Limits to Growth @limits2growth@qoto.org

The Seafloor Is Dissolving Because of Climate Change - “Our study confirms that humans are now a geological force capable of impacting the Earth’s system, like a super-volcano or a meteoritic impact,” - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3qaek/the-seafloor-is-dissolving-because-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR2KlkP4MeakBnBeZkMSO_Q-ZVBRp1ZPMWz2EIJCI6J8fKStRSyX_gIM0-w

New study: Almost half of borrowers will default on student loans... - http://www.wctrib.com/news/education/4523513-new-study-almost-half-borrowers-will-default-student-loans-coming-years

LSE Business Review – Rethinking the concept of freedom in contemporary capitalism - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2018/11/03/rethinking-the-concept-of-freedom-in-contemporary-capitalism/

WBD034. My interview with economist and author of Debunking Economics @ProfSteveKeen is out - a contrarian view of Bitcoin...

...we discuss the financial crisis of 2008, the inherent flaws of capitalism and why Steve thinks Bitcoin will fail.

Loved this one! https://t.co/wZloVjFD2Q https://twitter.com/PeterMcCormack/status/1058466124679933952

Are there any degrowth scenarios in the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C?
* No (short answer)
* Most scenarios have middle-of-the-road GDP
* The few scenarios with low GDP/person growth are reference or >2°C scenarios
(figure shows GDP/person globally & for 5 regions)
#SR15 https://t.co/WcKhIGrX3J https://twitter.com/Peters_Glen/status/1058260682687184902

The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/migrant-caravan-causes-climate-change-central-america

Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated' - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46046067?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=facebook

'We Have Less Time Than We Thought': Alarming New Study Shows Oceans Have Retained Far More Heat Than Previously Believed - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/10/31/we-have-less-time-we-thought-alarming-new-study-shows-oceans-have-retained-far-more

A New Crop of Candidates, Refusing Industry Money, Vow To Halt Fracking in Pennsylvania - http://inthesetimes.com/article/21551/candidates-vow-to-stop-fracking-in-pennsylvanias-fr

Civilization is a living organism: energy dissipation brings in raw materials. If material consumption beats decay, civilization grows giving new access to fuel reserves and enabling exponential growth.

But what if decay wins instead? #economicgrowth https://t.co/jNAq7bEPYT https://t.co/MIJLQyWs24 https://twitter.com/nephologue/status/1056236241077878784

The 10-foot-tall microscopes helping combat world's worst diseases - https://m.phys.org/news/2018-10-foot-tall-microscopes-combat-world-worst.html

How smart farming is helping Brazil feed the world | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/how-smart-farming-is-helping-brazil-feed-the-world-agriculture/

Climate change is unraveling this Antarctic ecosystem - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/11/antarctica-climate-change-western-peninsula-ice-melt-krill-penguin-leopard-seal/

Russian scientists find new big area in the East Arctic’s seas with considerable amount of GHG emissions, and earlier known areas are becoming more active. - http://tass.com/economy/1028373

https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-10-29/arctic-permafrost-starting-thaw-here-s-why-we-should-all-care

Over 1/3 of US adults consumed fast food on any given day - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db322.htm

60% of world's wildlife has been wiped out since 1970 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/living-plant-wwf-2018-1.4882819

90% of world's children are breathing toxic air, WHO study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/29/air-pollution-worlds-children-breathing-toxic-air-who-study-finds

Arithmetic, Population and Energy - a talk by Al Bartlett - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O133ppiVnWY

Presidential Lecture Series: Stephanie Kelton on money, deficits and debt | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS9nP-BKa3M