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World’s Coral Scientists Warn Action is Needed Now to Save Even a Few Reefs from Climate Change
Coral reefs are the canary in the coal mine. The collapse of these ecosystems is the first unequivocally tied to climate change.
Read more...What’s in Wildfire Smoke? A Toxicologist Explains the Health Risks
An environmental toxicologist outlines steps to take to mitigate the effects of wildfire smoke.
Read more...Bad News About Iran and Nuclear Deal
Oof, Biden blows the chance to keep relations with Iran from moving further in the wrong direction by capitulating to his hardliners.
Read more...Industry Calls the Climate Shots in the Biden Administration
And you believed Biden on climate change?
Read more...America’s Afghan War Is Over, So What About Iraq – and Iran?
America is finally out of one unwinnable war. How does this bode for the US extracting itself from other Middle Eastern quagmires?
Read more...‘Wake Up Call’: Rapidly Thawing Permafrost Threatens Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Thawing permafrost is undermining the supports that hold up an elevated section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, putting in danger the structural integrity of one of the world’s largest oil pipelines.
Read more...Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: When Innovation Fails, or Rather Works Too Well
The opioid crisis provides a deadly example of why innovation often is simply a new-fangled form of predation.
Read more...New York City Subway Flooding Demonstrates Transit System Vulnerability to Climate Change
More frequent and severe New York City subway floods demonstrate how climate change is crippling critical infrastructure.
Read more...Book Review: The History of Animal-Based Medicine in China
Even critics of animal-based potions in China don’t understand its origins….which means they may be easier to contain than is now assumed.
Read more...Moving the Covid Vaccine Goalposts
The Covid propagation and vaccine news is not pointing to happy outcomes
Read more...War on Science Persists Within Biden EPA as Staffers Allege Chemical Reports Altered
Whistleblowers charge that Trump-style doctoring of scientific reports is continuing under Biden.
Read more...An Independence Day Reflection: How the Rich Plan to Rule a Burning World
How do the rich intend to carry on as general conditions deteriorate?
Read more...Why Does Israel Confuse Peace with Surrender?
Offensive military strategies and deliberate use of disproportionate violence against civilians are a core part of Israel policies
Read more...The UK Is Running a Dangerous Covid Experiment That Represents a Threat to the Rest of the World
The Covid infection rates in the UK, despite higher vaccination rates than America, are a danger in and of itself and a warning to the US.
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