Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger It is Climate change! No it is not it is Global Warming, I tell you! Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Change, Global Warming- make…
Think of it as the difference between a refreshing drink of water and undergoing waterboarding. We used to expect the former from nature but now, all too often, it’s the…
My favourite book in childhood, and I was an avid reader, was Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Rafting down the mighty Mississippi from adventure to adventure was as romantic…
In the Guardian (UK edition) this morning is an article re food shortages… Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists I think that vegetarianism might be the answer…
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This post explores the link between climate change and extreme events, and argues that the summer of 2012 is poised to become a record-breaker.
Russian wheatfield ravaged by locusts and drought Another giant grain exporter, Russia, is also being hammered by drought leaving Brits fearful of major food price increases. Farmers in Russia are…
It’s day 11 of the summer olympics in London. While I have the utmost respect – indeed, awe – for the women and men who are willing to sacrifice countless…
America’s drought has forced traffic closures on the Mississippi River in Wisconsin and Arkansas and in Mississippi it’s not even knee deep in places. “It looks like a coastline out…
Most of North America has seen a remarkable paucity of precipitation this summer. While this has been heaven for sun bathers, it has been a disaster for crops across the…
… summer doldrums edition… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I hate guns. I really do. And I did long before all of this tragic shit that has gone down in Scarborough and now in…
With over half of the U.S. in a drought, concerns about what this will mean for food prices. Farmers are starting to feel the impact, and consumers will soon, too.…
temperature map.gif Large portions of the U.S. are on fire. Record droughts currently encompass massive swaths of America. The areas not experiencing droughts have been inundated with flooding. Winter weather…
This extraordinary mild winter in North America, followed by an unprecedentedly warm march, has shocked a lot of people who formerly dismissed the reality of climate change. In addition, several…
Thailand has the worst flooding in its history, only a month after Central America has the worst flood in its history, a month after Vermont has the worst flooding in…
From the “how f__king stupid can they get?” file. Las Vegas is fast running out of water. The city fears it may not even have drinking water next year. It’s…
We goofed, big time. When Europeans settled in North America they believed it was “what you see is what you get.” As they planned for growth and expansion they didn’t…
Climate change, You Scary: In which Hank Green details the five scariest things that will likely happen because of climate change. * Find the Sci Show: Where the science goes…
Soggy old Britain is facing the prospect of mega-drought. Even at the height of winter, aquifers are being used to keep English rivers and lakes from running dry. Andrew Chapman,…
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