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Category Archives: Climate change
Map Monday: looking at air quality in a world wracked by wildfires
The topic of this week’s Map Monday was inspired by a link sent to me by a friend. Thanks, Sharon. The world is watching the horrific wildfires in California, Oregon, and the state of Washington, which are following closely on … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Map Monday
Tagged air quality, Climate change, health risk, maps, NASA, pandemic, wildfires, world maps
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Mother Nature doesn’t care if you believe in science or not
It seems to be fashionable these days for people to pick and choose among scientific theories and advice, depending on whether they like the implications of that scientific advice. They may treat one scientific theory like the gospel and another … Continue reading
Wildlife and Earth Day in the time of COVID-19
Wildlife Wednesday and Earth Day all rolled into one. Happy Earth Day, everyone! Believe it or not, this marks the 50th year of celebrating Earth Day on April 22. I have to admit to not having been aware of Earth … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, History and Politics, Wildlife Wednesday
Tagged air pollution, air quality, clean air, Climate change, CO2 emissions, coronavirus, COVID-19, Earth Day, microplastics, ocean pollution, pandemics, plastic pollution, renewable energy, sheltering in place, sustainable agriculture, wildlife
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Climatologists Grimly Watch As People Who Ignore Science Suffer Real And Immediate Consequences — The Out And Abouter
I’m reblogging this satirical piece from Paul Duncan’s The Out And Abouter. It’s satire, but it’s awfully close to the mark. It’s a great read. Warning: those of you who didn’t spend your career in an engineering building as I … Continue reading
Wildlife Wednesday: Climate change is threatening the very existence of many of our animals | Mar 11/20
Last week we looked at animals who are officially listed as being under severe threat of extinction because of loss of habitat, conflict with encroaching human populations, questionably legal wanton killing, and illegal poaching. This week we look at 10 … Continue reading
Wildlife Wednesday: Shining a light on endangered animals around the world | Mar 4/20
Yesterday, March 3, was World Wildlife Day. It seems only appropriate to continue Robby Robin’s celebration of the animal kingdom on Wildlife Wednesdays by spending some time getting to know the animal species on our planet whose very existence is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, History and Politics, Odds and Ends, Wildlife Wednesday
Tagged Amur leopard, elelphants, endangered species, endangered species list, gorillas, orangutans, pangolins, rhinos, saolas, sea turtles, tigers, vaquitas, wildlife, Wildlife Wednesday, World Wildlife Day
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The pangolin and Mike Pence
Am I the only one who feels like she’s living in the Twilight Zone, or maybe in a Far Side cartoon?! These past few years have been weird – OK, frightening – but what’s unfolding now offers perhaps the ultimate … Continue reading
Looking at climate change through world maps
Welcome to my first instalment of Map Monday. The maps in this post, and their descriptions, come from a fantastic website at carbonmap.org. This particular series, called The Carbon Map, actually has an animated visualization of the maps shown below, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, History and Politics, Map Monday, Odds and Ends
Tagged cartograms, Climate change, CO2 emissions, fossil fuels, maps, population, world maps
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