Monthly Archives: February 2017

Communication related to this week’s Biological Extinction workshop in the Vatican.  This material provides an extensive summary of how the problem evolved, putting events since 1970 in sharp contrast with longstanding historical records.  The church accepts the validity of outside … Continue reading →

Biological extinction will get high-level attention at a conference this week, sponsored by the Vatican.  Paul Ehrlich and other renowned biologists and thinkers will make presentations to a broader group interested in determining effective solutions.  Apparently references to population control … Continue reading →

An extra-special temperature record is being set in the US in the month of February.  That is the ratio of new daily highs versus new lows from the various reporting locations.  It has never been as lopsided for any one … Continue reading →

After a long hiatus, a new report has come from Paul Gilding.  This very eloquent man offers compelling reasons for believing the election of Donald Trump, under prevailing circumstances,  will end up as a blessing.  In short, a powerful reaction … Continue reading →

How California is defying the Trump administration on climate action.  This inspiring article was written for Yale E360 by Jacques Leslie, an author noted for his eloquence.  “Even as California faces regulatory headwinds from the Trump administration, it is riding … Continue reading →

La Paz, Bolivia, is desperately short of water, from a feature article in Popular Science magazine.  It is the result of the complete meltdown of the glacier that once fed ample supplies to this city of 800,000, situated at an … Continue reading →

The human cost of climate change, as reported by the Fiji Sun.  Thirty-three villages have been earmarked for relocation, a direct result of rising sea level.  Fijians also live in fear of ever more powerful hurricanes, like Tropical Cyclone Winston … Continue reading →

Drought in Central America is shutting down coffee plantations and forcing people to migrate.  Millions of people are directly affected by the fact that key agricultural products, primarily coffee, are vulnerable to climate change in ways that leave few alternatives … Continue reading →

An interesting theory about the cause of rapid ice sheet disintegration.  The theory was developed as a way of explaining such occurrences in the past, known as Heinrich events.  Today it is said to have direct application to the ice … Continue reading →

A new study raises the probability of an AMOC shutdown this century to 50%.  This comes from taking a closer look at interactions involving the temperature of surface waters in the Labrador Sea, which are subject to rapid changes that … Continue reading →