here’s a list of some of the critical global concerns for the week. Posted by Christina MacPherson. It’s a toss-up as to which issue is now the most critical – climate… Read More
2017-07-14 17:59
Almost no one in academia, government, or society is responding as if they believe there is a GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY. Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-14 16:20
Global warming appears in rising temperatures. Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-14 14:46
A two degree temperature rise doesn't sound like much, but it will have terrible consequences. Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-13 22:21
Most of Earth's beautiful forests, natural grasslands, and countless wild animals and plants will not survive. Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-12 18:22
GR: Today is the day to help save internet freedom. Please send your letter now. Comcast, Verizon and AT&T want to end net neutrality so they can charge extra fees to control… Read More
2017-07-11 23:49
But no matter how well-informed you are, you are surely not alarmed enough. Over the past decades, our culture has gone apocalyptic with zombie movies and Mad Max dystopias, perhaps the coll… Read More
2017-07-08 14:05
"Forests are interwoven with human evolution," stated Dr. Rachel Smolker, Co-Director of Biofuelwatch and Steering Committee member of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. "They regulate and stabi… Read More
2017-07-08 13:42
"If we stop emitting today, it's not the end of the story for global warming. There's a delay in air-temperature increase as the atmosphere catches up with all the heat that the earth has ac… Read More
2017-07-06 17:34
Today, T. S. Eliot’s Hollow Men could end “Not with a whimper but a bang.” Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-04 21:47
The authors conclude that ecocentrism is essential for solving our unprecedented environmental crisis, arguing its importance from four perspectives: ethical, evolutionary, spiritual and eco… Read More
2017-07-03 18:37
Humans have cut and burned forests for thousands of years. The delightfully moderate environments created by forests, the opposite of urban heat islands or the monotony of farms, are disappe… Read More
2017-07-02 01:21
Tanzania lost 60 percent of its elephants to the ivory trade between 2009 and 2014. Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-02 00:04
Zero Arctic sea ice will have traumatic effects on weather. Continue reading → Read More
2017-07-01 16:53
Birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona Wins Literary Classics Gold July 1, 2017 –Literary Classics International Youth Book Awards (LC) announced award winners today. LC previously awarded B… Read More
2017-06-30 20:59
Show how you feel about our national monuments. Send a comment to Ryan Zinke. Continue reading → Read More
2017-06-30 20:36
"These seven monuments represent the best of California’s wildlife and wild places and are broadly supported. Mirroring the strong public support for continued protection of these monu… Read More
2017-06-30 02:06
The upcoming G20 meeting in Hamburg is the perfect moment for heads of state to integrate the six milestones into their discussions on how to ensure a resilient, prosperous, inclusive and in… Read More
2017-06-29 19:59
Human forced climate change is happening much faster than predicted. Sea-level rise is discussed in this post. Continue reading → Read More
2017-06-28 19:57
"Explore the signs of global warming on this map or Google Earth. The evidence of climate change includes heat waves, sea-level rise, flooding, melting glaciers, earlier spring arrival, cora… Read More
2017-06-28 18:53
"The Associated Press reported in April that Dow is pressuring the Trump administration to throw out a 10,000-page government risk study on three pesticides under review, including chlorpyri… Read More
2017-06-28 15:51
Alaska, Colorado and New Mexico have all been involved in controversial energy development and natural resource issues in the past few years, and sources say Interior brass do not view the t… Read More
2017-06-27 23:37
Birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona, by Garry Rogers, has been selected to receive the Literary Classics Seal of Approval. Continue reading → Read More
2017-06-27 17:45
"With this additional scientific evidence of the harm seismic does at an ecosystem level, it is clearer than ever that the proposed permits for blasting along the Atlantic coast—from t… Read More
2017-06-26 22:42
With a backdrop of green farmland and solar-clad barns, the plant is also a stone’s throw from the Gebrüder Maier fruit and vegetable company, which uses the captured CO2 to boost… Read More
