Tag Archives: climate change

Will we be Fishless soon?: Part II

Posted on February 28, 2021 by borderslynn

I often see livestock standing happily in rivers and streams. They are innocent, the farmers are not. We learned centuries ago that livestock, particulary dead livestock, in water courses leads to contamination of all water which was once running pure … Continue reading →

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Covid 19 as many countries fight wildfires

Posted on September 8, 2020 by borderslynn

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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Fossil fuel industry: using the coronavirus pandemic as cover for a stealth attack on environmental protections that keep us safe.

Posted on July 3, 2020 by borderslynn

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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Brazil: the Rainforest is dying. It is the heart of the Earth. Ecocide is the cause.

Posted on June 2, 2020 by borderslynn

Please watch this video Home Images from the programme:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged brazil, climate change, coronavirus epidemic, criminal loggers, ecocide, fires, indigenous peoples need support, rainforest | 1 Comment

Lake Victoria, Africa : the Largest Tropical Lake in the World

Posted on December 14, 2019 by borderslynn

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 →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, climate change, dams, hydroelectricity, lake victoria, right to clean water, river nile, tropical lake, water abundance, water shortages, white nile | 1 Comment

Before humans there were many forms of life

Posted on June 11, 2018 by borderslynn

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 →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged asia, asteroid, climate change, dinosaurs, Eurasia, extinction, Gulf of Mexico, North America, oil, origins of life on earth, scotland, South America, timeline | Leave a comment

Out of Africa

Posted on July 25, 2017 by borderslynn

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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Spring Equinox

Posted on March 19, 2013 by borderslynn

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 →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, Equinox, Farming, Global food security, Hunter-gatherer, Jericho, March, Snow, Spring, wildlife, world population | Leave a comment

Ice and its significance

Posted on February 15, 2013 by borderslynn

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 →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged archaeology, asteroids, climate change, colcanic ash, earth, earth history, ice age, ice cap, unprecedented events, volcanic eruptions | 1 Comment

Climate Change and Tree Deaths

Posted on January 8, 2013 by borderslynn

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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