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POPSBirds and bees acting up with climate change
Due to space, I have only included a few examples, but there are more details of changes throughout the world on the page. It seems ironic that we can be prepared to cast blame, while ignoring the problem. Nature will not be ignored. I remember an old Japanese saying "Do not look for blame. Look for solution." Then of course there was King Canute. Despite his authority over people the tide continued to rise. The worst thing we can do is give up. We can't argue with the elements, much less change them. We have to change our behavior. Reminds me of dieting. It is not a short term thing. For dieting to be successful, it has to be a permanent change in eating habits. Very soon, with the correct diet, the improvement in health can make us wonder why we ever ate incorrectly in the first place. Also similar to things like stopping smoking, or drinking Alcohol. They only seem hard until you become determined to stop. Then it's not long before the benefits become clear.
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POPS1941 National Park Service Photo Mural "In 1941 the National Park Service commissioned noted photographer Ansel Adams to create a photo mural for the Department of the Interior Building in Washington, DC. The theme was to be nature as exemplified and protected in the U.S. National Parks. The project was halted because of World War II and never resumed." I included the entire set, so the clip is REALLY long. - you may want to view when you have more time. At the source page, you can download any of these photos in much higher resolution. I scaled them all to 500 px wide for the clipmark.
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POPSGlaciers melting at an 'alarming' rate There are figures which show the current melt rates, and they say there is no end in sight, but the end will come when there is no glacier left to melt. people that rely on glaciers for water, will have to find it somewhere else. There is no doubt, wherever they get it, it will be expensive.
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POPSGlobalized Contamination The article points out that these contaminants are traveling around the world through the atmosphere and coming in for a landing wherever and whenever they fall to Earth via rain or snow. Mountain areas are particularly susceptible because they "catch" the pollutants as they fly by in high altitude winds. We are all interconnected, and yet we have no real institutions that are functioning on these issues in a globally interconnected way. Yet nation states don't seem to be able to protect their inhabitants from this type of agression.
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POPSNo Place to Hide Don't drink the water, don't breath the air, don't eat fish and other wildlife. Ah! Nature's response to human over-population.
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POPSAntarctic glaciers surge toward ocean Much higher up the course of the glacier there is evidence of a volcano that erupted through the ice about 2,000 years ago and the whole region could be volcanically active, releasing geothermal heat to melt the base of the ice and help its slide towards the sea.
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POPS3 Million Acres of Alaska's Forest Open for Logging Local officials hailed the plan as a reasonable way to maintain the area's logging economy. Environmentalists portrayed it as the latest in a series of attempts to dismantle Clinton-era protections of roadless areas and in order to open them to logging. The Tongass National Forest in Alaska is one of America's greatest natural treasures—a coastal rainforest with centuries-old trees providing critical habitat for wolves, bears, salmon, bald eagles and other wildlife. The Tongass is the world's largest remaining intact coastal rainforest. This remote rainforest of ancient trees covers an island landscape marked by narrow inlets and glacier-carved fiords.
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POPSBut It's Too Cold! "The problem with exercising in the cold, exercise physiologists say, is that people may be hobbled by myths that lead them to overdress or to stop moving, risky things to do."
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