climate change

Open Thread - Friday, September, 22, 2016

Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 3:20am

That's what bitter people did. Pointed the finger and blamed others. Obfuscation was a way of hiding from their own shortcomings and wounds.
~Rachel Hauck~

I spend most of my time at home. The days are busy caring for my PALS and maintaining the household. The isolation can be oppressive. Thank goodness for music.

The Brazilian Coup and Massive Burning in the Amazon

Submitted by Alex Ocana on Tue, 09/20/2016 - 5:19pm

This essay is an attempt to show how the coup in Brazil, which put USA banking interests in control of Brazil's finance and economy has resulted in a devastating increase in burning of the Amazon basin. This year number of fires spiked 81 percent over the average number of fires between 1999 to the present day. In the state of Amazonas, which typically has massive amounts of preserved forest, there was a 746 percent increase of fires over the historic average.

Climate Change - Economic Elites - Holding Humanity Hostage

Submitted by RantingRooster on Tue, 09/20/2016 - 9:00am

PREFACE

This is part 5 of my multi-part Essay Series on Climate Change. Again, this was originally published at TOS, but I have cut the up original, edited it and have changed some things a bit editorially (broadened vocabulary, less expletives). I'm just being upfront about it's "content" differences with the original at TOS.

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Resilience: Climate Change And The Humble Eavestrough

Submitted by Gerrit on Tue, 09/06/2016 - 11:38am

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Welcome back to the fall/winter season of Resilience :=) Let’s talk about what climate change is doing to rainfall, how that affects our buildings, and the importance of the humble eavestrough. I learned something about eavestroughs (sp?) this past spring and summer and thought we could kick off with this topic as the fall rains approach in some parts of the continent. More below:

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