I have given the slideshow that I gave here two years ago about 2,000 times. I’m giving a short slide show this morning that I’m giving for the very first time, so — well it’s — I don’t want or need to raise the bar, I’m actually trying to lower the bar. Because I’ve cobbled […]
Warmest February ever.
Warmest. February. Ever. February 2016 was the warmest February in 136 years of modern temperature records. The average global temperature in February was about 0.5 degrees Celsius (0.8 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the previous record (February 1998). February 2016 was 1.35 degrees Celsius above the 1951–80 average; February 1998 was 0.88°C above it. Both records […]
Eleven Thought Provoking Images Show What Humans Are Really Doing To The Planet
Go to school, get a job, pay your bills, and try to put yourself in a position to earn enough money to be able to live – this is our current human experience. But while we’re busy focusing on how to survive, our planet is being trashed at an exponential rate. Is it possible to […]
Scientists Warn of Perilous Climate Shift Within Decades, Not Centuries
A massive boulder on a coastal ridge in North Eleuthera, the Bahamas. A new research paper claims it was most likely moved there by powerful storms during the last warm period of Earth history, 120,000 years ago, and warns that such stormy conditions could recur because of human emissions of greenhouse gases.CreditCharles Ommanney/The Washington Post, […]
A closer look at China’s wind power plan
The regime will add another 31 gigawatts of wind power in 2016, but how much of it will the country actually use? Western idealists often portray China as a country that “can get things done,” be it investment in infrastructure or the expansion of renewable energy. What they often fail to ask is whether the […]