Wildfires, Smoke And COVID
July 23, 2021(Illustration Statue of Liberty and a part of New York harbor a couple of days ago — image found here). Near-clear skies and getting warmer this mid-day Friday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re…
Tag Archives: Environment
Is Climate Change Affecting Our Normal Weather? ‘You Bet!’
July 21, 2021Warm but not on the boil side this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — just regular summertime shit with temperatures simmering just under the century mark, with more of the same expected the…
Being Cool With A Single Tree
July 18, 2021(Illustration: ‘Single Green Tree,’ dry watercolor, by Alexander Portnyagin, and found here). Since I’ve covered weather and climate change a lot this week, today I came across another study that emphasized a small step in…
Weather Disasters Worldwide: ‘We Need To Get Really Serious About Climate Change’
July 17, 2021Weather and its ascribed consequences continue to hold sway this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley, we’re heavy-hot as we’re forecast for another ‘mega-heat-wave’ type-roll for the next few days, but happily not all…
Climate Change And ‘Stayin’ Alive’
July 16, 2021Genius in rhythm and time — saw this earlier today at Miss Cellania‘s and it’s one of those can’t-look-away thingies: Now, guaranteed to bring you right back down — weather-impacts off climate change are being…
Two Terror-Inducing Subjects Of Grave Concern — T-Rump, And Climate Change
July 16, 2021Cool and nice (relatively-speaking) this Friday morning here in California’s Central Valley as we once again head into the weekend — seems like just Monday yesterday, time flies whether you’re having fun or not. During…
Amazon Tropical Forest Now A CO2 Source
July 14, 2021Some more climate-related news this Wednesday afternoon, and as such with the normal, seems like more bad news for the planet — and a quicker-major increase of CO2 into the air: Evidence collected in the…
Current Heat Waves Made Way-Worse By Climate Change, And We Get That Important Knowledge Quicker — Good Or Bad?
July 13, 2021In surfing the InterWebs this afternoon, scrolling across news stories on Joe Biden’s speech, COVID anti-vaxxers, Texas Demo legislators fleeing the state to keep Repubs from choking-to-death the right to vote, a new T-Rump book…
Fire On The Power — California Electrical Grid Threatened By Oregon Blaze: A Scenario That ‘Does Not Represent Random Bad Luck’
July 12, 2021A bit cooler than ‘normal‘ this late-morning Monday here in California’s Central Valley, though, we’re scheduled for triple-digit temperatures again today, it’s off the full-blown crazy of this past weekend. Supposedly, we’re on a downward…
Billionaires In Space
July 11, 2021Prior to the mega-heat ahead, the overpowering news item this Sunday morning is Richard Branson-influenced mini-space flight with the look and feel of maybe the early Apollo events, or perhaps the first few shuttle flights…