Tuesday Topics: Bolton, Impeachment, Pompeo, Bibi, Immigration, Ocean acidification, and more

By Robert A. Vella Two additional revelations have emerged since Sunday night’s leak of a soon to be published tell-all Continue reading →

Impeachment Day: A preview, what comes next, what it all means, plus today’s news

By Robert A. Vella Preview The full House of Representatives will vote on two articles of impeachment (i.e. abuse of Continue reading →

Humankind, 2050

By Robert A. Vella Thirty-one years from now, I would be 95.  Fortunately, I probably won’t live that long.  My Continue reading →

World’s oceans have absorbed 60% more heat than previously thought, study finds

A new study has found that the world’s oceans absorbed 60% more heat per year than previously believed, findings that Continue reading →

How did half of the great Florida coral reef system disappear?

Over 20 years the trend of decline and loss has been inexorable. In 2001, and again in 2005, even warmer Continue reading →

Earth faces “biological annihilation” as species decline, scientists warn

Over the last half-billion years, scientists say there have been five mass extinction events on Earth in which a wide Continue reading →

Climate change-driven famine poses global security threat

UNITED NATIONS — The emergency relief coordinator for the United Nations is warning of the worst famine since the world Continue reading →

‘The Sixth Extinction’ now afflicting our oceans is an unfolding story told by two previous mass extinctions

By Robert A. Vella Author Elizabeth Kolbert coined the phrase “The Sixth Extinction” in 2014 with her shocking nonfiction book Continue reading →