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Tag Archives: climate change
Covid 19 as many countries fight wildfires
As we continue to see the virus take its toll, watching the awful numbers at https://worldometer.pro, there is a background of other disasters for human to grapple with at the same time, such as the earth heating to unbelievable temperatures. … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, agriculture, angola, Arctic, australia, climate change, co2 emissions, covid 19, mediterranean, Russia, South America, the americas, unprecedented, wildfires
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Fossil fuel industry: using the coronavirus pandemic as cover for a stealth attack on environmental protections that keep us safe.
Today I learned a Judge in Canada has given approval to proceed with the Canadian side of the Trans Mountain expansion project after a federal court sent it back for review last summer. Just as the indigenous tribes protect the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, climate change, emissions, environmental damage, fossil fuels, Indian Nation, indigenous, oil spills, profit before people, trade, US
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Brazil: the Rainforest is dying. It is the heart of the Earth. Ecocide is the cause.
Please watch this video Live Event Home Page Images from the programme:
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Tagged brazil, climate change, coronavirus epidemic, criminal loggers, ecocide, fires, indigenous peoples need support, rainforest
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Lake Victoria, Africa : the Largest Tropical Lake in the World
Those of us who live in the UK are familiar with the image of Ireland and its relative size compared to the size of the joined lands of Scotland, England and Wales. Image of the British Isles In Africa, the … Continue reading
Before humans there were many forms of life
Timeline: Pre-human evolution The earth is about 4.54 billion years old and the first life dates to at least 3.5 billion years ago. I found the following useful https://dinosaurpedia.wordpress.com I have referred back to Scotland (where I live) as this … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, asteroid, climate change, dinosaurs, Eurasia, extinction, Gulf of Mexico, North America, oil, origins of life on earth, scotland, South America, timeline
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Out of Africa
Title: A San (Bushman) who gave us an exhibition of traditional dress and hunting/foraging behavior. Namibia. (IDBeatty_002219) Perhaps the biggest long-term strength of the hunter-gatherers’ lifestyle was that it provided an inbuilt control on the overall level of human population. … Continue reading
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Tagged archaology, Assyrian, bronze age, climate change, demise of empire, farmers, Hittites, hunter-gatherers, iron age, Levant, Mesopotamia, nomad, Old Testament, resources, science
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Spring Equinox
In the last week of February our single snowdrop plant, bearing about 8 stems of flowers, appeared outside our room window. The nearest other snowdrops to be found are 5 miles from our cottage. They grow in abundance where the … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Equinox, Farming, Global food security, Hunter-gatherer, Jericho, March, Snow, Spring, wildlife, world population
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Ice and its significance
In 1816, headlines in newspapers read: “The Year Without a Summer” (also known as the Poverty Year, “The Summer that Never Was”, “Year There Was No Summer” and “Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death”. Climate abnormalities caused average global temperatures … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, asteroids, climate change, colcanic ash, earth, earth history, ice age, ice cap, unprecedented events, volcanic eruptions
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Climate Change and Tree Deaths
I was reading an article in the ScienceDaily.com dated December 2012 entitled : “As Climate Warms, Bark Beetles March On High-Elevation Forests” As Scotland has mountain slopes upon which are many pine plantations, I was naturally interested. Here I quote … Continue reading
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Tagged bacteria, Britain, climate change, CO2, death spiral, fungus, insects, pathogen, trees, wildlife
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The Twin Sycamore
When William the Conqueror transformed the nation in 1066, a follow on from his success was for future French families to decide to settle in Scotland. One example is the Maitlands, ( known as the Earls and Duke of Lauderdale),who … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, non-native trees, sycamore, tar spot (Rhytisma acerinum)
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