Humans Face a “Ghastly Future” Unless Extraordinary Action Is Taken Soon on Sustainability Without immediate and drastic intervention, humans face a “ghastly future” — including declining health, climate devastation, tens of millions of environmental migrants and more pandemics — in the next several decades, according to an international team of 17 prominent scientists. “Humanity is […]
WILL WE SURVIVE THE CUT?
Will We survive the Cut? Proof of Earth’s 6th Mass Extinction This Excellent article from Live Science https://www.livescience.com/51281-sixth-mass-extinction-is-here.html shows the fragility of species in the face of changes in their habitat and the fact that all species seem to have their own half life. What conditions sustain a species and which are most vulnerable to alterations […]
Emergency Climate Crisis is upon us
Dr. Peter Carter and others are warning the planet and all of humanity is in peril due to the consequences of the industrial age. Host Jack Etkin blames the media for not informing the public just how grave the danger has become. This is the complete interview. Edited versions were shown on Shaw TV Victoria […]
Help Save the Uniquely Canadian Southern Mountain Caribou From Pending Extinction
The destruction of the South Mountain Caribou herd’s habitat by logging and the herd’s resulting rapid diminishment is the subject of this post. A contact of mine, Trevor Goward, has written me about the plight of the South Mountain Caribou in southern British Columbia. He has been busy: “I have to admit that the caribou […]
How we know that climate change is happening—and that humans are causing it
Arndt and his colleagues sit atop a vast trove of current and historical climate data—data so valuable, it’s protected by multiple failsafes and even backed up on tape at an undisclosed, secure location, where it’s carried by hand in a nondescript suitcase several times a week. The data in question isn’t bank account information, or Social […]