sustainability

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/06/28/3792829/ocean-clean-up-project-unveiled/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cptop3&utm_term=1&utm_content=22 Cleaning up our (garbage patch) act is going to take some work.  It takes a 21 year old… see the refs to new studies. 700 pieces of plastic in the ocean for every man woman and child on Earth! And the problem is, that there will never be an end to the plastic until we stop producing it and shipping it off to Sea… Everyone being simply more aware of the problem, that’s actually…

The mercury doesn’t lie: We’ve hit a troubling climate change milestone – The Boston Globe: Bill McKibben gives a quick notice of the unbelievable occurrence. The 2 degrees Celsius above normal is that critical milestone that governments have arbitrarily chosen as the drop-dead level for the planet. We’ll congratulations, we have gotten there! Somewhat humorously, you gotta laugh or you will cry, Anchorage, Alaska is importing snow for the great dog sled race. First year…

Finally, Some Good News For Manatees And Green Sea Turtles http://n.pr/1UCUr4V

Finding Where U.S. Forests Have Been Undisturbed for a Quarter Century « Landsat Science: This is a very cool study of the “old forests” that are undisturbed in the USA. The Northeast and the pacific maintained some undisturbed forests; the south was really bad. There are many plants, animals and entire ecosystems that rely on old forests. This study demonstrates how bad it is and how much worse it could get over the next few…