http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/17/a-gas-guzzling-villains-lair-welcome-to-las-grotesque-new-high-rise ‘A gas-guzzling villain’s lair’: welcome to LA’s grotesque new high-rise Inspired by Yeats, Wagner and French realist painting, the (W)rapper tower was meant to reawaken the city skyline. But is this monstrous erection just a monument to its designer’s ego? Oliver Wainwright @ollywainwright Fri 17 Mar 2023 07.20 EDT A chunky grey staircase thrusts … Continue reading Architectural follies that should (perhaps) never have been built
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Finally, small steps to prevent environmental disaster off Yemen
The title of this article refers to a "race," but this problem began eight years ago. Because of its location and the cost to prevent an oil spill from the stranded freighter, everyone involved simply closed their eyes and ignored the necessity for action. Now it's an emergency and the proposed solutions may be arriving … Continue reading Finally, small steps to prevent environmental disaster off Yemen
This extreme heat can kill
http://www.wsj.com/articles/to-treat-extreme-heat-ice-packed-body-bags-and-wet-gowns-7c35c5c9 [click thru for fascinating graphics showing exactly what these extreme temperatures do to human bodies] Extreme Heat Sends Nauseated, Comatose Patients to Hospitals Around U.S. Ice, water and fans among the remedies for symptoms caused by high body temperatures Placing sick people in body bags packed with ice can be used to lower their … Continue reading This extreme heat can kill
Recycling has another downside — it can spew microplastics
http://www.wired.com/story/yet-another-problem-with-recycling-it-spews-microplastics/? by MATT SIMON, published MAY 5, 2023 7:00 AM Yet Another Problem With Recycling: It Spews Microplastics Recycling was already a mess. Now a study finds that one facility may emit 3 million pounds of microplastics a year. PHOTOGRAPH: GETTY IMAGES THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY has long hyped recycling, even though it is well aware that it’s been a … Continue reading Recycling has another downside — it can spew microplastics
Want to help feathered friends beat the heat? Put out a birdbath
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/climate/birdbath-heat-climate.html [including entire article to extent NY Times' public outreach on this issue] Want to Help Feathered Friends Beat the Heat? Get a Birdbath. A well-placed, properly maintained birdbath can be a vital resource for birds and other wildlife, and needn’t attract mosquitoes Credit...Alamy By Cara Buckley July 19, 2023, Updated 10:48 a.m. ET Record temperatures, drought, … Continue reading Want to help feathered friends beat the heat? Put out a birdbath
Opinion piece about how California could avoid tapping the Colorado River altogether
Altho this opinion piece is happy to blame environmentalists for California's failure to take reasonable steps, there's plenty of blame to pass around. http://www.wsj.com/articles/radical-environmentalists-insist-on-wasting-california-water0colorado-river-flood-delta-infrastructure-climate-activism-ba485028? OPINION COMMENTARY Why California Insists on Wasting Its Scarce Water Supply Harvesting its abundant storm runoff would allow the state to leave the Colorado River alone. By Edward Ring May 5, 2023 … Continue reading Opinion piece about how California could avoid tapping the Colorado River altogether
Fukushima’s radioactive water about to be pumped into the ocean — am maybe that’s fine
https://www.wired.com/story/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-radioactive-water-release/? CHRIS BARANIUK SCIENCE JUL 18, 2023 7:00 AM Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Is Going to Be Pumped Into the Ocean—and That’s Fine Japan’s plan to treat, dilute, and discharge the irradiated water used to cool Fukushima’s nuclear reactors is unpopular, but experts say it’s safe. INsatellite pictures, they look like the pale blue and gray … Continue reading Fukushima’s radioactive water about to be pumped into the ocean — am maybe that’s fine
The city most likely to drown next
http://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/another-city-is-drowning-and-we-cant-look-away? Another City Is Drowning, and We Can’t Look Away In Bangkok and around the world, live updates about hurricanes and floods are turning us into climate voyeurs. By Pitchaya Sudbanthad October 4, 2022 Last summer, when remnants of Hurricane Ida raged through New York City and flooded parts of all five boroughs, my relatives in … Continue reading The city most likely to drown next
Scientists triumph by finding killer of sea urchins
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/04/sea-urchin-die-off-source-ciliate/673817/ The Sea-Urchin Murderer Has Finally Been Apprehended Most such mysteries go unsolved. But in this case, a crack team of scientists quickly found a culprit.By Ed Yong Photo illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Ian Hewson / Cornell University. APRIL 24, 2023, 8 AM ET When Mya Breitbart heard that something was killing off sea urchins … Continue reading Scientists triumph by finding killer of sea urchins
Mormons take first baby steps to protecting the Great Salt Lake that waters their promised land
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/25/great-salt-lake-mormons-water/ [click thru for photos] Its promised land drying, Mormon Church works to save the Great Salt Lake By Karin Brulliard, published June 25, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT SALT LAKE CITY — The valley here was shades of brown, its vast saline lake shimmering, when Brigham Young first surveyed the landscape in 1847 and recognized … Continue reading Mormons take first baby steps to protecting the Great Salt Lake that waters their promised land
Marine heatwave in North Atlantic unprecedented — and dangerous
http://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/europe/marine-heatwave-north-atlantic-climate-scn-intl/index.html The North Atlantic is experiencing a ‘totally unprecedented’ marine heat wave By Laura Paddison, CNN, Updated 5:44 PM EDT, Tue June 20, 2023 A map shows the sea surface temperature anomaly on Sunday, June 18. Temperatures off the coast of the UK and Ireland are several degrees higher than usual.Climate Change Institute/University of MaineCNN — Temperatures … Continue reading Marine heatwave in North Atlantic unprecedented — and dangerous
Another (probably ineffective) proposal to solve climate change effects easily: seaweed
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/seaweed-fastest-least-expensive-tool-climate-change? ENVIRONMENT Could seaweed be the 'fastest and least expensive' tool to fight climate change? A wave of startups say seaweed is a multi-pronged solution to climate change: It can absorb carbon, curb the effects of cattle's methane burps, and feed biofuels—not to mention the world. The purples, golds, and greens of a variety of … Continue reading Another (probably ineffective) proposal to solve climate change effects easily: seaweed
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