Methane bubbling up under melting permafrost
Methane is a particularly nasty greenhouse gas, 25x more potent than CO2. Enormous amounts of it have been trapped under permafrost … until now.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Category Climate change
Rice has much higher carbon footprint than beef
DJ at Asymptotic Life crunched the numbers and found that beef has a high carbon footprint, but (surprising to me) rice more than an order of magnitude higher. Two foods stood out from the pack as far worse than the…
60 mile wall of fire advancing towards Melbourne
I had to read the following sentence several times because it seemed impossible. Last night, a 60 mile wall of fire was continuing its advance on towns north of Melbourne. Have there been any other fires in historical record of…
Nadya Suleman’s circus
As I understand it, under our current laws and system of ethics, people cannot be restricted from reproducing. However, their having done so, the law is then concerned with the welfare of the children. Solution first: Social workers should immediately…
Projected global warming watermarks
The Watermarks Project is projecting estimated high water marks onto buildings in Bristol England if the Greenland ice cap melts. Tip: BldgBlog