Monthly Archives: April 2016

Exceeding Our Planetary Boundaries

“As for global warming, a non-consensus school of scientific thought, consisting of a small minority of scientists, believes the ecosystem is at risk of collapse within current lifetime. These scientists do not pull punches. Rather, they tell it like it

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Collapse Of The Oceanic Reef Systems

There has been a lot of  reporting lately on the latest bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef with some, as usual, excellent reporting from Chris Mooney and his team from the Washington Post, however much of the analysis relies

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Our Ongoing Arctic Emergency

“If you think of the volume of ice we have lost 3/4 of it in the last 30 years. Because the Arctic is warming so fast compared to the lower latitudes it is going to have an effect on the

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Nature Bats Last Podcast, with Kevin Hester

I was very deeply honored to be On Nature Bats Last show early this week.  Guy and Mike are favorites always, and certainly the go to guys in all matters related to near term human extinction–past, present, and future.  I

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Interview at Counterpunch, Podcast

I was interviewed recently for a Counterpunch podcast, my segment begins at the 1hr 10 min mark and I go into methane and McPherson around the 1hr 20min mark. Paul Street’s segment is well worth listening to if you have

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Homage to Michael C. Ruppert

Above image is not navigable viewer.  Instead:  Click here to play podcast. I was honoured to be included in this homage to MCR mentioning Guys upcoming New Zealand Tour.

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Gulf Stream Slowing Down Faster Than Ever, Scientists Say

‘The Gulf Stream that helps to keep Britain from freezing over in winter is slowing down faster now than at any time in the past millennium according to a study suggesting that major changes are taking place to the ocean

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The Late Great Chris Hani

Nelson Mandela’s speech after the death of Chris Hani “On 10 April 1993, the leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC)

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Invited to Be Guest on Nature Bats Last

It is a very difficult thing to call out and confront organisations that we have all been previously involved in over the years but in such challenging times we are obliged to speak truth to power. Understating the severity of

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Another PETM Unfolding?

The Paleo-climatic records show parallels to the unfolding extinction event we are a part of today. We are in the midst of the single greatest experiment in the history of the human species. Whilst we are uncertain of how long

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Kevin Hester

Kevin Hester is currently living on Rakino Island, a small island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand, monitoring the unravelling of the biosphere and volunteering at the Rakino Island Nursery is currently developing a proposal to create a marine reserve near by. The Island has no grid tied electricity or reticulated water.  I catch my own water from the roof and generate my electricity from the ample solar radiation on the island.

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