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Kiss the Amazon Goodbye?

Robert Hunziker — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:42:18 +0000

As devastating as Trump was for the environment, President Jair Bolsonaro has one-upped Trump. He’s single-handedly destroying the world’s largest rainforest. It may be the single most important ecosystem for the survival of Homo sapiens.

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The Biomass Peril

Robert Hunziker — Mon, 23 May 2022 22:51:54 +0000

By all appearances, woody biomass is an unstoppable behemoth initiated by the EU, which is now scrambling, as it tries to undo a monster of its own creation.

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Climate Change is Killing Trees

Robert Hunziker — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 23:29:33 +0000

Just once in our planet's long history, nearly all of the trees died - during the Permian-Triassic 252 million years ago, and event known as "the Great Dying." It appears that such an event may be re-appearing. Throughout the world, trees are dying en masse.

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Burned-out Forests Are Not Re-Growing

Robert Hunziker — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 01:54:28 +0000

Forests are our last, best natural defense against global warming. Without the world’s trees at peak physical condition, the rest of us don’t stand a chance.

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Kiss the Amazon Rainforest Goodbye

Robert Hunziker — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 23:27:36 +0000

Right before the eyes of the world, the most legendary rainforest on the planet is going up in smoke.

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Boundless Dying Trees

Robert Hunziker — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 08:29:37 +0000

Global warming is ravaging forests throughout the world.

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How to Stop the Next Pandemic: U.N. Report Links Outbreaks to Climate Crisis & Industrial Farming

Paris Williams — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 01:57:03 +0000

A new UN report says COVID-19 has a zoonotic origin, meaning it jumped from animals to humans, and the U.N. report finds that such diseases are spreading with greater frequency due to human activity, including industrial farming and the climate crisis.

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Amazon Rainforest Hit By Killer Droughts

Robert Hunziker — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 03:25:52 +0000

Over the past 20 years, like clockwork, severe droughts have hit the Amazon every five years with regularity 2005, 2010, 2015. Of course, droughts have hit the Amazon rainforest throughout paleoclimate history, but this time it’s different. The frequency and severity is off the charts.

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Why ‘Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks’ Could Drive Temperatures Even Higher

Paris Williams — Sun, 10 May 2020 19:55:29 +0000

New research indicates that parts of the Amazon and other tropical forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb. Some scientists are concerned this development, which is not yet incorporated into climate models, could put the temperature goals set by the Paris Agreement out of reach.

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The Biomass Fiasco

Robert Hunziker — Sun, 03 May 2020 04:10:55 +0000

Stop cutting down trees for biomass… STOP WOODY BIOMASS! That should be a bumper sticker on every vehicle in America and around the world as easy-to-read bumper stickers are more effective than many forms of advertising.

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America’s Great Greenwashing

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 05:41:25 +0000

Celebrating 50 years of Earth Day, Michael Moore, executive producer and the director Jeff Gibbs re-released their daunting and alarming documentary about the heart and soul of America’s Green Movement in a compelling film: Planet of the Humans (2019).

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Our Growing Food Demands Will Lead to More Corona-like Viruses

Paris Williams — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 03:18:14 +0000

As agriculture expands, habitats will shrink. That will likely lead to higher numbers of the species that transmit deadly diseases.

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