Disasters

Pandemic Reminder: Community Can Transcend Ideology | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 1, 2020 “To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination.” (bell hooks) Every evening, at 7 p.m., widespread cheering for essential workers is still happening in many places across the globe. Here in hard-hit NYC ...

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Progress and Amnesia | John Michael Greer

Giant laser walrus. Source: worldwidewalrusweb.comJuly 17, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- I’d meant to launch straight into a discussion of peak oil this week, and talk about how the ongoing attempt to extr ...

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Due to humans, extinction risk for 1,700 animal species to increase by 2070 | Yale University

Azores. Credit: CC0 Public Domain March 4, 2019 (Phys.org) -- As humans continue to expand our use of land across the planet, we leave other species little ground to stand on. By 2070, increased huma ...

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A Conversation with Nature | John Michael Greer

Feb. 20, 2019 (EcoSophia) -- There are many ways we can talk about the deeper roots of the crisis of our time, setting out from many different vantage points; as Charles Fort pointed out, one measure ...

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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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An economic model to help policymakers understand willingness to deal with climate change efforts | Bob Yirka

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sept. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Two economists -- one with the London School of Economics and Political Science, the other with Princeton University -- have created a model to ...

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Thawing permafrost may release more CO2 than previously thought, study suggests | Katie Willis

A permafrost thaw slump on the Peel Plateau in the Northwest Territories exposes permafrost rich in ice and sediment. As the permafrost thaws and collapses, sulfuric acid in water breaks down the exp ...

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Geologists uncover new clues about largest mass extinction ever | Michael Broadley

The photo depicts a sample of mantle xenolith, rock sections of the lithosphere that get captured by the passing magma and erupted to the surface during the volcanic explosion. Credit: Michael W. Bro ...

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Global warming may be twice what climate models predict | Alvin Stone

Sunset. Credit: Patrik Linderstam, Unsplash July 5, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A new study based on evidence from past warm periods suggests global warming may be double what is forecast. Future global warmi ...

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Powerful hurricanes strengthen faster now than 30 years ago | Tom Rickey

A study led by PNNL shows that hurricanes intensify more quickly now than they did 30 years ago. Hurricanes like Irma (center), and Jose (right) are examples of these types of hurricanes. Hurricane K ...

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