Oceans

A New Water Source That Could Make Drought a Thing of the Past | Ellen Brown

Oceans of water are beneath our feet, and new technologies are extracting it economically without ecological damage. Oct. 1, 2021 (Web of Debt) -- Lack of fresh water is now a global crisis. Water shortages mean food shortages, with hunger creating death tolls substantially exceeding those of the current Covid-19 crisis. According to the United Nations, some 800 million people are without clean w ...

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Whispers From Antiquity | John Michael Greer

June 30, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- One of the things I find fascinating about the deepening twilight of industrial society is how rigid our modern notions of technology have become. Most people these d ...

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Breaking The Patrisharky | University of California - San Diego

Sand tiger sharks mating at Georgia Aquarium. Credit: Georgia Aquarium Scientists reexamine gender biases in shark, ray mating research March 4, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Shark scientists at Georgia Aquariu ...

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The World is Changing: China Launches Campaign for Superpower Status | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- Ramzy Baroud Oct. 19, 2020 The outdated notion that China "just wants to do business" should be completely erased from our understanding of the rising global power’s p ...

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‘Dying to Fish’: How Israeli Piracy Destroyed Gaza’s Once Thriving Fishing Industry | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 27, 2020 On Aug. 16, the Israeli navy declared the Gaza sea a closed military zone. A few days later, a group of Gaza fishermen decided to take t ...

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3 Hidden Messages from Rose in ‘Titanic’ | Mickey Z.

FanPop.com Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 18, 2020 Rose DeWitt Bukater Dawson Calvert is a pretty nuanced female character by Hollywood standards (for 1997 or at any time). Written by a man, no ...

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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 ...

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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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