Horror movies don’t cut it now that reality has become a nightmare. Spooked by Pennywise the Clown? Try the nuclear arsenal-wielding clown in the White House. Killer dolls? How about killer cops. The living dead? Not as insidious as braindead racists and parasitic corporations. The Apocalypse? Well, I’m afraid to say, the end of the world as we know it may already be around … [Read more...] about Scary Stories To Tell About The State Of Planet Earth
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More bad news about coral bleaching, both in Hawaii and around the world
The environmental website Grist posted a sad, damning story on Friday, Jan. 5 about coral bleaching–one of many harbingers of the environmental disaster known as climate change. The story, which discusses a new paper published in the journal Science, concludes that coral bleaching events (caused when the ocean gets too warm, which causes the coral to expel the symbiotic algae … [Read more...] about More bad news about coral bleaching, both in Hawaii and around the world
New NOAA report outlines climate change threat to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) makes clear that the worst elements of climate change–sea-level rise, ocean acidification, coral bleaching, etc.–will make life very difficult for the diverse variety of life that exists in the 139,797-square mile Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The 99-page report on the future of the … [Read more...] about New NOAA report outlines climate change threat to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument