As climate change deniers are fond of telling us, the Earth’s climate has changed before. About 4 million years ago, during the mid-Pliocene warm period, the level of greenhouse gasses was roughly the same as it is now. Scientific American breaks down the findings of a new study on what that period can tell us about what…
Looking Back 4 Million Years Can Help Us See the Future of Climate Change
As climate change deniers are fond of telling us, the Earth’s climate has changed before. About 4 million years ago, during the mid-Pliocene warm period, the level of greenhouse gasses was roughly the same as it is now. Scientific American breaks down the findings of a new study on what that period can tell us about what…
The Future is Probably Going to be OK
There is a lot of doom and gloom when most people try to predict the future: Predictions of environmental devastation, economic collapse, killer diseases and zombie apocalypse are rampant. The truth is that some, even all, of these things may happen but we’re probably going to be ok so long as we trust to science…
The Future is Probably Going to be OK
There is a lot of doom and gloom when most people try to predict the future: Predictions of environmental devastation, economic collapse, killer diseases and zombie apocalypse are rampant. The truth is that some, even all, of these things may happen but we’re probably going to be ok so long as we trust to science…
Understanding the Dangers of Permafrost Melting
This video from the Yale Climate Forum explains what permafrost is and what will happen when and if it melts. According to Mother Jones we are very close to the permafrost tipping point, and if that point is reached we will see a rapid release of gasses trapped by the permafrost including CO2 and methane.…
Understanding the Dangers of Permafrost Melting
This video from the Yale Climate Forum explains what permafrost is and what will happen when and if it melts. According to Mother Jones we are very close to the permafrost tipping point, and if that point is reached we will see a rapid release of gasses trapped by the permafrost including CO2 and methane.…
Don’t Blink: News Roundup for January 7
In the information age we are inundated by news and trivia, Don’t Blink is a regular featured designed to hilight a whole bunch of stories you may have missed in a relatively small amount of space. Canada: In Canada a court in British Columbia has struck down mandatory minimum sentences, Alberta is poisoning itself for…
Don’t Blink: News Roundup for January 7
In the information age we are inundated by news and trivia, Don’t Blink is a regular featured designed to hilight a whole bunch of stories you may have missed in a relatively small amount of space. Canada: In Canada a court in British Columbia has struck down mandatory minimum sentences, Alberta is poisoning itself for…
Don’t Blink: News Roundup For December 18
In the information age we are inundated by news and trivia, Don’t Blink is a regular featured designed to hilight a whole bunch of stories you may have missed in a relatively small amount of space. Canada: It’s been a slow week but the Harper Government got an F from Democracy Watch while they waited…
Don’t Blink: News Roundup For December 18
In the information age we are inundated by news and trivia, Don’t Blink is a regular featured designed to hilight a whole bunch of stories you may have missed in a relatively small amount of space. Canada: It’s been a slow week but the Harper Government got an F from Democracy Watch while they waited…