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June 17, 2023
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Archived Articles Revisited:

This is your weekly personal list of three random articles extracted from our website archives. These links are unique to you and are more than one year old. The intention is to deliver a sense of what was considered a priority on that date compared with today's latest articles and presentations. You are encouraged to share these links with your social media and other networks.
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Latest Presentation

Diana Beresford-Kroeger | Forests and Climate Change | Jun 14, 2023

Diana Beresford-Kroeger | Forests and Climate Change | Jun 14, 2023

Speaker: Diana Beresford-Kroeger Topic: Forests and Climate Change Time: Jun 14, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: There is a trinity attached to climate change.  It operates all over planet Earth, in the water, on the land, and in the atmosphere.  The triad is simplicity itself and is composed of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and biodiversity. Once upon a time, carbon dioxide …

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Upcoming Events

Dr. Meg Sears | Sustainable Agriculture: Lessons from the 1930s-on, to inform a 2023 Strategy and Partnership | Jun 21, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time | CACOR Zoom

Dr. Meg Sears | Sustainable Agriculture: Lessons from the 1930s-on, to inform a 2023 Strategy and Partnership | Jun 21, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time | CACOR Zoom

You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: Dr. Meg Sears Topic: Sustainable Agriculture: Lessons from the 1930s-on, to inform a 2023 Strategy and Partnership. Time: Jun 21, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83168349500?pwd=T1pNRDI4VGdWbnc4WC9wQmRmQi9wZz09 Meeting ID: 831 6834 9500 Passcode: 668039 Summary: Orange skies & choking smoke expose Canada’s vulnerabilities.  Climate chaos threatens food security, floods, droughts, …

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Latest Articles

Reflection on C.P. Snow’s 1959 Lecture The Two Cultures: the Pathological Divide between Arts & Science

Reflection on C.P. Snow’s 1959 Lecture The Two Cultures: the Pathological Divide between Arts & Science With a focus on the concept of AND Let’s start with a poem that was written by a lady I shared time with at a Franciscan retreat in Arizona with last week:   A Creation Poem by Valerie Hart In the beginning was the One …

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Reflection on C.P. Snow’s 1959 Lecture The Two Cultures: the Pathological Divide between Arts & Science

El Nino impacts worldwide

El Nino impacts worldwide
El Niño planet-warming weather phase has begun Share COP28 IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent A natural weather event known as El Niño has begun in the Pacific Ocean, likely adding heat to a planet already warming under climate change. US scientists confirmed that El Niño had started. Experts say it will likely make 2024 the world's hottest …

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McKinsey & Company: How to solve problems in uncertain times

Brought to you by Liz Hilton Segel, chief client officer and managing partner, global industry practices, & Homayoun Hatami, managing partner, global client capabilities "May 28, 2023McKinsey Global Institute director and senior partner Chris Bradley, a coauthor of Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick, observed that “it’s a mistake to think that on your team you have the smartest people in the room. They aren’t …

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McKinsey & Company: How to solve problems in uncertain times

Paying for climate damages

Two men collecting oil on the shore after an oil spill accident on Ao Prao Beach at Samet island on July 31,2013 in Rayong,Thailand
The biggest achievement at the annual United Nations climate summit last year was committing to create a fund that would compensate the poorest for destruction wrought by global warming. One of the questions at the upcoming COP28 summit will be how to add money to this new loss-and-damage fund. If history is any guide, it’s going to be a hard problem to …

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Project Drawdown - The Drawdown Roadmap for Business

Join Jamie Alexander, director of Drawdown Labs at Project Drawdown, in an exploration of how businesses, with strategies backed by science, can leverage their clout and employee power to help the world address climate change. What comes to mind when you think of business and climate change? No matter what you picture, one thing holds true: While the private sector …

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More about less

More about less
Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until they know nothing about everything.   Scientists are people who know more and more about less and less, until they know everything about nothing. Konrad Lorenz, 1903 - 1989, was an Austrian zoologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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How well are we doing?

How well are we doing?
Key indicators of how humans are changing the Earth: Sea level, species, carbon dioxide, sea ice, population, daily temperature extremes, annual climate change performance by country, air pollution, temperature records, climate change indicators, top ten emitters, historic emissions, electric vehicles.

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Breaking News

Introduction to Microgrids v2

Art Hunter explains microgrids in 10 minutes.

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Wittgenstein’s fly bottle

Ruben Nelson explains Wittgenstein's fly bottle and its analogy to the present human predicament.

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Why is our upper atmosphere cooling

Just Have a Think We've all heard about the warming of our atmosphere, but now we're being told it is cooling as well! How come? Apparently, it's all to do with how the different layers of our atmosphere react to incoming sunlight and outgoing infrared light. Research now shows that cooling in the upper layers could be jeopardizing satellite orbits …

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Europe's Richest Country Made Public Transport Free: Could Other Countries Do the Same?

As countries look to increase the use of public transport, experts explain why making buses, trams and trains free might not be a 'magic wand' to solve the problem. Luxembourg recently celebrated three years of free public transport.  According to the people who live there, it has been a resounding success. As countries look to encourage citizens to ditch their …

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Europe's Worsening Water Crisis.

Europe is struggling with a precarious water situation ahead of another drought-riven summer. KEY POINTS Water resources in Europe are growing increasingly scarce because of the deepening climate emergency. Reservoirs in Mediterranean countries like Italy have fallen to water levels typically associated with summer heatwaves in recent weeks. It comes as temperatures are poised to climb through summer and many …

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The World’s Energy System No Longer Fit for Purpose.

The world’s energy system is ‘no longer fit for purpose,’ says energy council chief. KEY POINTS The council’s most recent report forecasts that around half of the global energy system will still not be electrified by 2050, which would mark a blow to many governments’ net-zero pledges. Following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, global energy markets have also been …

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Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022.

This is the annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence. Abstract Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments are the trusted source of scientific evidence for climate negotiations taking place under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement that will conclude …

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Wildfire Smoke Leads to Ozone Depletion.

Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion. If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years. The Australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020 were historic for how far and fast they spread, and for how long and powerfully they burned.  All told, the devastating “Black Summer” fires blazed across more than 43 …

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Initiation of Photosynthesis Now Known.

Scientists have finally discovered how photosynthesis starts by setting it off with a single photon. For the first time, researchers have observed how just one particle of light can trigger photosynthesis in bacteria—finally revealing the first step of the crucial process. Light is the basis for almost all life on Earth.  Using energy from the sun, plants, algae, and some …

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Tesla researchers present battery with 2 million mile lifecycle.

Tesla battery researchers around Jeff Dahn have presented updated test results for their battery cells. Instead of one million miles, the batteries are now expected to last 10,000 cycles and provide traction power for more than two million miles – that’s about 3.2 million kilometers. Electrek refers to a lecture by Jeff Dahn, published on YouTube, in which the head of the …

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