global warming
India – Birds Drop Out of the Sky, People Die
by Robert Hunziker | May 26, 2022 | Earth | 0
Death by humid heat in India equates to the tolling of bells, slowly, repeatedly, as black pennants flutter along the distant horizon. Another one has died and another, and one more, and another and another, as the monotonous tolling becomes an atrocious irritation.
Read MoreClimate Change is Killing Trees
by Robert Hunziker | Apr 20, 2022 | Earthlings | 0
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.
Read MoreThe Great Barrier Reef on Life Support
by Robert Hunziker | Apr 10, 2022 | Earthlings | 0
Recent news of another (the 6th) bleaching event at the Great Barrier Reef is but one more example in a long list of recent climate-related events that depict a scenario that can only be described as triple-alarm climate emergencies, as ecosystems breakdown across the world.
Read MoreMethane Acceleration Sets Record
by Robert Hunziker | Mar 20, 2022 | Earth | 0
That current level of 1,900 ppb of atmoshperic methane is triple the pre-industrial level of 700 ppb. Furthermore, it is suddenly mysteriously accelerating over just the past 13 years. In turn, this exceptional acceleration could hasten global warming considerably. Of even more concern, the acceleration appears to be regenerating on its own accord sans human influence.
Read MoreOcean Heat Killing Spree
by Robert Hunziker | Feb 12, 2022 | Earth | 0
An open question remains when and how the world’s governments will unify to stabilize or lower greenhouse gas emissions enough to make a difference, assuming it’s even possible, for marine life to continue, well, actually for all life to continue.
Read MoreDangerous Heat Across the Globe
by Robert Hunziker | Jan 26, 2022 | Earth | 0
The planet is heating up like never before, as “ground temperatures” hit all-time records in the Northern Hemisphere as well as the Southern Hemisphere, and ocean temperatures threaten the world’s major fisheries of the Far North, which are imperiled beyond any known historical precedent.
Read MoreThe Oceans Are Overheating
by Robert Hunziker | Jan 16, 2022 | Earth | 0
The world’s oceans in 2021 witnessed the hottest temperatures in recorded history.
Read MoreWhat if the Doomsday Glacier Collapses?
by Robert Hunziker | Dec 18, 2021 | Earth | 0
The Thwaites “Doomsday Glacier” in West Antarctica is spooking scientists. Satellite images shown at a recent meeting December 13th of the American Geophysical Union showed numerous large, diagonal cracks extending across the Thwaites’ floating ice wedge.
Read MoreBoundless Dying Trees
by Robert Hunziker | Oct 2, 2020 | Earthlings | 0
Global warming is ravaging forests throughout the world.
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