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The Perfect Storm is Unfolding in our Oceans

November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM

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“The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite…” Jules Verne.
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“The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite…” Jules Verne.We opened the discussion below referencing an …

Science Snippets: Microplastics in Glass Containers Exceed Those in Plastic

October 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM

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Guy's latest analysis, of peer reviewed studies on micro-plastics, mentions that "people living in areas with higher levels of microplastic pollution also have a greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and stroke."

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October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM

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It makes ''common sense," not that that's very common anymore, that there is a link between Peak Oil and Peak Food when most of the food in the West is grown on industrial scales, with industrial machinery used for harvesting and transportation to markets.

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Science Snippets: Peak Food Production Draws Near

Science Snippets: More Thunderstorms in Our Warming World

October 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM

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"A retired atmospheric physicist at the University of Washington in Seattle is then quoted: “the Arctic basically didn’t have lightning at all. Now it’s got a lot more. It’s easy to see that.”

Science Snippets: More Thunderstorms in Our Warming World
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The Rate of Environmental Change

October 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM

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"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to truly understand the exponential function", Albert Bartlett.

The Rate of Environmental Change
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Science Snippets: Mass Extinction Event Targets Ocean Life

October 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM

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Guy's latest analysis of the threats on our oceans quotes a remarkably forthright corporate article from NBC News, itself based on peer reviewed literature.

Science Snippets: Mass Extinction Event Targets Ocean Life
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Science Snippets: Scientists Admit Mistakes About Climate Change Timeline

September 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM

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We’ve been arguing amongst ourselves, about to what degree, pardon the pun, that we can destabilize the atmosphere and the living biome.

Science Snippets: Scientists Admit Mistakes About Climate Change Timeline
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Is AI Consuming Your Water and Power?

September 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM

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“Hyperscale facilities operated by companies like Google demonstrate the true scale of the challenge. Google’s data centres average 550,000 gallons (2.1 million litres) daily, totalling approximately 200 million gallons (760 million litres) annually per facility.

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I’m intrigued about everything AI, how could I not be?My professional qualifications in analyzing AI focus on the power consumption issue.As a youth I did an electrical apprenticeship in Aote…

War in the East, War in the West, War up North, War Down South – Every Where There’s War & Environmental Carnage.

September 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM

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Imagine forgetting one of the wars you waged?

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I’ve been saying for decades that I’ve lived in Two War Zones, I was mistaken, I omitted the most important war I’m co-waging, with billions of others, the war on the ecosystem.&#…

Science Snippets: Why We Must Protect the Global Ocean Forever

August 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM

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“The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite…”

Jules Verne.

Science Snippets: Why We Must Protect the Global Ocean Forever
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A Hidden World, Untouched for More Than 34 Million Years

August 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM

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I seem to be on a dinosaur roll atm.
I 'hope' that's not GAIA sending me a hint :)

A Hidden World, Untouched for More Than 34 Million Years
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"Half the Tree of Life" Balances on the Brink of Extinction

August 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM

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This loss of insects will domino through bird populations, which will mean less seeds spread.

"Half the Tree of Life" Balances on the Brink of Extinction
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Environmental Crisis Signaled by Diminishing May Beetles

August 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM

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Guys latest analysis reminds me of our interview with Professor Paul Ehrlich on his book The Annihilation of Nature. That book was written, seven years ago, our predicament has accelerated since that time!

Environmental Crisis Signaled by Diminishing May Beetles
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Urgent Warning Issued After Non-Indigenous Species Appears

August 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM

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I would rate the chances of arresting this invasive species at essentially zero.

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NBL Live presentation: 485 Million years of climate info ignored.

July 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM

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Today's debate about narrative control during accelerating climate and extinction crises.
Dive into the hyperlinks I've embedded for the full story.
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Narrative control during the great unravelling was the topic of this discussion.Professor McPherson discussed the role that the IPCC is playing in controlling the narrative around the poly-crises w…

Science Snippets: AI is Destroying the Living Planet

July 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM

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Additional to Guy's analysis I've found that AI energy consumption doubled in 2023 compared to 2022, can anyone else see the exponential function?
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Science Snippets: Lightning Terminated Via Regulation of Fuel

June 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM

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A 77% reduction in shipping emissions is central, along with other feedback loops, to the marine heat waves we’ve been experiencing globally, but the reduction in aerosols, that act as cloud nuclei, also alter the amount of lightning strikes.

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Navigating the Decent, into the Abyss!

May 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM

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I first became interested in the collapse of complex societies when back packing in Southeast Asia in 1980, then when visiting Mayan ruins in Central America in 1982.

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I first became interested in the collapse of complex societies when back packing in Southeast Asia in 1980, then when visiting Mayan ruins in Central America in 1982.I was in Berlin one week before…

Life at the End of Empire

May 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM

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A middle-class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate
Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the
American Lifestyle.
That sub-head could almost be about me or perhaps you?

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A middle-class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, ClimateChange, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of theAmerican Lifestyle.That sub-head could almost be about me or perhaps…

Science Snippets: Paradise Lost?

May 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM

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Science Snippets: Paradise Lost?
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The First & Not Last Detonation of an Apartheid Nuclear Weapon.

May 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM

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No doubt there will be more to come, as the failing Apartheid state in occupied Palestine gets more desperate, pathological and murderous by the hour.

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No doubt there will be more to come, as the failing Apartheid state in occupied Palestine gets more desperate, pathological and murderous by the hour.”The Vela incident was an unidentified do…

New analysis reveals glacier retreat will lead to loss of biodiversity as vital habitats for specialist species disappear

May 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM

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New analysis reveals glacier retreat will lead to loss of biodiversity as vital habitats for specialist species disappear.

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“The retreat of the planet’s glaciers is one of the most visible and dramatic indicators of the far-reaching impact of climate change on world’s ecosystems.” “Now a new paper publ…

The Multi-Pronged Relentless Attacks on Our Oceans.

May 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM

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“In their commentary, the authors note that one group of researchers found that the number of such heat waves in 2023–2024 was 240% higher than any other year in recorded history.
Non-linearity writ large.
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In short, ocean acidification is proceeding at a rate unparalleled during the last 300 million years, according to a peer-reviewed paper in the renowned journal, Science. An article …