Tag Archives: human suffering

Sudan: climate change plus war misery

Posted on July 28, 2026 by borderslynn

This was written 2 years ago, life has only worsened for Sudanese since: Key Takeaways Unprecedented Environmental Toll: The ongoing war in Sudan is inflicting untold human suffering and devastating the country’s ecosystems. The conflict poses far-reaching threats to biodiversity and … Continue reading →

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War emissions: Ukraine

Posted on July 28, 2026 by borderslynn

The Best-Measured Case: Ukraine War Emissions The Ukraine war provides one of the clearest case studies of conflict-related emissions because scientists have attempted to quantify its full climate impact. A study estimates that the war generated roughly 77 million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent … Continue reading →

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Intensifying global warming due to war: Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Middle East………the tragedy of human suffering through war

Posted on July 28, 2026 by borderslynn

Smoke rising from bombed cities signals human tragedy, but it also signals something less visible and equally dangerous- a surge of greenhouse gases warming the planet. Across Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and the Middle East, war is not only destroying homes … Continue reading →

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Climate change, sea levels rising, countries sinking

Posted on August 29, 2025 by borderslynn

In past blogs I have written about land which sank beneath the oceans after the Ice Age melt began over 10,000 years ago. Now the world knows the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Arctic melt, Boreal Forest, burn scars, climate change evidence, datacenters, drought, emissions, energy production, fooding, fossil fuels, glacier melt, human activity induced apocalyptic fires, human suffering, indigenous peoples, infrastructure destruction, loss of home, methane, migration, natural cycke of fires, permafrost melt, petroleum industry, pristine land, recognition of harm, responsibility, sea level rises, shrinking resources, sinking land, sovereignty, submerged land, survival, survival of humanity, threat, wildfires | Leave a comment

Hiroshima, 1945

Posted on July 27, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this article from The Conversation:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1945, atom bomb, conflicts, deterrent, Hiroshima, human suffering, innocents, Nagasaki, nuclear arms race, psychology of war, threat, war | Leave a comment

Ultimate Sin

Posted on February 9, 2025 by borderslynn

So now I’m reading ‘Burn Book’, by Kara Fisher. As I was passionate about computers in education back in 1981, this book has great resonance for me. Kara Fisher began as a journalist, intrigued by the young start-ups in Silicon … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Brutality, capitalism, cruelty, disrupters, globalisation, human behaviour, human suffering, influence, politics, silicon valley, technology, US, vulnerability | Leave a comment

Spyware: Who gets targeted?

Posted on April 19, 2024 by borderslynn

Of the 50,000 phone numbers in the data, we had been able to verify, with multiple sources for each, the identities of more than 1,000 people from fifty countries. The count included more than 600 politicians and government officials, including … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged amnesty international, AWS, capitalism, DarkMatters, data servers, Elbit Systems, greed, human suffering, illegal settlements, imprisoning citizens, israel, Israel vs Palestinians, journalism, Nimbus Project, Palestine, Pegasus, private intrusion as a service industry, profit before people, Security Lab, spyware, UAE, violence, wealth, yemen | Leave a comment

Crimean Tatars

Posted on August 3, 2023 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this article from The Conversation which arrived today in my mailbox: Ukraine war: why Crimean Tatar fighters are playing an increasing role in resistance to Russian occupation A resistance group of Crimean Tatars, an ethnic group native to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged conflict, Crimea, ethnic persecution, hate, human suffering, oppression, retribution, Tatars, trauma, war | Leave a comment

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