Rivershift
Unleashed, the industrial human flood swept across the Earth, drowning everything in its path that would not or could not join the sweep.
climate change
After Warmest Winter, Drought-Stricken California Limits Water But Exempts Thirstiest Big Growers
As California’s record drought continues, Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered residents and non-agricultural businesses to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in the state’s history.
How Long Can Oceans Continue To Absorb Earth’s Excess Heat?
The main reason soaring greenhouse gas emissions have not caused air temperatures to rise more rapidly is that oceans have soaked up much of the heat. But new evidence suggests the oceans’ heat-buffering ability may be weakening.
Energy Crunch: changing the business model
Reports this week provided yet more evidence of vitality in green energy.Investment in renewables surged 17% last year.
Earth’s Second Lung Has Emphysema
In other words, if the world’s first lung is represented by all of the tropical forests combined, the second (and perhaps larger) lung is definitely the boreal forest.
Deep Concerns as Climate Impacts on Gulf Stream Flow
Climate scientists have once again confirmed an alarming slowdown in the circulation of the Atlantic Ocean − the process that drives the current that warms Europe, and powers the planetary climate.
As Himalayan Glaciers Melt, Two Towns Face the Fallout
For two towns in northern India, melting glaciers have had very different impacts — one town has benefited from flowing streams and bountiful harvests; but the other has seen its water supplies dry up and now is being forced to relocate.
Wendell Berry on Climate Change: To Save the Future, Live in the Present
All we can do to prepare rightly for tomorrow is to do the right thing today.
“The Creative Response to Climate Change”
Put it this way: we would never actually say "this is climate change". That doesn’t sit comfortably with us at all. We don’t like that bald categorisation of what we do.
Your Money or Your Life: Can We Afford to Work for Peanuts?
The old cliché of a mugger’s threat sums up well the choice before us in these times: "Your money or your life".
Naomi Oreskes on “Merchants of Doubt”
Naomi Oreskes, co-author of the book Merchants of Doubt believes that seeds of doubt about climate change have been planted quite intentionally.
Growing Threat to Amazon’s Crucial Carbon Sink
The Amazon rainforest, for so long one of the vital “green lungs” of the planet, is losing its capacity to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, according to new research.
