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Pakalolo's Profile
Ocean and climate defender residing in the epicenter of sea level rise, Fort Lauderdale, FL USA. I am a layman working hard to understand and educate myself on the complexities and intricacies of climate science.
Groups: Saturday Morning Garden Blogging, Climate Change SOS, North & Central Florida Kossacks, Climate Action Hub, Community Transcripts, Community Transcripts Project, SOS Puerto Rico
Diaries published: 568 (5 days since last diary on Mon Nov 12, 2018 at 11:08 AM PST)
Comments posted: 6106 (2 days since last comment on Thu Nov 15, 2018 at 02:31 AM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 16794
Total Comment Ratings: 36090
Most Recommended Diary: Sudden drainage, via massive chasm, of Subglacial lakes in Greenland described as catastrophic, 183 comments, 494 recommends
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“Where there is indigenous land, there is wealth underneath it.” President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil
Yet another inconvenient truth folks, this time occurring right under our noses in Brazil. The razing of what remains of the Amazon rainforest...
by Pakalolo
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on Mon Nov 12, 2018 at 11:08 AM PST
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Did anybody else watch?
In a jaw-dropping conversation with WH reporters that happened just minutes ago, Donald Trump was spewing lie after lie after lie while interspersing hateful, vitriolic, bombastic language against my hometown. His fury wasn’t...
by Pakalolo
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on Fri Nov 09, 2018 at 07:48 AM PST
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Ha!
The below video is just too delicious. Cruz gets blown out of the water, by Don the Con just in time for Tuesday’s mid-term vote in Texas.
From the Washington Examiner.
Enter the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and their...
by Pakalolo
190 comments
on Sun Nov 04, 2018 at 01:26 PM PST
with 419 Recommends
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An iceberg the size of five Manhattans just broke off the massive Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica. This iceberg is the 6th largest to break from the glacier’s ice shelf since 2011.
Live Science reports:
Since spotting the crack in early...
by Pakalolo
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on Tue Oct 30, 2018 at 05:54 PM PDT
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As the world flips through the last few pages of the final chapter of the climate change story, it’s important to point out how we found ourselves flailing and powerless at this critical point in time.
As you recall, international headlines were...
by Pakalolo
190 comments
on Wed Oct 17, 2018 at 02:41 AM PDT
with 168 Recommends
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As most of you know, for the past few decades climate change has caused the Arctic climate system to deglaciate rapidly. This is because the Arctic system is more sensitive to a warming world than the temperate zones where most of us live. This feature...
by Pakalolo
76 comments
on Mon Oct 15, 2018 at 04:46 AM PDT
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