Baltimore Sun features an academic warning that climate change must be factored into rebuilding Key Bridge: ‘How does this bridge withstand climate change?’
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/27/how-long-to-rebuild-key-bridge/ How long will it take to rebuild the Key Bridge following its collapse? Excerpt: Natalie M. Scala, an associate professor at Towson University who directs the graduate program in supply chain management, said any “prudent bridge discussion” should include thinking about how the world will change over the next century, especially concerning how sea […]
Study: ‘Climate change is messing with how we measure time’ – ‘Affecting Earth’s rotation…& how we keep track of time’
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-climate-messing.html by Daniel Lawler and Juliette Collen Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world’s timekeepers, who are trying to work out how climate change is affecting Earth’s rotation—and in turn, how we keep track of time. In a strange twist, global warming could even help out timekeepers by […]
STOP THE PRESSES! TIME Mag. Reveals the 2024 TIME Earth Awards – Honorees include John Kerry & Jane Fonda – Mag Praises ‘Leaders Working to Save the Planet’
TIME COVER: THE EARTH AWARDS Jane Fonda’s Next Act + Leaders Working to Save the Planet On Sale Friday, March 29 TIME journalists are available for interviews. ——————————————- Today, TIME reveals the 2024 TIME Earth Awards honorees, recognizing individuals influencing the future of the planet through their work on climate justice, awareness, and activism. The 2024 […]
Study: ‘The era of ‘climateflation’ is here’ – Biden Isn’t Responsible for Inflation — Climate Change Is!
Biden Isn’t Responsible for Inflation… Climate Change Is Via Committee To Unleash Prosperity: The winner of this week’s you can’t make this %#*^ up goes to the political newsletter Axios. Here’s their “scoop” headline from the other morning: It may be time to add human-caused climate change to the list of factors likely to worsen […]
New Book claims ‘the climate crisis is physically changing our brains—without us realizing it’ – THE WEIGHT OF NATURE by neuroscientist-turned-environmental journalist
https://randomhouse.app.box.com/s/phuwz95j595kdclnbk6uli4l29m8ssso December 2023 Dear Editor/Producer, In August 2020, I was in the Bay Area when the skies turned orange from the August Complex—the largest wildfire in California’s history, started by lightning from a stray thunderstorm that sparked in the draught-ridden mountains. The experience was horrifying, mesmerizing, and haunting—I am now intrinsically fearful every time I […]
WHO: Communicating on climate change & health – Climate ‘toolkit for health professionals’ – Suggest ‘you could say to a patient…anxiety related to climate change is becoming more common…here is a list of actions you can take to reduce your own personal contribution’
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240090224 Overview While climate change is a big threat to health, implementing solutions to address climate change presents a huge opportunity to promote better health and protect people from climate-sensitive diseases. Communicating the health risks of climate change and the health benefits of climate solutions is both necessary and helpful. Health professionals are well-placed to […]
Prof Peter Hotez: ‘In our forthcoming book Science Under Siege, Michael Mann & I report on the growing/troubling alliance between the far right and the health/wellness empire pushing nutritional supplements, fake autism cures, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, making millions’
1/n In our forthcoming book “Science Under Siege” @public_affairs, @MichaelEMann and I report on the growing/troubling alliance between the far right and the health/wellness empire pushing nutritional supplements, fake autism cures, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, making millions https://t.co/20e5T3i5ci — Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) March 23, 2024
The climate is a threat to Democracy! Trudeau Govt to Investigate ‘How Climate Change Interacts With Democratic Decline’
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/03/23/trudeau-government-to-investigate-how-climate-change-affects-the-decline-of-democracy-n4927578 By BEN BARTEE Self-described “basic Chinese dictatorship” admirer — I don’t need to play the clip here, right? We’ve all seen it by now — and effeminate Xi Jinping boy-toy Justin Trudeau has big new plans for the money his government farms from the serfs. Via The Daily Messenger (emphasis added): The Canadian Government will invest […]
We’re Saved! UK Telegraph: ‘Ants pack a punch of flavor’ to food – ‘Add caramel & nutty flavors to dishes, say scientists’ – ‘Black ants have a sour, vinegary taste’
UK Telegraph: Ants are usually unwelcome guests at a picnic, but scientists have now said they could make a delicious addition to the menu after finding they have nutty, lemony and caramel flavours.
Common black ants have a sour, vinegary taste, so can be ground and used in place of lemon juice in recipes, according to researchers from California.
Lab-grown meat — for pets!? ‘Pets eat more meat than’ children! Enter cells ‘replicated in a bioreactor, producing a chicken pâté-like dish’
British pets eat more meat than British children. … Pet animals account for 22 per cent of meat consumption in the UK. … globally, pets account for about 20 per cent of meat consumed. …
Enter the London tech firm Meatly, a start-up which has just produced its first tins of lab-grown meat for cat food. It makes real meat — in this case chicken — but without killing a single animal. Instead chicken cells are extracted from a hen’s egg and replicated in a bioreactor, producing a chicken pâté-like dish. The implications for animal welfare and the climate are clear.