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The Earth is in a death spiral. It will take radical action to save us | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/14/earth-death-spiral-radical-action-climate-breakdown

"Even if anthropogenic warming were constrained to less than 2 °C above pre-industrial, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will continue to lose mass this century, with rates similar to those observed over the past decade. " | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0305-8

"And those Obama cheerleaders who refused to make him accountable bear some responsibility."

Pity the sad legacy of Barack Obama | Cornel West

Our hope and change candidate fell short time and time again - 1/2

Earth fast losing its soil cover - https://businessmirror.com.ph/earth-fast-losing-its-soil-cover/

Big Oil claims it's doing its part to combat climate change. A new study finds it's not even close. | https://nordic.businessinsider.com/big-oil-claims-its-doing-its-part-on-climate-change-its-not-even-close-2018-11?utm_source=reddit.com&r=UK&IR=T

The Great Klondike Gold Rush Part 1

68 miners arrived at the docks of Seattle on board the steamship Portland in 1897, and their cargo was one ton of gold. It didn't take long for word to sprea...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFrKos_xZL0

https://qoto.org/media/g-OwChMOK8zYEASFnMc

African islands call for help as climate change worsens health - http://news.trust.org/item/20181108163011-cohro/

'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates. Half of all countries now have rates below the replacement level. The global fertility rate has halved since 1950. - https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46118103

How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/climate/koch-brothers-public-transit.html

The novel, about an exterminator on a work trip to a nameless dystopian country, has overtones of Kafka, Stephen King and J.G. Ballard.

It's grim, it's gross and it's unputdownable.
https://n.pr/2yXAx2D

Feeding a population of 9 billion in 2050 will require much more food than previously calculated, as people on average become taller and heavier. An average adult in 2014 was 14% heavier, about 1.3% taller and needed 6.1% more energy than in 1975. | https://geminiresearchnews.com/2018/11/bigger-people-will-need-more-food/

Nature on the brink: Why the global loss of wildlife is a threat to human survival - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-414-george-soros-as-the-bogeyman-bohemian-rhapsody-losing-wildlife-salt-fat-acid-heat-and-more-1.4889039/nature-on-the-brink-why-the-global-loss-of-wildlife-is-a-threat-to-human-survival-1.4889045

Consultation on Cuban Draft Constitution at Final Stage https://quitter.es/url/2131086

US now pumping more oil than Russia and Saudi Arabia - https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/07/us-pumps-more-oil-than-russia-and-saudi-arabia-opec-could-strike-back.html

Umberto Eco: Ur-Fascism is still around us, sometimes in plainclothes.

US better off addressing crises it has engineered in our region - Iran’s message to American sanctions https://quitter.im/attachment/1518544

Sunset somewhere in the rift valley, a beautiful day, a good time.

What Gridlock Means For The US Economy: Goldman Sachs Explains https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-07/what-gridlock-means-us-economy-goldman-sachs-explains

Professor predicts human time travel this century

https://m.phys.org/news/2006-04-professor-human-century.html

New Analysis Finds U.S. CO2 Emissions Have Increased 2.81% this Year - https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2018/11/new-analysis-of-eia-data-finds-u-s-co2-emissions-have-increased-2-81-this-year/