I’ve discovered some interesting recent reports dealing with two aspects of the global environmental crisis – the impacts of global biodiversity loss, and the extent of global overfishing, or perhaps, the impacts of our foolishness and our greed. We seem… Read More »Loss of pollinators and extent of overfishing – our impacts on the world are large and getting worse
How Quickly Do They Tip? Recently, I have been writing a lot about the political aspects of climate change, so today we get back to environmental and ecological science. I’m sure there will be more politics in the future, but… Read More »Learning About Environmental Tipping Points by Looking into the Past
The Venetians did not build the Piazza San Marco so that it would flood on high tides. Relative to the piazza, sea level is higher now than when it was built. At Venice, sea level is higher partly because the… Read More »Shifting Baselines and Lack of Awareness of Environmental Change: A Sea Level Story