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Biomimicry
Industrial agriculture has become the most polluting industry in the United States from farmers infusing America’s plowed soil with manufactured pesticides and fertilizers. They are the point persons in…
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AC and Habitability
What would life be like without air conditioning in hot weather? America grew up nicely without air conditioning, and for that matter without any electric grid. Surely we…
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Ocean as Heat Sponge
The World Ocean covers about two thirds of Earth’s surface. Scientists’ estimates vary, as with most climate science, but it is fairly clear that oceans have absorbed the…
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Choices
Each of us makes choices every day, and politics is another way that we make choices. Like every other animal, we focus on immediate realities; if our family…
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Immigration and Population Limits
Our civilization is threatened by our voracious consumption. Mother Nature has applied the same remedy to 99 percent of all species that have graced the Earth since life…
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Simplify, Young (Wo)Man
The most obvious protection from the real, yet only vaguely predictable, effects of climate change is to get out of the way. Consider, for instance, that residing in…
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Kansas v. Florida
Should Midwesterners pay for the damages which Florida coast-dwellers suffer from rising seas and more powerful storms? A southern California realtor opines that “Everybody wants to be near…
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UN Climate Change Report Hopeful
It is clear to many observers that human-caused stresses on Earth’s air, water and land have committed the planet to global warming that threatens civilization as we know…
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Paris and Adaptation
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Age-old adages typically have staying power due to the truths they impart. A second is to live in the present and discount…
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Gimme Shelter
Optimism is a wonderful characteristic that makes life more fun and supports our creativity. It powers many of humankind’s achievements. For instance, Columbus’s optimism was a necessary element…
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