2017-06-26 17:46
"Anyone who has ever dealt with the Forest Service, California Department of Forestry, the Endangered Species Act, or anything like that knows that science is used as the authority for the k… Read More
2017-06-25 01:40
“Our simulations indicate that even small changes in the CO2 concentration suffice to change the circulation pattern, which can end in sudden temperature increases,” said Zhang… Read More
2017-06-21 15:05
Hawking is right about the threat from an extinction-level meteorite strike, and it is certainly true that we are ruining this planet through overpopulation and global warming, but if we fol… Read More
2017-06-20 14:05
In the current climate, around 30% of the world’s population get 20 or more days per year above the “deadly” threshold. This percentage is increasing as global temperature… Read More
2017-06-18 20:15
Totten [glacier on E. Antarctica] will lose its ice more slowly than West Antarctica. The worst case coming out of Antarctica still seems to be centuries away. But it would mean abandoning m… Read More
2017-06-18 15:35
"The Colorado River Basin and other areas around the globe at essentially the same latitudes, such as the Mediterranean region and areas of Chile, South Africa and Australia, are especially… Read More
2017-06-18 00:11
This year we will begin overdrawing our resource bank account on August 2. Continue reading → Read More
2017-06-17 23:26
Marine and coastal dead zones are the result of a phenomenon called hypoxia—a state of low dissolved oxygen that occurs when excess pollutants, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, accumul… Read More
2017-06-17 01:46
There has been no explanation for the removal. "As detailed by the conservation nonprofit George Wright Society, the biosphere program was launched in the 1970s to establish internationally… Read More
2017-06-16 00:08
Ornithologists from the Arizona Game and Fish Department will census birds here this Saturday. Cuckoos along with the Southwest Willow Flycatchers are the principal reason for the visit. Bot… Read More
2017-06-15 14:26
“This decision marks an important turning point. Until now, the rights of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have been disregarded by the builders of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Trum… Read More
2017-06-15 13:52
“Thousands of species could be affected, maybe even go extinct.“ The researchers warn that any damage could be irreversible, and they say any risks must be considered before the… Read More
2017-06-13 01:01
"According to news reports, the big-ramp up in battery production has already driven prices down to $140 dollars per kilowatt hour. That’s a major drop from around $550 dollars per kil… Read More
2017-06-11 01:37
Long-term exposure to the pesticide over one to two days reduced the ability of bees to fly. Continue reading → Read More
2017-06-08 19:22
Lost ozone will be hard to replace. Anderson said to protect the ozone layer, climate-warming gases would need to be curbed. “As of now, it’s irreversible. With more and more met… Read More
2017-06-08 18:10
Coming on the heels of Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, Santa Barbara's commitment to 100 percent clean, renewable energy showcases how cities can lead the tran… Read More
2017-06-08 14:29
The average number of large wildfires increased from about 33 per year from1985-1994 to about 117 per year from 2005-2014, Continue reading → Read More
2017-06-07 23:52
Last month, [Brazil's] Congress passed two measures that convert around 1.4 million acres of protected land, the vast majority of it in the Amazon, into areas open to logging, mining and agr… Read More
2017-06-06 18:58
The drylands of the western US, inner Asia and the Middle East will become even drier. The climate region known as Amazonia will shift northwards, so that Venezuela will become wetter, while… Read More
2017-06-06 18:05
According to the government's own estimates, seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic could injure as many as 138,000 marine mammals like dolphins and whales, while disturbing the vital activ… Read More
2017-06-05 17:46
According to food activist Vandana Shiva, "Regenerative agriculture provides answers to the soil crisis, the food crisis, the health crisis, the climate crisis and the crisis of democracy."… Read More
2017-06-04 16:31
India canceled 13.7 gigawatts of proposed coal-fired power plants last month alone, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis said. The government has admitted that an additi… Read More
