Climate Change
Weathering the floods in England
February 13, 2014At long last the army has arrived on the Somerset Levels (a coastal area in South West England) where floodwaters have been disrupting normal life since just after Christmas.
Read moreToward cyborg socialism
February 10, 2014The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970. It was also Lenin's hundredth birthday. The coincidence was not intentional.
Read moreThe war on the planet
February 5, 2014We usually think of violence as something that is abrupt and explosive - a bomb going off, a bullet finding its mark. But there is another kind of violence that is increasing worldwide.
Read moreBarn owls face armageddon
January 27, 2014The barn owl population has declined from use of agricultural poisons and rat and mouse baits so popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
Read moreCold? Really, it’s warmer than ever
January 8, 2014Winters have been warming rapidly in the majority of the continental 48 states since 1970. And, take note Chicago and other Midwest readers: The coldest states are warming the fastest.
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