Species Collapse

People are a species, too. Our actions are threatening over a million other species with extinction. We are threatening ourselves Continue reading →

Planetary Sustainability Perspective

It’s not exactly news, except that sometimes the news benefits from being put into perspective. The Stockholm Resilience Centre produced Continue reading →

Too Little Land Left

Go on almost any long flight over land and see a whole lot of empty out there. And yet, the Continue reading →

2016 Heat Record Confirmed

The final data and analyses are in. 2016 was the warmest year on record. Records were also set in: greenhouse Continue reading →

Data That Matters December 2016

US Jobs were up by 178,000. Unemployment was down to 4.6%. The US has seen a 1,284% increase in oil Continue reading →

New Land In Louisiana

Control of the Mississippi, oil drilling in the bayou, are a couple of human activities that have caused Louisiana to Continue reading →

Bigger Dikes Different Problems

Some consider rising sea levels to have simple solutions. Building taller dikes worked from them. It could work for the Continue reading →