War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Off this frightening news: MIT geophysics professor Daniel Rothman released new data on Monday showing that carbon levels today could be fast approaching a tipping point threshold that could trigger extreme ocean acidification similar to the kind that contributed to the Permian–Triassic mass extinction that occurred about 250 million years ago. … But the most significant…
Sprinkling sunshine this late-afternoon Monday here on California’s north coast, beyond some patchy-fog here-and-there, our daytime weather should supposedly stay this way for awhile. Although the NWS does forecast a 20-percent chance of showers tomorrow, we’re in summer mode along the coast, hence, no one really knows for sure the real shit. First dog run…
Bright sunshine and a cool breeze this early-evening Tuesday on California’s north coast — another good-as-it-gets episode. According to the Northern California Weather Blog, posted yesterday, there’s another High pressure system along the shoreline, making temperatures 5-to-10-degrees above normal, though, gusty north winds created a cooler feel to the air. Little River Beach with the…
Sunshine and hot this early-evening Tuesday here on California’s north coast, balmy it be — the NWS reports 82-degrees right now in Arcata, and will supposedly stay way-warm until dark. Although not really what you’d call ‘hot,’ but for us coast people, it’s ‘sweltering.’ Yesterday from the Northern California Weather Blog: A high pressure ridge…
Seemingly-white sunshine this Friday afternoon on California’s north coast, the brightness of the low-hanging clouds appears to bleach the air — warm, too. We did get some decent sun this morning, then on occasion, and now all-the-time all gray. We’re just in a slight respite from a couple of ‘rare‘ atmospheric rivers that’s swept the…
According to sensors at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, a research outpost of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, our earthly habitat is in the real shits, not like since forever: Background via TechCrunch this afternoon: If the threshold seems unremarkable (it shouldn’t), it’s yet another indication of the unprecedented territory humanity is now charting as…
(Illustration found here). Sunny and windy this early-evening Thursday on California’s north coast — way-windy on the beach this afternoon, which can spoil the flavor of the moment. Really bright, though, which is nice… In the monkey-go-around of the nauseating T-Rump freak-show in DC, we have a near-perfect distraction from the main, most-single issue of…
Pretty-clear skies, lots of sunshine and windy this early-evening Saturday here on California’s north coast — and the breeze does carry a chill. A dog-run about mid-day to Little River State Beach found initially only a wisp of a breeze, but not too long after, suddenly a whipper-snapper from the northwest — easy and mild…
(Illustration found here). Writer and activist Bill McKibben in an interview at Outside magazine, published Monday, ‘Earth Day,’ and a bit of historical-reality with our predicament: “The oil companies knew everything there was to know about climate change. Look, these were the richest companies in the world. They had vast squadrons of scientists. Their product…
Overcast and damp this Thursday evening on California’s north coast — drizzled all day. Despite that, took a nice dog-hike to Little River State Beach this morning, and as apparently not many willing to venture outside in the breezy wetness, had the whole area to ourselves. Another episode in the good-time-had-by-all category. Weather-wise, supposedly much…
