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Category Archives: Climate
Largest glacier calving ever filmed
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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The world looks to Punxsutawney Phil on February 2nd
Thanks to Pam P. When is Groundhog Day? Groundhog Day is on Feb. 2 every year. In 2022, Groundhog Day will be on a Wednesday. What is Groundhog Day? On Groundhog Day, the world looks to Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog, … Continue reading
Cascading climate consequences
In describing climate consequences—the ones more serious than hotter summers—I feel as if I am describing top-down cascading failures. The classic example is the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, which in 2001 had collapsed, floor after floor, down to the … Continue reading
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The Cotton Tote Crisis
By Grace Cook in the NYT Thanks to Diana C. Recently, Venetia Berry, an artist in London, counted up the free cotton tote bags that she had accumulated in her closet. There were at least 25. There were totes from the … Continue reading
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The Rise of the Climatarian
Thanks to Diana C. By Danielle Braff, May 20, 2021, Updated 1:31 p.m. In the NYT Torben Lonne, a 34-year-old scuba diver in Copenhagen, never eats without considering the carbon footprint and the emission level of the food he’s about to consume. … Continue reading
The Hoover Dam Made Life in the West Possible. Or So We Thought.
By Timothy Egan in the NYT Mr. Egan is a contributing Opinion writer who covers the environment, the American West and politics. LAKE MEAD, Nev.— Few things force you to confront hubris and genius at the same time as much as … Continue reading
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A rare snow cloud in Nepal
Thanks to Paul T. Even though this looks like snow… it is a CLOUD. An amazing phenomenon recently captured on video.A “cloud avalanche” occurred near the Kapuche Glacier Lake in the mountains of Nepal, March 2021. That scene is extremely rare, … Continue reading
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Better than videos of my talk
Hello all, I have finished up the half-hour YouTube version of my second climate talk from March 23rd. It is at https://youtu.be/VUZ4jb2qWGM. The last ten minutes, on tipping points, will be new to you. I am now … Continue reading
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Chinese ice scuptures
thanks to Dorothy W.
Eight ways the world could suddenly end
Thanks to Gordon G. This TED talk was about seven years ago. One of the predictions was about a pandemic!
Posted in Climate, Education, History, Science and Technology
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From fabric to the funnies, here are some eco-friendly alternatives to wrapping paper
From the Seattle Times. Thanks to Mike C. for finding this and reminding us. By JiaYing GrygielSpecial to The Seattle Times Americans spend more than $8 billion on wrapping paper each year, according to Sundale Research. That’s a lot of money … Continue reading
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By Al Gore in the NYT This weekend marks two anniversaries that, for me, point a way forward through the accumulated wreckage of the past year. The first is personal. Twenty years ago, I ended my presidential campaign after the Supreme Court … Continue reading
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The view that is left (and other recent photos)
Sigh. I grew up in Missouri and Kansas, and now they seem foreign, a place I would not enjoy visiting. We do not want a second American Civil War.
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Pope Francis: A Crisis Reveals What Is in Our Hearts
In the NYT: In this past year of change, my mind and heart have overflowed with people. People I think of and pray for, and sometimes cry with, people with names and faces, people who died without saying goodbye to … Continue reading
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Compostable wrappings
From Mike C. and the climate impact sub-committee. Poster created by Al MacRae!
David Attenborough on the Variety and Resiliency of Nature
In the nineteen-thirties, in Leicester, England, a future knight of the realm named David Attenborough developed an obsession with finding fossils. He would ride his bicycle to old iron quarries and knock on rocks with a little hammer—some would fall … Continue reading
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The growth in population over time
Thanks to Gordon G for finding this. Just how many people can our planet support given the variables of climate change, birth control, fertility and consumption. What will be our quality of life with the projections of growth?
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The secret history of smokejumpers in Washington’s Methow Valley
Now a staple in combating wildfires across the West, barnstormers and foresters developed one of the most elite firefighting programs here in Washington. by Sarah Hoffman in Crosscut. A jumper lands during the U.S. Forest Service’s experimental smokejumping program in 1939 in … Continue reading
The rebirth of nuclear power could come from Bellevue, if Congress approves
From Crosscut: Nuclear power has stalled in the United States. The country’s 97 commercial reactors provide 20 percent of its power, but only one reactor has gone online since 1998 — in Tennessee in 2016. Two more reactors — behind schedule and way … Continue reading
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Biggest World Problems
Here’s a list made up by my favorite 8th grader. What’s your list? It’s a little shy on the “what can I do to help” but she’s still got time – especially when she becomes President!
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Why are so many gray whales dying in WA?
Seventeen gray whales have stranded themselves along Washington’s shorelines in 2019, and experts are looking for answers. by From Crosscut: “A stranded female Pacific gray whale washed up at Harborview Park near Everett last week. Officials towed it to decompose not far from a nearby … Continue reading
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The biggest problem we are not addressing
The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation mean for coastal communities across the globe? … Continue reading
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