Wicked Halloween Weather

My first snowy Halloween!

Global warming will drown Mumbai, Shanghai, Bangkok

Scientists have dramatically underestimated the impact rising seas will have on cities around the world, according to research published in the journal "Nature Communications" on Tuesday. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/global-warming-sea-level-bangkok-shanghai-mumbai-902419/

Sugar Maple

It’s that time of year again for our sugar maple. Best known for its bright fall foliage, ranging from brilliant yellow to burnt orange, and for being the primary source of maple syrup.

 

Wild Turkey

Wild turkey in front of our cabin earlier today.  Photo taken through a glass window on a rainy day, so it's blurry.

Photo: Marge Ishmael

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/wild-turkey

More organic farming could worsen global warming

A new study shows a wholesale shift to organic farming could increase net greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 21 percent. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-more-organic-farming-could-worsen-global-warming

Birds and bees cartoon

Sausage dog balances stuff on head

Bison return to the Badlands

Thanks to generous donations to the World Wildlife Fund, bison return to the Badlands for the first time since 1870.

Don't Frack with Us!

 

Read more about the fearless anti-fracking activists of Lancashire:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/13/dont-frack-with-us-the-vivtorious-nanas-of-lancashire-activism

Calvin & Hobbes

Slow Burn (live from Tokyo)

The one and only Ms Musgraves - live from Tokyo.

British recycling in Indonesia

British councils send their recycling to developing countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam.  We in the west pat ourselves on the back for "tinkering at the edges" recycling efforts, when in fact our rubbish goes to form toxic dumps elsewhere. 
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/30/british-councils-sending-recycling-indonesia-burnt-unauthorised/

Snoopy and Woodstock

Poster

October day in Grant Park

A beautiful October day in Grant Park, Chicago.  General John Logan memorial commemorating the Union Army general of the American Civil War.   

Photo: Marge Ishmael

 

Kids addicted to technology

This is a Canadian commercial about the dangers of addiction to technology and the lack of being in nature.