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from Mother Earth
In the meantime the collapse of human industrial
society continues apace.
For me today stories from Mother Earth dominate.
These are stories and headlines from just one 24-hour period.
Unless we can collectively bring down the rapacious Beast of Infinite Growth there Is no hope for humanity and all the wonderful manifestations of Spirit that share this planet with.
Warming Arctic Tundra Producing Pop-Up Forests
Even as insect infestations and other factors accompanying warming have led to the “browning” of some stretches of boreal forest between temperate regions and the Arctic tundra, the tundra appears to be greening in a big way, various studies have shown. The newest such work, focused on scrubby windswept regions along Russia’s northwest Arctic coast, has found a particularly noteworthy shift is under way.
Irish Sea level to rise 47cm by end of century
THE IRISH Sea’s level will rise by almost half a metre by the end of the century, according to new research published by NUI Galway’s Ryan Institute.
More extreme coastal flooding will occur in Dublin and other vulnerable urban areas in Ireland and Britain, and sea surface temperatures will increase by 1.9 degrees, according to the research.
Experts: Oklahoma not Texas, had hottest summer ever
Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where the state border should run. But in a hot, sticky dispute that no one wants to win, Oklahoma just reclaimed its crown.
Video: In Louisiana, rising seas threaten Native American lands
The Louisiana Gulf Coast, where rising seawater is claiming the land people have lived on for centuries.
World Catastrophe Map: Reclaiming WestVirginia’s mountains for KFC
This was once a useless old mountain, now reclaimed for positive economic impact by coal companies and their friends in the legislature.
US battles massive New Mexico wildfire
Firefighters still struggling to contain blaze that has engulfed 92,000 hectares of Gila National Forest
Large tornado outbreak hits U.S. East Coast – 9 tornadoes reported
High winds, heavy rains and at least 9 tornadoes have descended on the mid-Atlantic region, causing at least one serious injury but no deaths and damaging homes, businesses and boats, officials said on Saturday.
Return of rain reignites Australia water wars between farmers and conservationists
Rivers are flowing again, but so is the friction over water rights among states and between farmers and conservationists
From CollapseNet
In
my part of the world the media is obsessed by royal
pageantry and the price
of dog food in the supermarkets dominates the business pages.
For me today stories from Mother Earth dominate.
These are stories and headlines from just one 24-hour period.
Unless we can collectively bring down the rapacious Beast of Infinite Growth there Is no hope for humanity and all the wonderful manifestations of Spirit that share this planet with.
Warming Arctic Tundra Producing Pop-Up Forests
Even as insect infestations and other factors accompanying warming have led to the “browning” of some stretches of boreal forest between temperate regions and the Arctic tundra, the tundra appears to be greening in a big way, various studies have shown. The newest such work, focused on scrubby windswept regions along Russia’s northwest Arctic coast, has found a particularly noteworthy shift is under way.
Irish Sea level to rise 47cm by end of century
THE IRISH Sea’s level will rise by almost half a metre by the end of the century, according to new research published by NUI Galway’s Ryan Institute.
More extreme coastal flooding will occur in Dublin and other vulnerable urban areas in Ireland and Britain, and sea surface temperatures will increase by 1.9 degrees, according to the research.
Experts: Oklahoma not Texas, had hottest summer ever
Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where the state border should run. But in a hot, sticky dispute that no one wants to win, Oklahoma just reclaimed its crown.
Video: In Louisiana, rising seas threaten Native American lands
The Louisiana Gulf Coast, where rising seawater is claiming the land people have lived on for centuries.
World Catastrophe Map: Reclaiming WestVirginia’s mountains for KFC
This was once a useless old mountain, now reclaimed for positive economic impact by coal companies and their friends in the legislature.
US battles massive New Mexico wildfire
Firefighters still struggling to contain blaze that has engulfed 92,000 hectares of Gila National Forest
Large tornado outbreak hits U.S. East Coast – 9 tornadoes reported
High winds, heavy rains and at least 9 tornadoes have descended on the mid-Atlantic region, causing at least one serious injury but no deaths and damaging homes, businesses and boats, officials said on Saturday.
Return of rain reignites Australia water wars between farmers and conservationists
Rivers are flowing again, but so is the friction over water rights among states and between farmers and conservationists
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