If you’re like me, you’ve been transfixed by the news of the unrelenting heat wave hitting Canada, with record temperatures killing hundreds from heat related issues, as well as setting off fires that are destroying whole towns.
And we all know this heat wave is extending well beyond Canada. The US is experiencing intense heat, but so is Europe, Russia, and the Arctic is burning up too – which is of huge concern, because it is here we release the methane dragon – a gas 86 times more potent than carbon. We are inching ever closer to this reality, and the impact of this, well it’s too frightening to know. Let’s just say we can expect uncontrollable climate change, and it will happen fast, not slow.
Some heat news
A Scorcher in Siberia and Europe
Heat wave in Russia brings record-breaking temperatures north of Arctic Circle
Another significant heat wave enters West Coast forecast
Heat waves, storms and drought: The Northern Hemisphere summer is off to a wild start
But then we have some deeper commentary
Heatwave causing ‘biggest glacier melt in Washington state in a century’.
Or this one As a climate scientist, I know the knock-on effects of heatwaves like these — and we need to act urgently.
Or even this one Canadian inferno: northern heat exceeds worst-case climate models.
Are we getting the message yet?
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Content to read
And here’s the content I’ve been reading this last week. Scan the headlines, read the ones that jump out at you, read or watch them all. Knowledge is power, and global knowledge is even more powerful.
Climate Crisis / 6th Mass Extinction
‘Big oil is the new big tobacco’: Harvard professor attacks ‘denial and delay’ tactics of ExxonMobil tks Susanna Hasenoehrl
‘Humans caught the ocean on fire’: Gas pipeline fire in Gulf of Mexico creates shocking scene
Canada Lytton: Heatwave record village overwhelmingly burned in wildfire
Canada heatwave: Lightning strikes trigger wildfires in British Columbia
Australia is at the climate crossroads. The choice is yours, mates
Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records
Fukushima’s boar-pig hybrids reveal how nature can heal after humans
Nuclear legacy is a costly headache for the future
Some Republicans Find Failure to Grapple With Climate Change a ‘Political Liability’
Old, small and CO2-intense: why Canada’s highest-carbon oil sites keep pumping
Canada weather: Heat hits record 46.6C as US north-west also sizzles
The weird argument that offshore oil is good for the climate, debunked
California deserts have lost nearly 40% of plants to hotter, drier weather, satellite data shows
Western Canada heat wave expected to break daily, all-time temperature records tks Kevin Cottam
COVID19
Is the Murdoch-Morrison Government actively trying to kill everyone? tks Phillipa Edwards
Record 61 Covid deaths, 6,087 new cases
Covid: Australia to halve arrivals and trial home quarantine
Thailand Ready to Tackle Outbreak From Reopening, Minister Says tks John Vincent Gordon
Inside India’s deadly mucormycosis fungus epidemic
Recipients of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine not exempted from pre-event testing: MOH tks Chris J Reed
Covid: Masks upgrade cuts infection risk, research finds
Covid study with trumpeter Alison Balsom reveals brass-playing is safer than talking tks Phillipa Edwards
Australia Covid: Outbreaks emerge across country in ‘new phase’ of pandemic
Singapore’s surprising new plan to ‘live with covid’ revealed tks John Vincent Gordon
Covid: How Delta exposed Australia’s pandemic weaknesses
Global Politics
After Alexei Navalny the opposition to Vladimir Putin has no single leader
Bagram: Last US and NATO forces leave key Afghanistan base
Kim Jong-un: North Korea sees ‘grave incident’ after Covid lapses
Leonard Pitts Jr.: No mystery why conservatives find education dangerous
AOC Claps Back In Iconic Style After Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams Her As A ‘Little Communist’
Matt Hancock quits as health secretary after breaking social distance guidance
Business and Technology
JPMorgan Chase Releases Grave Warning For Crypto Holders
Here’s What We Learned About Evergreen Content tks Michelle Cockrill
Did Ronaldo damage Coke’s brand? It depends where you were standing
Americans’ Hunger for the World’s Goods Drives Global Recovery
Judge Throws Out 2 Antitrust Cases Against Facebook
Texas Supreme Court rules Facebook can be held liable for sex trafficking, citing SESTA/FOSTA
Social issues (#BlackLivesMatter) and humanity
Boy Scouts of America: $850m deal agreed over sexual abuse claims
Ethiopia Tigray conflict: Famine hits 400,000, UN warns
Modern medicine still has much to learn about women’s bodies
Bill Cosby freed after top court overturns sexual assault conviction
“I want to honour the strength and resilience of women like my mother”
‘Should be ashamed’: Uproar over ‘disgusting’ moment at Euro 2020 tks Damian Corbet
Wisdom vs. Intelligence: What’s The Difference?
377: The British colonial law that left an anti-LGBTQ legacy in Asia
10 Traits Of Old Souls – Are You One?
Serena Williams will skip Tokyo Olympics: “I keep the reason for myself”
Town of Jabiru on Kakadu’s outskirts handed to local Mirarr people in ‘monumental moment’
Trans Girls Belong on Girls’ Sports Teams tks Brian Sibley
Q&A: ‘Why do people have to die before a famine is declared?’
Second-guessing yourself leads to worse decisions, study finds
Residential school survivor walking to Ottawa to honour ‘lost little souls’ reaches Manitoba Social Sharing tks Kevin Cottam
Hundreds of unmarked graves found at second Canadian school
5 Accidental Truths Unloved Daughters Learn
Passion, humour, history
Cause of worst mass extinction ever found
Fairy Tales Could Be Older Than You Ever Imagined
Possible shaman’s snake stick from 4,400 years ago discovered in a Finnish lake
Pembrokeshire: Hundreds of medieval bodies excavated at Whitesands Beach
Four philosophers who realized they were completely wrong about things
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021: Shortlist revealed
5,000-year-old man was ‘oldest plague victim’
Getting Strangled as Gracefully As Possible, or A Year in the Belly of The Whale
The riddle of how humans evolved to have fathers
Where Did That Cockatoo Come From? This is a very cool story!
Did a Lost Roman Legion Wind Up in Liqian, Northwestern China?
Tour de France: Police seek spectator after crash
The Wisdom of Cleopatra, the Intellectual Queen Who Could Outsmart Them All
Scholars Are One Step Closer to Solving the Mystery of an Enormous Chalk Figure
Let me know what jumped out at you?
Cheers
Andrea
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