a blog about the changing world we live in
WHAT DOES ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ have to do with cow farts or methane? Well, I wanted a humorous title to catch the reader’s attention—especially given the seriousness of the issue—and the word “fart” catches a lot of folk’s attention. As for AOC, you will have to wait until the postscript below to find out how she is associated with bovine flatulence. [Read more] “even AOC can’t blame this one on the cow farts”
THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO ARTICLES addressing the Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica. It is based on the article “Really, Really Bad: Scientists Raise Alarm Over Warm Ocean Water Beneath Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica” by Julia Conley for the Common Dreams website. The sub-headline for this piece reads, “Warm waters in this part of the world, as remote as they may seem, should serve as a warning to all of us about the potential dire changes to the planet brought about by climate change.” [Read more] ““doomsday glacier” could make millions of Americans homeless”
DROUGHT IN INDIA is changing the way marriages are arranged: Men seeking wives are paying large fees to traffickers while wives seeking husbands are being made promises and getting duped into marriages. According to the article “No Water, No Wife: How Climate Change is Linked to Trafficking” (Freedom United, August 5, 2019), wells and other sources of water have dried up, forcing people to walk miles for water in India. [Read more] “is India becoming the land of bachelors?”
FROM THE ARTICLE “A New Map is the Best View Yet of How Fast Antarctica is Shedding Ice” by Maria Temming for Science News (August 5, 2019): “A new map based on satellite radar data reveals the velocity of ice flow across Antarctica from areas of high elevation to the coasts. [Read more] “a driver of global sea level rise”
