"... Extreme weather sometimes happens in very specific areas thanks to extreme surface temperature differences..."

posted by ant 5 months 2 weeks ago • 52 views • 2:29

For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 weeks ago • 120 views • 3:07

From Youtube, "By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year.... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 7 months ago • 506 views • 9:10

Most poisonous mushrooms won’t kill you—they’ll simply cause a severe headache or vomiting. Death-cap mushrooms are not like the others. As little as half an Amanita phalloides contains enough toxin... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 12 months ago • 687 views • 2:34

According to a new report from the United Nations, our planet is in worse shape than at any other time in human history. The Trump Administration has done everything they can to do nothing about climate... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 2 weeks ago • 1,055 views • 3:01

Electric cars are touted as a solution for reducing emissions and improving the environmental impacts of transportation, but are electric cars actually any better for the environment than gasoline cars?... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 472 views • 13:47

In the last few years, wildfires have been getting worse - and, oddly, it's because humans have been preventing them. From a helicopter above the forests of British Columbia, and from the Tree Ring Lab... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 124 views • 3:46

YouTube: You might think you know how to survive if you end up stranded in the wild, but those tips you read on the internet might just make things worse!

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years ago • 531 views • 11:02

YouTube description: It's not your imagination; hold music on phones really did sound better in the old days. Here's why, as we talk about old telephone exchanges and audio compression. Thanks to... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 408 views • 3:36

YouTube: It’s clearly, provably better for patients to have Medicaid coverage than to be uninsured, despite what critics of the program claim. Recently, bills in the Senate and the House of Representatives... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 492 views • 7:51

Infuriating [E!] YouTube: The US has a problem with income inequality. The current tax code makes it worse.

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 595 views • 8:47

I never thought of sand as a non-renewable resource, but there's only a limited supply: and to make things worse, it keeps getting washed into the sea. At Cape May, New Jersey, the US Army Corps of Engineers... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,753 views • 3:22

YouTube: The Queen is looking a bit worse for wear lately. [HAHAHAHAHA!]

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 2,575 views • 1:27

YouTube: Many people have to wait too long to see a doctor. And it could get worse. If, as many people believe, we have a shortage of doctors in the United States, then it follows that we can fix this... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 459 views • 6:02

YouTube: Many are still unhappy with Obamacare.The main intent of the Affordable Care Act was to expand the safety net (Medicaid), regulate the non-employer-based private insurance market (the insurance... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 418 views • 5:08

1 in 5 Americans either has had bed bugs, or knows someone who has. And the problem isn’t going away. It’s actually getting a lot worse.

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 38 views • 8:33

Is it the be all and end all?

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 228 views • 4:26

Nooooooooooooooooooo! YouTube: If you watch Healthcare Triage, it won’t come as news fat and cholesterol aren’t likely as bad as everyone says. And sugar may be worse. What is news this week is... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 718 views • 4:26