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Category Archives: Nature
Venice Has Its Worst Flood in 53 Years – Scientific American Blog Network
The storm surge, recent rain and high tide all combined to make the flooding more severe but the trend of flooding has increased in frequency and severity. Half of this caused by sea level rise which has been accelerated by … Continue reading
Posted in international, Nature, News and politics, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged Anthropomorphic, Climate Change, flooding, human, storms, tides, venice
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Leave the leaves on the ground: Nature Conservancy says to stop raking all of your lawn | Globalnews.ca
Mark Cullen carrying out fall maintenance on his lawn. | http://www.markcullen.com http://globalnews.ca/news/6060276/dont-rake-your-leaves/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theweathernetwork.com/amp/news/should-you-rake-away-fallen-leaves-no-but-yes-heres-why/72014
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Ocean Cleanup starts harvesting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
https://newatlas.com/environment/ocean-cleanup-starts-capturing-plastic-great-pacific-garbage-patch/
Posted in international, Nature, News and politics, non profit, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged Boyan Slat, ceo non profit, cleanup, discarded, garbage patch, great, nets, ocean, ocean cleanup, pacific, plastic, recycling
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Climate change science goes back decades — and so does rapid climate change skepticism, says historian
International director of the Norwegian Polar Institute Kim Holmen relaxes with a cup of tea as he travels past the Wahlenberg Glacier in Oscar II land at Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway, on Aug. 5, 2019. The northernmost town on the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, History, international, Nature, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged carbon emissions, CO2, coal, denialism, environmentalism, fossil fuels, Freedom, gas, global average warming, government, koch brothers, left-wing, Liberal, liberty, oil, rapid climate change, regulation, right wing, scepticism
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Rapid Climate change discussion needs to get back to unbiased science and facts
The global news article below is better than most but is still somewhat biased and makes several assumptions. Sadly both sides of the rapid climate change and many other current and important discussions use exaggeration, propaganda and rely on false … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, international, Nature, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged activists, averages, balanced, ban, biased, BITUMEN, Canada, center, clean energy, Conservative, critics, economy, energy independence, Environment, extreme, extremism, global warming, international, least biased, left, Liberal, misleading, Oil and Gas, pipelines, propaganda, rapid climate change, right, science, Sustainability, tankers, tar sands, transport, unbissed
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MB cosmetic pesticide ban leads to dandelion infestation plus info on more natural alternatives
Delineations in a Winnipeg park. Randall Paull/Global News https://globalnews.ca/news/5367221/manitoba-cosmetic-pesticide-ban-leads-to-dandelion-infestation/ Comments Dandelions bring nutrients up from the deeper soil. The rabbits eat them on my front lawn and a fake owl plus our cats let out peridically keep the rabbits out … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness, Nature, News and politics, Sustainability
Tagged ban, chemical, cosmetic, health, manitoba, Nature, pesticide, Sustainability
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