The "Old Guard" of Arctic Sea Ice is Breaking Up.
We’re getting used to the loss of Arctic sea ice. There’s less of it. What there is has thinned. Summers open ice free passages for navigation. But there’s some Arctic…
The Mound of Sound
Talk About Tone Deaf. Trudeau and the Kids Are Coming to Nanaimo.
The prime minister’s cabinet retreat to Nanaimo this weekend should be hilarious. The official proclamation says Trudeau and his minions will be gathering to discuss seemingly everything but climate change…
Chris Hedges – "Saying Goodbye to Planet Earth"
Sorry to be piling on with climate posts. Today there’s been something of a tsunami of climate stories. Atop the latest pile of research papers, Chris Hedges weighs in with…
Justin, Have a Word With Johnny.
He’s one of the greatest climate scientists of our day. Hans Joachim “Johnny” Schellnhuber has been the head of Germany’s Potsdam Institute and chief climate advisor to Angela Merkel and,…
Who Knew? Loads of People Knew.
Here are a couple of items plucked from the media around the turn of the last century. First up, an item published in a New Zealand paper in 1912. Then…
Hey, This Just In… Extreme Weather Gonna Get More Extreme. Crimes Against Humanity.
I know, this sounds a lot like the other blockbuster reports from last week and the week before that and all the weeks before those weeks. Sitting here at my…
Here’s One You Might Never Have Heard Of – "Shit-Life Syndrome."
Where is Charles Dickens now that we need him back? Or even Mark Twain. A word about “Shit-Life Syndrome.” I didn’t make that up. It’s a term apparently coined by…
Petro-State Purgatory for Canada
Worsening wildfires for British Columbia, perma-drought for the Prairies. How’s that sound? A remarkably candid report from the Calgary Herald explores the future that awaits western Canada. Hint, it’s not…
Just For the Record. Vanishing Arctic Ice and India’s Monsoon
India is currently enduring the worst Monsoon flooding in at least a century. It doesn’t sound that uncommon. Every part of the world is now hit by global weirding of…
Too Important to Let Slip. How the Crash of ’08 Upended Your World.
If economist Yanis Varoufakis thinks it’s important, chances are good it’s important. Which is why I decided to post on a book review Varoufakis wrote for The Guardian last week.…
NASA Report – The Onset of "Abrupt Thawing"
A new phenomenon has been detected in the far north – “abrupt thawing.” NASA warns it could trigger an acceleration in the release of methane once safely sequestered in the…
A Memory of Aretha
Remember this? Jake, Elwood and Aretha.
Hey Justin, We’re Burning Out Here. Look What Fossil Fuels Have Done to Us.
There’s so much smoke from so many wildfires, they can’t see to count the fires any more. It’s somewhere upwards of 500, that’s all they know. Could be 600. Who…
A Presidential Election Fought and Won on Climate Change?
What if, by the time Americans go to elect their next president in November, 2020, they have two more summers like this or worse under their belts? Sooner than later,…
Whither Goes Pennsylvania…
The numbers are utterly shocking. 300 Roman Catholic priests in just one state, Pennsylvania, are suspected of committing sexual offences against children. Three hundred. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court made public…
See Ya at the Mall Tomorrow? Sure, It’s the Residential School Holiday.
According to The Globe it’s only a matter of picking a day before the federal government announces a new statutory holiday. The extra day off will be to remember/venerate/celebrate Canada’s…
They Don’t Actually Run Away. They Sort Of Crawl. The A,B,C’s of Natural Feedback Loops.
Back in ancient times, 15-20 years ago, we were warned that, unless we abandoned fossil fuels and damned smartly, somewhere toward the end of this century we might just trigger…
B.C. Gov. Declares Province-Wide State of Emergency
The forest fire situation has reached the point that the British Columbia government has declared a provincial state of emergency. By an incredible fluke this comes at the same time…
The Tyee Nails It. The Tories Choose Sides.
The headline pretty much says it all: “The Conservatives Pick a Side — And It’s Saudi ArabiaParty allies with a government that beheads criminals and oppresses women and Shia Muslims.”…
It’ll Be Over Before You Know It – Unless It Isn’t. The Big Heat is Coming.
Climate change is a major cause in the severe weather events that have set in almost everywhere around the globe. “A” major cause but there are others. ENSO, the el…