The unintended consequences of helping out where help may not be needed: your fav garden birds.
Is 2015 The Year Soil Becomes Climate Change’s Hottest Topic? | ThinkProgress: Global Soil Week was last week. It slipped by without even a stain on the knees for most of us. Give a look at this recount of the week’s activities and the progress to address the issues we are generating for out soil, our top soil and the planet in general. This is really ugly. One estimate is that we could deplete all…
Holding back the ocean (via The Cost of Energy) The inevitability of sea level rise (emphasis added): Small numbers can imply big things. Global sea level rose by a little less than 0.2 metres during the 20th century – mainly in response to the 0.8 °C of warming humans have caused through greenhouse…
NASA, NOAA Find 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record | NASA This is a good recap of the tie in to record warming with human activity. It also give links the the raw data and the detailed methodology. Anybody want to play with the raw, unadulterated data, you will find a LOT of it; and no matter which way you look at it trend line appears. And the trend line is very depressing. BUT… This…
There’s a silver lining, of sorts, in the reduced human activity related to the coronavirus shutdown. Nice visuals from space and discussion here: In The Midst Of A Tragic Human Pandemic, The Environment Is Flourishing https://truththeory.com/2020/03/19/in-the-midst-of-a-tragic-human-pandemic-the-environment-is-flourishing/ Move from lots of pollution to a beautiful clean sky. Very ugly way to get there, but the earth is getting a breather from the humans torturing the land and sky.
City of Melbourne Certified Carbon Neutral | Pro Bono Australia: Wow. Melbourne is Green!:0) Aiming for Neutral CO2 by 2020. Of course that is a long way from having the whole of the city run at Zero-emissions. Especially Transportation & Electric. But you gotta complement them. That’s a big effort. ‘via Blog this’
More than three in four Americans believe in global warming – UPI.com: Finally. Even republicans have shifted to a majority accepting climate change. This is not a party thing; this is a human thing. Once people start to realize that the earth is warming. And that people are generally responsible. There tends to be a some obvious actions that we all must do, soon or later. Sustainability is a law of nature that it is…
