There’s still time to avoid the climate catastrophe we have set in motion, but it’s going to take drastic behaviour change and huge grassroots pressure on governments.
Saturday, January 24, 2026
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.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/20/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
DoJ Bankruptcy Trustee Lambastes Provisions to Protect Sacklers in Purdue Bankruptcy Exit Plan as “Illegal”
Feds weigh in on Purdue bankruptcy plan, raising possibility that Sacklers won’t get off more or less scot-free for their role in the opioids crisis.
Remittances to Latin America Surge, Even As Virus Crisis Continues to Bite in Host Economies
One of the rare economic success stories of the past year. But there are also downsides and dark sides to the remittances story.
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.
As UN Human Rights Chief Urges Stricter Rules, Snowden Calls for End to Spyware Trade
An investigation revealing abuse of NSO Group’s Pegasus malware led Snowden to declare: “This is an industry that should not exist.”
PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Ban: As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation?
A PFAS survey: chemistry, products, harms, exposure, remediation, regulation, and Maine’s pioneering PFAS legislation
The Outdoors Is, Indeed, Great
Brain science, and gardening!
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/19/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread ~
How Monopoly Was Invented to Demonstrate the Evils of Capitalism
Monopoly iencourages its players to celebrate exactly the opposite values to those its inventor intended to champion.
The Intergenerational Mortality Trade-Off of Covid-19 Lockdown Policies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Under certain circumstances, lockdowns could actually increase overall (COVID-19 plus non-COVID-19) mortality for the lowest-income countries.
Pacific Salmon and Heat, along with Beavers, Bears — and Nitrogen
Beavers and bears as ecosytem engineers. But can salmon be saved?
