Increasing likelihood of extreme sea levels | Thomas Wahl

A family is evacuated during the great storm of 1953. Credit: Canterbury City Council July 7, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Scientists at the University of Southampton are warning that future coastal impact stu ...

July 2017 Stormwatch: Climate Change | John Michael Greer

Don your waterproof boots; we’re going to visit a planetwide flood zone.July 5, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Many years ago, not long after I first got onto the internet, I created a website to try to enc ...

Collapse of the European ice sheet caused chaos | Quaternary Science Reviews

The sea level rise and the colossal amounts of meltwater discharged from the collapsing ice sheet meant that areas that previously were land eventually became seabed. Britain and Ireland, which had b ...

The Twilight of Anthropolatry | John Michael Greer

John Michael GreerJune 21, 2017 (EcoSophia) -- During the last three months, while on hiatus from blogging, I’ve looked back over the 11-year run of The Archdruid Report. As my regular readers know, ...

Facebook makes everything worse | Mickey Z.

CC0 Public Domain Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 18, 2017 Here’s how “awareness” works in 2017: Something happens. We post about. Until something else happens. We revel in the likes, shares, or c ...

Nuclear Calendar -- June 5, 2017 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- June 5, 2017 Friends Committee on National Legislation June 6 10:00 a.m., Council member Robert White will present the Washington, DC, City Council with a ceremonial resolution in ...

Meltwater lakes under the Antarctic Ice Sheet accelerated glacial retreat in the Earth's past | Alfred Wegener Institute

A satellite image of Antarctica. Credit: Wikipedia, Public Domain June 1, 2017 (Phys.org) -- During the last glacial period -- when the ice in the Antarctic was far thicker and extended further offsh ...

Study shows snakes, thought to be solitary eaters, coordinate hunts | Vladimir Dinets

A new UT study by Vladimir Dinets shows that some snakes coordinate their hunts to increase their chances of success. He studied the Cuban boa, pictured. Credit: Vladimir Dinets May 23, 2017 (Phys.or ...

New study reveals how changes in Martian rainfall shaped the planet | Robert A. Craddock et al.

Valley networks on Mars show evidence for surface runoff driven by rainfall. Credit: Elsevier May 16, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet's impact craters and carved out river-l ...

Ant agricultural revolution began 30 million years ago in dry, desert-like climate | Proceedings of the Royal Society

From: domyownpestcontrol.comApril 11, 2017 (Phys.Org) -- Millions of years before humans discovered agriculture, vast farming systems were thriving beneath the surface of the Earth. The subterranean ...

A badger can bury a cow by itself: Study observes previously unknown caching behavior | University of Utah

Camera trap image of an American badger burying a calf carcass by itself in Utah's Grassy Mountains, January 2016. Credit: Evan Buechley. March 31, 2017 (Phys.org) -- While studying scavenger behavio ...