The Scariest Climate Change Graph Just Got Scarier
New research takes the deepest dive ever into historic climate records and makes the famous “hockey stick” graph look even more dire.
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Next time you’re deciding whether to have that third glass of wine (or fifth), think of the pandas.
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The crisis facing California sea lions
State officials have declared an “unusual mortality event” for California sea lions, after an unusually high number of pups barely clinging to life have recently washed ashore.
For a sense of the sheer number of pups who have reportedly been found washed up:
In Los Angeles County, nearly 400 pups have been stranded since the beginning of the year. Last year, 36 were reported during that stretch.
As of March 24, officials said, 214 sea lions were reported stranded in San Diego County, 189 in Orange County, 108 in Santa Barbara County and 42 in Ventura County.
Read more from reporter Rick Rojas here.
Photos: Allen J. Schaben, Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
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More Than Half of U.S. Rivers in Trouble
While water allocation, drought, and fires seems to be the theme of climate adaptation for 2013, pollution and conservation will play a dual role. The EPA has announced that nearly 55% of U.S. rivers and streams are in rough shape - mostly due to little to know local interest.
More than half of the country’s rivers and streams are unable to support healthy populations of aquatic insects and other creatures, a survey of nearly 2,000 locations by the Environmental Protection Agency reported Tuesday.
The study found more than 55 percent of the rivers and streams “in poor condition, 23 percent in fair shape, and 21 percent in good biological health,” The Associated Press noted. High levels of nutrient pollution—phosphorous and nitrogen from farms, cities and sewers—were found in the waterways. Phosphorous was found in 40 percent of rivers and streams.
Land development along waterways was found to have enabled erosion, flooding and the introduction of pollutants as well.
“This new science shows that America’s streams and rivers are under significant pressure,” said Nancy Stoner, acting assistant administrator of the EPA’s water office. “We must continue to invest in protecting and restoring our nation’s streams and rivers, as they are vital sources of our drinking water, provide many recreational opportunities and play a critical role in the economy.”
Also in animated gif form, in case you like your earthquakes even more terrifying.
Florida Keys looking very fragile, via Col Chris Hadfield on the ISS.
Ecofeminism is based on the theory that the oppression of women and the oppression of nature are fundamentally linked…. Ecofeminist literature asserts that the notion of power must be restructured. Collaborative relationships should be nurtured instead of a power dynamic. Underlying much of the activism is the aim of creating an interconnected community, absent of patriarchal or other forms of hierarchy. An ultimate goal might be described as a reality where all life commands its own essential value.
This is not really reliable source per say but I think it captures the idea of ecofeminism pretty well. The idea that nature, the environment, is essentially like a women, which the men, society in general, see as passive and something that lacks agency. It’s their for the men’s needs and desires, and that’s all their is to it.
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For anyone who was curious to know..
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Ever find yourself around the dinner table at a loss for good climate arguments? Follow the flowchart! (Disclaimer: This won’t work if your dinner guests don’t believe in science.)
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