This Is, Indeed, the Statistic of 2018: 90.5 Percent of Plastic Is Not Recycled https://t.co/yy7nuXqOBG. 1/2 Nice to see my article on the role of energy in production getting some extra-academic coverage ... https://twitter.com/ProfSteveKeen/status/1075856872291385350
Japan whale hunting: Commercial whaling to restart in July - BBC News - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46682976
Roll for white Christmas: The AD&D Wilderness Survival Guide includes tables for “Temperature Damage to Characters” and “Frostbite Damage to Characters” (Jim Holloway, TSR, 1986) http://oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/181352022832/roll-for-white-christmas-the-add-wilderness
Recent Discovery of Crack in Antarctic Ice Sheet Raises Fears of Six to Nine Meter Sea Level Rise - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/discovery-recent-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-raises-fears-new-global-flood
Global warming likely to reduce crop production by over 15% in 2020; govt report warns of highest losses in UP, Rajasthan, Bengal - https://www.firstpost.com/india/global-warming-likely-to-reduce-crop-production-by-over-15-in-2020-govt-report-warns-of-highest-losses-in-up-rajasthan-bengal-5748041.html
A Killing Season: Monsanto’s new herbicide was supposed to save U.S. farmers from financial ruin. Instead, it upended the agriculture industry, pitting neighbor against neighbor in a struggle for survival. - https://newrepublic.com/article/152304/murder-monsanto-chemical-herbicide-arkansas
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Oregon emissions: transportation is not meeting reduction targets but utilities are http://s.oregonlive.com/CTZE2GZ
#Cuba achieves full electrification in 2018, an important step for economic & social development https://t.co/ofhLVxI7Ee https://t.co/UNFjXRjBC7 https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1074117719967129600
"chicken ...population is now 21.4 billion – more than any other land vertebrate and an order of magnitude greater than any other bird. Over 60 billion are slaughtered every year – a rate of carcass accumulation that is unprecedented...” - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2187838-when-humans-are-wiped-from-earth-the-chicken-bones-will-remain/
@NPR Maravellous artist and woman.
Grammy-winning singer Nancy Wilson died yesterday at 81. Not only a singer, Wilson was the host of NPR's "Jazz Profiles," made guest appearances on TV variety programs and acted in several TV series.
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Universities are the safest place in the post-post apocalyptic world. They protect and cultivate the bright minds that will rebuild the world. You get invited to attend, but your scholarship doesn't cover room & board. You have to commute through the dangerous wasteland to get to class on time.
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I guess Earth has a 'backup' life just in case the surface dwellers are stupid enough to destroy themselves. ;)
Scientists Reveal a Massive Biosphere of Life Hidden Under Earth's Surface
Earth is teeming with an incredibly vast biosphere of subterranean lifeforms.
Illegal gold mines destroying Amazon rainforest: study - https://m.dw.com/en/illegal-gold-mines-destroying-amazon-rainforest-study/a-46671784