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J Roe: "15 years? You're so optimistic", my kind of realist!
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
J Roe: "15 years? You're so optimistic", my kind of realist!
On the subject of Canaries, I had a few great discussions with a young dude about how he and his peers are facing the unravelling.
kevinhester.live/2018/12/05/t...
kevinhester.live/2018/12/05/t...
The Canary is Dead Part 4
Anson Nash and Kevin Hester continue their extinction dialogues discussing strategies for managing grief and doing meaningful work at the edge of extinction, including installing Penguin breeding n…
kevinhester.live
October 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
On the subject of Canaries, I had a few great discussions with a young dude about how he and his peers are facing the unravelling.
kevinhester.live/2018/12/05/t...
kevinhester.live/2018/12/05/t...
“The levels of microplastics in Auckland’s air were much higher than those recorded in London, Paris and Hamburg in recent years, with the study utilising a method which could detect particles as small as 0.01 of a millimetre, researchers said.”
kevinhester.live/2024/12/17/m...
kevinhester.live/2024/12/17/m...
Microplastics Changing Earth’s Climate from the depths of the Oceans, across Fertile lands and Forests & High up into the Atmosphere
No where on the planet has been spared! “Microplastics exert tremendous influence over the living planet. I can hardly read a headline at a corporate media outlet without learning more about …
kevinhester.live
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“The levels of microplastics in Auckland’s air were much higher than those recorded in London, Paris and Hamburg in recent years, with the study utilising a method which could detect particles as small as 0.01 of a millimetre, researchers said.”
kevinhester.live/2024/12/17/m...
kevinhester.live/2024/12/17/m...
Bigger crops, fewer nutrients: The hidden cost of climate change
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Bigger crops, fewer nutrients: The hidden cost of climate change
Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their nutr...
www.sciencedaily.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Bigger crops, fewer nutrients: The hidden cost of climate change
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
I'll drop a link below of the late great Albert Bartlett describing the exponential function, it's critical to understand where our trajectory is taking us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZA9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZA9...
Exponential Growth Arithmetic, Population and Energy, Dr. Albert A. Bartlett
YouTube video by Hiroob
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October 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'll drop a link below of the late great Albert Bartlett describing the exponential function, it's critical to understand where our trajectory is taking us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZA9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZA9...
A paper from Strona and Bradshaw was mentioned. Guy and I interviewed Professor Corey Bradshaw on that paper. I've edited this analysis into my blow post on that interview titled: Professor Corey Bradshaw Explains the Unfolding Extinction Cascades.
kevinhester.live/2020/06/04/p...
kevinhester.live/2020/06/04/p...
Professor Corey Bradshaw explains the unfolding “Extinction Cascades” on Nature Bats Last.
Professor Corey Bradshaw from Flinders University was this month’s guest on Nature Bats Last. The audio of the episode is embedded here: “Dr. Bradshaw is the Matthew Flinders Fellow in …
kevinhester.live
September 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A paper from Strona and Bradshaw was mentioned. Guy and I interviewed Professor Corey Bradshaw on that paper. I've edited this analysis into my blow post on that interview titled: Professor Corey Bradshaw Explains the Unfolding Extinction Cascades.
kevinhester.live/2020/06/04/p...
kevinhester.live/2020/06/04/p...
Guy points out that the article mentions our need to reduce emissions, there is no mention of emissions pertaining to the plethora of wars being waged currently.
The war on the children of Palestine has higher emissions that Aotearoa NZ.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/carbon-...
The war on the children of Palestine has higher emissions that Aotearoa NZ.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/carbon-...
Carbon footprint from Israel's war on Gaza exceeds 100 countries
Study estimates that Israel’s destruction of the Palestinian enclave has generated over 31m tonnes of carbon dioxide
www.middleeasteye.net
September 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Guy points out that the article mentions our need to reduce emissions, there is no mention of emissions pertaining to the plethora of wars being waged currently.
The war on the children of Palestine has higher emissions that Aotearoa NZ.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/carbon-...
The war on the children of Palestine has higher emissions that Aotearoa NZ.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/carbon-...
“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
Jaques Cousteau got me addicted to the oceans, I'll be forever grateful.
kevinhester.live/2020/03/29/p...
Jaques Cousteau got me addicted to the oceans, I'll be forever grateful.
kevinhester.live/2020/03/29/p...
“Post Doom” discussion featuring Michael Dowd and Kevin Hester. Navigating the Perfect Storm
Michael Dowd and I recorded this interview in September 2019 in his “Post Doom’ series. It’s just been uploaded to You Tube as part of a series with the link to the rest embedded …
kevinhester.live
September 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“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
Jaques Cousteau got me addicted to the oceans, I'll be forever grateful.
kevinhester.live/2020/03/29/p...
Jaques Cousteau got me addicted to the oceans, I'll be forever grateful.
kevinhester.live/2020/03/29/p...
Added to my blog post titled; "Full Earth System Sensitivity to CO2 has been Grossly Underestimated". The comments section has a comment from Peter Wadhams, possibly the world's leading scientist on Sea Ice, on the reality that 10C minimum is locked in.
kevinhester.live/2017/11/10/f...
kevinhester.live/2017/11/10/f...
Full Earth System Sensitivity to CO2 has been Grossly Underestimated
In this one hour long presentation by Professor David Wasdell of the Apollo Gaia Project he explains that we have no available carbon budget and that we are on a trajectory of well over 10 degrees …
kevinhester.live
September 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Added to my blog post titled; "Full Earth System Sensitivity to CO2 has been Grossly Underestimated". The comments section has a comment from Peter Wadhams, possibly the world's leading scientist on Sea Ice, on the reality that 10C minimum is locked in.
kevinhester.live/2017/11/10/f...
kevinhester.live/2017/11/10/f...
Great work team, what a ride we're all on.
Added below like a hand in a glove.
kevinhester.live/2019/06/24/n...
Added below like a hand in a glove.
kevinhester.live/2019/06/24/n...
Navigating Hospice at the Edge of Extinction
The children are rebelling, the ice is melting, the weather is already chaotic and the feedback loops are multiplicative. How do we navigate the perfect storm when we know that our only habitable s…
kevinhester.live
August 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Great work team, what a ride we're all on.
Added below like a hand in a glove.
kevinhester.live/2019/06/24/n...
Added below like a hand in a glove.
kevinhester.live/2019/06/24/n...