Oceans

If Life Feels Bleak, It’s Because Our Civilization is Beginning to Collapse | umair haque

Cole Thomas. The Course of Empire Destruction. 1836. Wikimedia Commons 2030 Will Be Even Worse than 2020. And 2040 Will Be Even Worse than That. Unless... July 3, 2020 (Medium) -- There’s an old line from a movie called Office Space — do you remember that one? — that I’ve always loved: "Every day since I began work is worse than the day before it.” That’s kind of an apt summary for… everything… a ...

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Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball | Joe Bageant

Predator drone firing a hellfire missile. (Public domain)Capitalism is dead, but we still dance with the corpse Joe Bageant -- World News Trust July 6, 2010 -- AJIJIC, JALISCO, Mexico -- As an Anglo ...

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Everybody Knows What Titanic Lifeboats Can Teach Us About The Coronavirus Response | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 14, 2020 Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows ...

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Climb Every Mountain (Well, Maybe Not) | Mickey Z.

Gangkhar Puensum seen from Gophu La Pass; it is Bhutan's highest mountain at an elevation of 7,570 m (24,836 ft) and most likely the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Image: Photo by Gradytheb ...

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Heating Up The Political Climate | John Michael Greer

Oct. 16, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- Yes, we need to talk about climate change again, and it’s probably necessary to start with a point I’ve made on this blog several times already: anthropogenic climate ...

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Antarctic Ocean carbon dioxide helped end the Ice Age | J. W. B. Rae

Deep-sea coral – data was generated on deep-sea corals from 1000m below the sea surface in the Antarctic Ocean. Credit: University of Bristol Oct. 25, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A team of scientists, led by ...

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Oysters at risk from changing climate | Yoann Thomas

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 9, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Climate change's effect on coastal ecosystems is very likely to increase mortality risks of adult oyster populations in the next 20 years. That is ...

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A warmer climate will also be a drier climate, with negative impacts on forest growth | Peter B. Reich

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 9, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Warmer temperatures brought on by climate change will lead to drier soils and reduce tree photosynthesis and growth in forests later this century, ...

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Global sea level could rise 15 meters by 2300 | Benjamin P. Horton

Parts of New Jersey and New York with 8 feet of sea-level rise. An almost 8-foot rise is possible by 2100 under a worst-case scenario, according to projections. The light-blue areas show the extent o ...

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UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning | Seth Borenstein

Oct. 8, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, ...

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'Monster' Hurricane Florence takes aim at U.S. Southeast | Ernest Scheyder

Hurricane Florence. Credit: The Weather Channel. Sept. 12, 2018 -- WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) -- Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit on North Caroli ...

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