More dolphins run aground at Cape Cod than almost anywhere, partly because of the wide tidal range there. In August 2020, 45 dolphins beached in a single day. It’s so common the area has a dolphin rescue team, and they’ve learned how to increase the survival rate from under 15% to nearly[...]
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October 30th, 2020 - 7:13 pm § in Environment, Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Wild horses
For some people, nature photography is a passion. They give us pictures like these. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 29th, 2020 - 1:17 am § in Environment
Trump swings axe at Tongass National Forest
Alaska’s gorgeous Tongass National Forest is the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, which made it irresistably tempting to America’s #1 environmental vandal. So on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, in the dying days of Trump’s presidency, his administration moved to open[...]
Who would repair EPA under Biden?
This article contains news and liberal commentary. With the election still in the future, it’s premature to count chickens by assuming there will be a Biden presidency, but it’s not too soon to talk about what a Biden administration might look like, because undecided voters (if there are[...]
October 28th, 2020 - 1:53 pm § in Environment, Science
Climate disaster is here; it’s time for triage.
A veteran journalist who’s covered climate change for nearly 40 years says, “I’ve reached a few conclusions. One obvious one: It’s time we quickly moved on from fossil fuels. Coal and oil were great energy systems for the 16th and 19th centuries, but we’re now dealing with the real[...]
The greatest threats to humanity
Covid-19 is a (relatively) gentle reminder that we can’t take “normal” life for granted; things could change (for the worse) tomorrow. Just as some people study stock market risks, there are others (mostly academics) who study civilizational risks. These are divided into two broad [...]
October 18th, 2020 - 1:05 pm § in Environment
PHOTOGRAPHY: Elwha chinook
The 20th century saw the construction of dams. The 21st century is seeing their removal. With the Olympic Peninsula’s obsolete Elwha River dams gone, fish are beginning to return, but their path to recovery is in fits and starts. Read story here. Salmon, with prehistoric roots dating back 40 m[...]
Photography: Tree hugger
Read story here. Shop the book here (it’s a fun, blood-curdling, read). Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Trump caves on California disaster relief
After initially denying California’s request for federal disaster assistance (read story here), “The Trump administration reversed course Friday and approved California’s emergency aid request for recent wildfires that scorched nearly 1.9 million acres, destroyed over 3,300 homes [...]
October 12th, 2020 - 2:27 pm § in America, Donald Trump, Environment, Health, Humor, Misc., News Media, Science
FAKE NEWS: Man did NOT cheat on his wife with a goat!
“Beatrice, AL | An Alabama woman had the surprise of her life when, while surfing the web, she fell on videos involving her husband and a goat in sexual foreplay,” the headline screamed in World News Daily Report, a satirical fake news website whose motto is, “Where Facts Don[...]