Are parts of the United States becoming uninhabitable because of global warming? “This is how the time goes In an ordinary town And this is how it all ends up When you run the whole thing down “This is how it’s gone This is how it’s already gone and I know You […]
Do we too often fail to see the connections between things, particularly disasters? After all time building up Comes inevitable knocking down—One by one Come receivers, liars, gamblers, Pick pocket entourage!—Two by two Selling out is a cardinal sin, Sinning with a safety net They say all things come in threes—Three by three So, […]
Today’s early morning musings from the author of the novel ULTIMATE ERROR One of the dearest pet arguments of climate change deniers evaporated this week, with the publishing of a report from NASA atmospheric scientists. For years, those who hoped to continue burning fossil fuels forever held to an argument that—if the climate ever did […]
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia, a massive coral ecosystem, needs life support Well, the good news is that the 1,400 mile reef off the Australian coast is not dead. A travel writer authored a sarcastic “obituary” of the Great Barrier Reef last week, and it went viral. Many readers didn’t catch the humor, and […]
At a meeting of the G20 organization of nations held in Hangzhou, China over the weekend, both the United States and the host country announced ratification of the Paris accord on climate change. To put the importance of these developments into perspective, the 23 nations which previously ratified the December 2015 agreement account for less […]
As we enter National Disaster Preparedness Month, a look at hard-hit U.S. areas Friday evening, Tropical Storm Hermine crept into the Carolinas, where its winds lashed at red oaks and birches, homes, and infrastructure throughout the Appalachian piedmont. As a Category 1 hurricane, Hermine entered Florida Friday morning through Apalachee Bay, along the bend of […]
Americans obsess about Trump and President Obama while Louisiana suffers I suppose only time tells whether presidential election years are healthful catharses or damaging belligerencies for the American people. In 2016, among the one million controversies, we have managed to formulate a minor battle over President Obama’s mediate visit to flood-battered areas of Louisiana. So, […]
We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words “Too Late.” –Martin Luther King Jr. A headline about the recent, historic Louisiana floods surprised me today. It wasn’t that the […]
National Guard assists tens of thousands to evacuate bayou country The slow-moving anabranches of braided channels which meander from the Mississippi River Delta have got to be some of the closest geological analogs to human blood vessels. They quite literally deliver life to the ecosystems near them and inside them. All these lifeforms gathered to […]