I can tell what your mind is on today because that's one hell of a stretch. Wildfires are more of an ******* thing anyway.

This thread, after an early focus on Global Warming, hasn't seen much action lately, but just in case you don't have enough to worry about, there's this:-

https://www.musicbanter.com/lounge/7...tion-zone.html

and this:-



and currently in the news, this:-



^ The situation in Hawaii is not good, but at least the scare story that the newly-opening rifts are going to join up and cause a massive slump like La Palma seem to be unjustified, according to this article:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilina_Slump

So I guess the volcano might Kilauea too much-a people?

^ That's quick work! You' re inB4 Trollheart. :clap:

One risk of ignoring opposition criticism or the voice of the common people is What if they turn out to've been right all along? That may be behind the tragic story of the disappearing Aral Sea, when Russia chose cotton over fish and ignored local feedback.

Now "an area of water the size of Ireland" has been lost, and that's not the last of their problems...

Planting a forest on the Aral's dried-out seabed - BBC News

Pascal's Wager.. yuck.

Sad, but I like the pictures. It has a cool aesthetic.

^ Yes the pictures are very good, especially the old boats.

When I saw the word "forest" in the title I had visions of some lush Amazonian jungle: the real solution is rather less exciting unfortunately. Never heard of Saxaul trees before, so I looked 'em up. They can support bird life and...
^ Not particularly inspiring, but plenty better than having toxic dust killing your children.
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I opened this thread in hopes of putting all our environmental observations in one place. Well, what an unruly bunch we are! :rolleyes: The hottest environmental debate atm is over in another thread, but here's the link to it to keep things tidy:

https://www.musicbanter.com/current-...read-1213.html

Where's Swamp Thing when you need him?

Here's a new warning sign that all is not well with the environment:-

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44418849

Bottom line: over the last twelve years, trees that have been healthy for thousands of years have begun dying or deteriorating.

I saw this story this morning

It’s such a tiny numbers of trees it occurred to me that this could be intentional murder. Some of the oldest trees in the world are in California but they keep the locations secret because there are actually people who want to be the jerkoff that kills (or maims) an important tree.

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wi...ees/methuselah

Also, the impact of global warming on vector born diseases is a horrifying concern

http://www.who.int/bulletin/archives/78(9)1136.pdf

Most of the studies are on diseases that directly impact humans especially malaria but any disease that kills anything carried in a living vector is a concern. The range of inhabitability increases, the opportunity to reproduce increases, the vectors and the diseases have more time and opportunity to evolve into something even more insidious. And before anyone orgasms with the opportunity to correct me I understand this is just a potential outcome for any disease and vector. None-the-less, some outcomes are certain to be unpleasant for some people (and that’s at a minimum)

It could be pollution in the soil, the ground water, the rain, heat, disease

And yes, it could be just another biological entity winning an evolutionary battle without any influence by mankind at all (but I doubt it)

Those are incredibly beautiful trees. Sad story.