best quote I’ve read:
The Great Filter is a series of smaller filters.
The Great Filter is a series of smaller filters.
Official Climate Change Thread
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The U.S. Will Need Thousands of Wind Farms. Will Small Towns Go Along?
In the fight against climate change, national goals are facing local resistance. One county scheduled 19 nights of meetings to debate one wind farm.
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Amazon rainforest defender Marina Silva named Brazil's new environment minister
Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon activist Marina Silva will be the country's next minister of environment.
www.pbs.org
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A Toxic Stew on Cape Cod: Human Waste and Warming Water
Climate change is contributing to electric-green algae blooms. Massachusetts wants a cleanup of the antiquated septic systems feeding the mess, but it could cost billions.
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Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?
Some Brazilian scientists fear that the Amazon may become a grassy savanna — with profound effects on the climate worldwide.
We’re so dead
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Exxon Scientists Predicted Global Warming, Even as Company Cast Doubts, Study Finds
Starting in the 1970s, scientists working for the oil giant made remarkably accurate projections of just how much burning fossil fuels would warm the planet.
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Arizona city cuts off a neighborhood’s water supply amid drought — The Washington Post
Historic shortages of Colorado River water and a bitter political feud have conspired to leave a Scottsdale, Ariz., neighborhood in a desperate scramble to find enough water to sustain themselves.
apple.news
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Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Freshwater fish more contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ than in oceans
Study also says eating one serving of fish with PFAS could be equivalent to drinking contaminated water every day for a month
www.theguardian.com
Freshwater fish more contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ than in oceans
Study also says eating one serving of fish with PFAS could be equivalent to drinking contaminated water every day for a month
Sensitive Christian Grey
The Fisher King
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Despite Rain Storms, California Is Still in Drought
Multiple atmospheric rivers brought extreme rain and snow to California, but the recent deluge hasn’t made up for years of ongoing drought.
www.nytimes.com
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When scientists tagged a curious seal, he led them to signs of a potential climate disaster — The Washington Post
The seal and robot helped scientists find a climate change disaster waiting to happen in one of the most mysterious regions on Earth: vast glaciers in West Antarctica.
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Dwindling Snow Leaves Swiss Alpine Villages Staring at an Identity Crisis
An unusually warm winter has forced a rethink about climate change in areas with lower peaks as ski resorts and sporting events face an uncertain future.