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All Are Welcome! � This is a weekly blog with a fun vibe that often veers off gardening, so stop on by and join the conversation. �We are here every Saturday at 8 am Central with new content and ...
by greenandblue
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. All of us now live on one hell (and I do mean hell) of a planet. Just imagine this: June, July, August, September, October,...
by TomDispatch
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on Mon Feb 19, 2024 at 07:44 AM PST
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One of President Joe Biden’s endeavors that can be fairly described as awesome is his “30 by 30” initiative to conserve and protect 30% of America’s land and water by 2030. Currently, just 12% falls into the protected category. The key question: Where...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
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A preliminary death toll of ten has been provided to the AFP by Chilean emergency officials as multiple wildfires burn across the Valparaiso and Viña del Mar regions, which are home to close to two million people. Residents attempt to flee to the...
by Pakalolo
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on Sat Feb 03, 2024 at 02:17 AM PST
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The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of them. Because of the...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Jan 28, 2024 at 08:30 AM PST
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2023 was the hottest year ever record on Earth with accompanying climate disasters. More than 40% of the planet’s surface was at least 1.5°C (2.7°F) warmer than in the late 19th century. Many scientists believe that 1.5°C temperature increase over...
by Alan Singer
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on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 06:36 AM PST
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A Canadian man who had pushed a conspiracy theory that the Ottawa government started the record-breaking wildfires in Quebec rather than a result of an overheating planet was arrested and charged with 13 counts of arson and one count of arson with...
by Pakalolo
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on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 01:59 AM PST
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OK. The Colorado State Open Thread usually tries to hit some topics that have been making the rounds of our square(ish) state. That, or we ignore the popular topics and I just go for something ...
by ColoTim
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on Mon Jan 08, 2024 at 06:00 PM PST
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The snow that falls on the Sierras in California is “water in the bank”. Falling as snow means water will be released with rising temperatures in spring and summer, ensuring a steady supply of ...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 02:17 PM PST
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If people can remember societally important acronyms like LGBTQ + and an older generation can’t get toxic advertising acronyms like LSMFT out of their brains (BTW - It stands for “Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco”) we might all want to start remembering...
by Blue Notes
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on Wed Dec 13, 2023 at 11:44 AM PST
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More than a hundred million people in Brazil endure extraordinary and lethal temperatures. The heat index, a combination of temperature and humidity, shattered records in Rio de Janeiro with 108.5 degrees and a feel-like temperature of 137.3 F. The...
by Pakalolo
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on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 03:13 AM PST
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Hawaii does not often experience wildfires, and life did not evolve defenses to fire. However, with the rapid acceleration of heat and drought from global warming, that has changed for the North Pacific island chain. With help from the rainforest's...
by Pakalolo
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on Mon Nov 13, 2023 at 02:49 AM PST
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Severe and unrelenting drought is not limited to Mexico City, the largest city in North America with a population of twenty-one million. It is a global impact in its infancy. According to Mexico's National Meteorological Service, 75 percent of the...
by Pakalolo
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on Sun Nov 19, 2023 at 05:12 AM PST
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In the Guatemala Mayan highlands hunger is prevalent. Lack of rainfall causing the inability to grow food. At a nutrition clinic in San Cristobal, Alta Verapaz, officials deal with severe cases daily. The region has the country's highest morbidity and...
by coolspring
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on Sun Oct 15, 2023 at 10:26 AM PDT
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! How? Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. You can push your local politicians to act. It will make a difference!...
by birches
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on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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El Niño and the climate crisis are acting together to bring record drought to Brazil’s Amazonas province. In September over 100 Amazon endangered dolphins died in Lake Tefé in Amazonas fed by superheated 102ºF river water. But this year’s drought is...
by FishOutofWater
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on Thu Oct 05, 2023 at 04:24 AM PDT
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One year of flooding and a possible year of super El Niño do not a megadrought negate. California is a Mediterrnean climate at the coasts, dry to desert inland, and alpine in the mountains, without enough rainfall or snow runoff to support current...
by birches
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on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 10:40 AM PDT
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El Niño plus climate chaos equals a drought in the Amazon. There’s a great visual article by Deutsche Welle (DW) at https://www.dw.comenbrazil-dramatic-drought-in-the-amazong-66956604. The Amazonian drought is hitting hard in the northwestern states of...
by birches
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on Tue Oct 03, 2023 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Not sure if you’ve heard the news, but the president of the United States is old!�Just look at him! That gray hair. Those pronounced forehead furrows. That slight forward tilt when he walks. And ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Sat Sep 30, 2023 at 12:25 PM PDT
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California officials may vote Tuesday to slash how much water the company that makes Arrowhead bottled water can pull from a watershed in the San Bernardino National Forest, the latest action in a ...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Sep 24, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT
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