2017-06-03 22:59
It’s time that governments, bankers, industry leaders woke up to the reality that the world economy is threatened by growth, threatened by the accelerating destruction of this planet&r&hell…Read More
2017-06-02 18:32
"All the indicators are going in the wrong direction, and warning bells are ringing so loud as to be deafening," said Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist in the climate analysis section at t… Read More
2017-06-01 17:00
Leading environmentalist writer Rowan Jacobsen declared the incredible structure dead, and wrote: “The Great Barrier Reef of Australia passed away in 2016 after a long illness.“I… Read More
2017-05-29 21:13
"Almost every week, there is a new roll back of forest protections. Last Tuesday, the Senate approved a bill that slashed protected areas in the Amazon by 597,000 hectares (about four times… Read More
2017-05-29 17:11
"The world without U.S. efforts would have a far more difficult time avoiding a dangerous threshold: keeping the planet from warming more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) abov… Read More
2017-05-28 19:00
"Failure to take pressure off the Galápagos’ flora and fauna could kill the booby that laid the golden egg: Of the seven animal species that tourists rank most important to thei… Read More
2017-05-27 15:22
"Trump and Zinke need to listen to the American people for once instead of corporate polluters. The people have made it crystal clear that they stand with Bears Ears and in solidarity with t… Read More
2017-05-26 17:28
“If we continue burning coal and oil the way we do today and regret our inaction later, the amounts of greenhouse gas we would need to take out of the atmosphere in order to stabilise… Read More
2017-05-26 00:51
President Trump revived the Reagan-era ban on foreign aid for organizations that offer counseling on family planning that includes abortion. A powerful faction in the Republican Party also o… Read More
2017-05-23 14:42
As global warming continues, sea level is expected to rise at increasing rates. In the worst case, it could rise as much as 6 inches per decade with even higher rises in some places. “… Read More
2017-05-17 17:08
Virginia Republicans, however, condemned the Democratic governor's carbon directive as overreach, but McAuliffe responded, "The threat of climate change is real, and we have a shared respons… Read More
2017-05-16 16:24
"Sadly, this poaching incident reflects what a growing body of research is making more and more clear—allowing extensive hunting of wolves has not increased social tolerance for them… Read More
2017-05-15 18:10
Corruption in the Federal government has definitely reached the top. The parent company, Dow Chemical, [manufactuerer of the deadly chemical] has cultivated a cozy relationship with the Trum… Read More
2017-05-15 00:48
Although deaths caused by air pollution grew to 4.2 million in 2015 from 3.5 million in 1990, the rate of increase of about 20 percent was slower than the rate of the population rise during… Read More
2017-05-13 13:27
". . . a 2016 report from the National Intelligence Council (NIC), which advises the DNI, found that extreme weather events have growing implications for humans, which “suggest[s] that… Read More
2017-05-12 23:08
Oil and gas pipelines leak. Perhaps the Trump team should start shutting them down. Continue reading → Read More
2017-05-09 20:05
In the battle to save nature, we are facing civilization-wide beliefs. For peaceful solutions to work, more people must participate. Continue reading → Read More
2017-05-09 17:26
"The problem is that what is politically feasible is often ecologically irrelevant. Effective sustainability policy must be consistent with available scientific evidence; ‘alternative… Read More
2017-05-07 19:08
Americans everywhere should be outraged by this assault on our public lands. Once stripped of protections, there’s no telling what the oil and gas industry will do to them. Continue r… Read More
2017-05-06 17:53
Rachel Buxton, lead author of the study, said: "The noise levels we found can be harmful to visitor experiences in these areas, and can be harmful to human health, and to wildlife. However… Read More
2017-05-06 16:42
Only the narrow "growth-at-all-costs" philosophy of corporations (including cities and towns) in Arizona and the U. S. can explain the continued disregard for the effect of the human populat… Read More
2017-05-05 01:20
"All in all, it’s only one-fourth of the full 2017 calendar, and experts will emphasize that a single year’s breaking – or not breaking – previous records matters a w… Read More
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