NWS Has Added a ‘Destructive’ Alert Level to the SMS Warning System!
If Hurricane Ida made one thing clear, it’s that we should all expect the unexpected when it comes to Mother Nature’s fury! With a damage bill exceeding $50 billion, 97 confirmed deaths and a sustained wind speed of 150mph, it may be a stark warning about the future. Rather prophetically, the National Weather Service started […]
Dust to Dust: The Business of Human Composting
A Washington-based startup is now accepting prepayment for a death-care service that turns dead bodies into life-giving, garden-variety compost. Is this the future of death-care?
The Year When Normal Became Extinct
In a year that has forgotten the meaning of normality, the calamitous turns of 2020 only serve to emphasize the new normal.
Here’s Why Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan Won’t Hold Water
Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan could make the formation of a feasible Palestinian state less likely. Here’s why.
Mysterious Blob Kills a Million Seabirds in North America
Scientists are calling it the largest die-off in recorded history, and the killer is something named after a B-movie monster.
Can a Man-made Volcanic Winter Help Combat Climate Change?
Residents and tourists visiting the famous Taal Volcano in the Philippines were taken by surprise when the country’s second most active volcano started to emit smoke, resulting in a phreatic explosion. What began as a normal Sunday morning in the holiday towns surrounding the tourist spot ended in a mass evacuation and ashfall reaching as […]
Climate Change, Money, and the Politics of Denial
In the mode of public disclosure that governs the Trump administration these days, few official statements contain anything resembling the simple truth. That is, unless you consider the ungovernable warp of President Donald Trump’s ego and ambition as a genuine statement in itself. If that is the case, then truth becomes utterly subjective, and there […]
Climigration: Accepting a New Reality
“Hungry people get mean!” Why climigration is going to effect you and your family.
Giant Clam Poachers in South China Sea Signal Beijing’s Real Policies
The clam poaching fleets, dozens of small fishing vessels accompanied by a handful of larger “motherships,” ransack massive tracts of coral reef that were millennia in the making.
Climate Change Is Making Spiders More Aggressive, Say Scientists
The trend was consistent across multiple storms that varied in size, duration, and intensity. This suggests that the effects on the colonies are part of a robust evolutionary response, says Pruitt.
