Tag: climate change

david caird - mallacoota victoria wildfires photo

Australian Wildfire Photo by David Caird from Mallacoota Victoria

This photo by David Caird in Mallacoota, Victoria tells the foreboding tale of climate change that we’re continuing to deny. Via Jon Kahler.

/ January 25, 2020
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive

Archangel is Replanting Giant Sequoia and Redwood Trees

While the speed of climate change and global warming presents the need for immediate action, I appreciate long term tactics working steadily to preserve our ecosystem. The Archangel Ancient Tree Archive obtains DNA from both intact and fallen Sequoias and...

/ January 22, 2019

Climate Change Hits Whistler Blackcomb

Whistler Blackcomb may be the greatest ski resort in North America and it’s had some slow starts. I’ve been there when the lower third of the mountain is grass in December. But apparently, the opening snow base is super thin:...

/ November 28, 2018

Arc de Triomphe Without Cars and Tourists

Here’s a recent view of Paris’ Arc de Triomphe in a rare moment of being free of cars and people. During the 2015 UN Climate Conference, activists had stained the road around the site in green. I happened by when...

/ January 17, 2016

Invasion of the Killer Whales: Orcas Hunting Narwhal

This PBS Nature documentary from 2014 showing how Killer Whales are already exploiting climate change to hunt previously protected Narwhal is seriously frightening and amazing. There’s footage of starving polar bears beginning to find new ways to survive — they...

/ November 6, 2015

New York Times on Climate Change: “There’s not a lot of news in this area.”

Today’s Quote of the Day: [pullquote1 quotes=”true” align=”center” textColor=”#000000″]There’s not a lot of news in this area – we’re watching glaciers melting – so there isn’t an urgency to get things into the paper right away[/pullquote1] – Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York...

/ January 11, 2013