What we know—and don’t know—about a crucial climate tipping point.
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The Anglo-Australian mining company is facing legal claims that it contaminated waterways and lakes with harmful levels of uranium and lead.
The post Rio Tinto’s Madagascar Mine Promised Prosperity. It Tainted a Community. appeared first on The Intercept.
When it comes to tinkering with nature, our résumé is a list of breathtaking mistakes.
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Alice Springs is near the very centre of Australia: An iconic town made famous by its isolation, people, and multiple books and movies, and which now finds itself at the forefront of how to transition large isolated grids from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Smaller towns and mines with bigger load centres have already made Continue reading »
by Gary Gardner
Social psychologists tell us it takes about 66 days to form a new habit. In my experience that’s only half true. Sixty-six days to form a good habit, yes, but about 66 hours to form a bad one. If I reach for a donut at breakfast, then do the same the next two days, I seal the deal and establish a habit of bad eating.
The post Climate Engineering: Doubling Down on Bad Habits appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.
Fewer than one-in-five Brits would be willing to take the risk of swimming in British waters, amid surging levels of sewage
A new study says climate change is messing with the math.
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Pieces of the web that make differing and complementary sense of the threat and promise of AI.
The post AI Roundup: The Bad, the Ugly, and the Pretty Cool appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.
It’s not just whales who were decimated, but the creatures
who live where they fall.
The post The Unseen Deep-Sea Legacy of Whaling appeared first on Nautilus.
The Conservatives are seeking to overturn the London Mayor's flagship clean air scheme, despite being more than 20 points behind him in the race for City Hall.