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“With global warming, the permafrost is thawing, threatening to release a “carbon bomb” of heat-trapping methane gas into the atmosphere. But there’s something else lurking in the permafrost that has the potential to be more immediately dangerous to the people and wildlife living in the area: mercury.”
“A Devastating Toxin Is Bubbling Up From the Permafrost
Rising temperatures are releasing mercury into the Arctic.”
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“Culture War Bullshit Stole Your Broadband
Your internet sucks because telco monopolists kept Gigi Sohn off the FCC.”
“Dept. of Why Your Internet Sucks: Low-information culture-warriors have carried water for cable and telco monopolists for years, even as their situation degraded. 100 million Americans live in places where every ISP has violated Net Neutrality, and rural Americans now overwhelmingly live in deadzones.”
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“Welcome to the 21st Century. What Happens When the Water Runs Out?
Here’s a Hard Fact. Water Demand Will Exceed Supply By 40% In…Seven Years. Then What?”
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“The Mississippi River Is Drying Up”
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“Images from space show a 5,000-mile bloom of seaweed threatening the beaches of Florida”
https://www.businessinsider.com/massive-seaweed-bloom-floating-atlantic-one-largest-on-record-2023-3
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“How Forest Loss Can Unleash the Next Pandemic”
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“Violence erupts at French pension protests for 3rd night”
“Authorities banned protests near the National Assembly building in Paris over plans to raise the retirement age. A location change failed to stop angry demonstrators from facing off with riot police.”
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“The amount of trash uncollected on Paris streets due to a waste workers strike has surged to 10,000 tonnes, despite efforts to force them back to duty, authorities said Friday.”
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“Freddy: The deadly cyclone that lasted more than a month”
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“Why We’re Headed for the Mother of All Financial Crises
You Know What Else Fails on a Dying Planet? Banks.”
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Con Hegarty:
“Anyone can prepare a simple temperature model and see for themselves that 1.5 will be exceeded by 2028 and 2.0 will be exceeded by 2038”
“Preparing Temperature Model of Global Warming”
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