Category: World

Yes, we are the infection. Continue reading Nature’s way

Most adults have probably heard of the Doomsday Clock. It was created by the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, America’s atomic bomb-building project during World War II and is used by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to register existential threat levels and raise awareness of them. Today the clock’s minute hand was … Continue reading Doomsday Clock set at 100 seconds to midnight

I thought Colorado’s fires were bad. And then came California. I thought California’s fires were bad. And then came Australia. I don’t know how one adequately describes what’s happening there. I can’t begin to imagine what the residents are going through. And maybe worst of all, the animals. The deadly, tragic situation for the animals. … Continue reading Australia burning

Alarmist? Since the ’60s I’ve heard that the Amazon rain forest is “the earth’s lungs” and supplies about 20% of the world’s oxygen. Yet all these years later, the Brazilians are burning it down like there’s no tomorrow. Which there won’t be at the rate they’re going. Perhaps the indigenous people aren’t educated enough to … Continue reading Alarmist? You betcha!