Source: The Guardian, story by George Monbiot The media largely relegate the greatest challenge facing humanity to footnotes as industry and politicians hurtle us towards systemic collapse of the planet. What is salient is not important. What is important is not salient. The media turns us away from the issues that will determine the course […]

Source: Arctic News Temperature Rise A temperature rise (from preindustrial levels) of more than 10°C (18°F) could eventuate by the year 2026, as illustrated by the image below and as discussed in an earlier post. The high temperature anomaly that occurred in February 2016 was partly caused by El Niño. Nonetheless, there is a threat […]

Source: Arctic News The image below shows that Arctic sea ice extent on July 3, 2016, was 8,707,651 square km, i.e. less than the 8.75 million square km that extent was on July 3, 2012. In September 2012, Arctic sea ice extent reached a record low. Given that extent now is only slightly lower than […]

Source: Robert Scribbler According to NASA, the world has just experienced another record hot month. May of 2016 was the warmest May since record keeping began for NASA 137 years ago. It is now the 8th record hot month in row. In other words, since October, every month has been the hottest such month ever […]

Source: Robert Scribbler It’s the highest mountain range in the world. Featuring peaks that scrape the sky, dwindling glaciers, and lush forests, these gentle giants are essential to the prosperity and stability of one of Asia’s greatest lands. For rainwater and glacial melt flowing out of the Himalayas feeds the rivers that are the very […]