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Is There Any Future for Coral Reefs?
Back in March, I took a look at the state of climate change and the tasks facing nations if we are to limit average warming to 1.5oC. Those tasks were, and remain, demanding. Now we are enduring the covid-19 pandemic, and action on climate change has slowed perceptibly, even as the economic collapse leads to … Continue reading
Our Environmental Crisis in a New Post-Covid-19 World – Pluses and Minuses of a Pandemic
You might have thought that with Covid-19 locking down life, I’d have ample free time to post to my blog. Fact is, I’ve been remarkably busy, in remarkably ineffective ways. With next to nothing on my schedule for weeks, I’ve fallen into the trap which others have commented on. While some people have used the … Continue reading
Viral pandemics and climate change – different pace, different response, a message perhaps?
We tried to follow our usual Saturday morning routine on Saturday morning. We were foiled, in part, because of the way our community is responding to the onset of Covid-19. There are lessons here on tipping points, on climate change, on pandemics, on human and societal response to emergencies. And our town has zero cases … Continue reading