The Heat Dome Blues
Summertime, summertime, sum-sum–this sucks.
Is your home in Ohio? The top 20 most toxic states
Ohio accounts for more air pollution than any other state, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Find out which states are the runners up right here.
Extreme winds force waterfall to flow upwards
The Australian winter has taken hold down under. Watch high winds force a waterfall appear to flow upwards.
Nauru: Ground zero for global warming?
I forgive you if you have never heard of Nauru — but you will not forgive yourselves if you ignore our story. Read it here.
BP killing again: Alaska oil pipeline bursts
The mega oil company BP is at it again, doing, apparently, what they do best, and that is destroying our world. Read about the latest spill here.
Senator Inhofe, Blue-green Algae and Climate Change
Authorities urge senators, people and pets to stay out of the waters of four northeastern Oklahoma lakes because of unprecedented, and toxic, blooms of blue-green algae.
Senate’s climate change denier in chief falls victim to climate change
When it comes to skeptics of global warming and the wider phenomenon of climate change you would be hard pressed to find a bigger idiot than Oklahoma’s James Inhofe. Ironically he fell victim to the same phenomenon that he has spent years denying.
Humans killing ocean life at alarming rate
We are killing our world faster than even the most pessimistic could have predicted. Read this frightening prediction from the world’s scientists.
Red Knots – More wildlife under pressure
When are we going to realize that we cannot deplete one thing without affecting something else? Wintering red knots are declining.
Morganza spillway opens to save cities
U.S. army engineers have opened the Morganza spillway floodgates in Louisiana that will inundate up to 3,000 square miles of land.
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Memphis flood, before and after – Pictures from space
From NASA dramatic pictures from space, of Memphis, before the flood and after the Mississippi broke free.
Canada and Mongolia go mining crazy
The Canadian province of Quebec and the landlocked Asian country of Mongolia are both announcing major mining, energy and forestry deals in large areas of pristine wilderness.
Mississippi-Tennessee flooding threatens millions
Melting snows from record snowfall this past winter, plus sopping spring rains, are a recipe for disaster along the Mississippi River.
The fleeting flower – Bluebell Woods
An escape to the countryside in the merry month of May was always a treat, I got to see Bluebell Woods.