The 1,500-mile long Himalayan mountain chain is a land mass pushed upward by the collision of two tectonic plates, the Eurasian and Indian. Its highest point, Mount Everest, was once seabed as shown by marine fossils found near its summit. But tectonic forces aren’t the only ones pushing the h[...]
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September 21st, 2024 - 3:43 pm § in Environment, Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ocean front homes
This is what happens when people build homes where they have no business putting them. Read here about insurance. This photo was taken at Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, North Carolina, in September 2024; some debris from this collapsed home was found the next day over 20 miles away. In my opinion,[...]
September 3rd, 2024 - 10:44 pm § in Environment, Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Cloud waves
This cloud formation was photographed over Whidbey Island on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. (Story here). To find out how and why such clouds form, see Wikipedia articles here and here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Carbon capture is a bust
Companies won’t invest in it; only taxpayers are funding it, and … “The United States and other governments have little to show for these massive investments in carbon capture – none of the demonstration projects have lived up to their initial hype,” said Robert Howarth, professor [...]
Project 2025 promotes pollution, ignores climate change
Project 2025, an ultra-conservative blueprint that anticipates Trump will be elected in 2024, looks like it was written by oil industry lobbyists. It “calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and rules,” The Hill says, and would put political appointe[...]
GOP’s Project 2025 slashes veterans benefits
Project 2025 (details here), a brainwave of the rightwing Heritage Foundation (profiled here), is a blueprint for sweeping changes to the federal government. Raw Story, a progressive news website, says it would “plunder” veterans benefits (read story here). The original source material ([...]
July 4th, 2024 - 4:56 pm § in Environment, Science
10 earthquakes in 2 days near Vancouver Island
Is the Cascadian fault shifting? There have been “10 earthquakes of at least 4.0 magnitude in the waters west of Puget Sound in the past 24 hours,” including a 4.4 quake yesterday and a 5.7 quake this morning, a Seattle TV station reported on Thursday, July 4, 2024 (read story here). All[...]
June 23rd, 2024 - 1:46 pm § in Environment, Science
Washington’s dangerous mountain
Building communities on top of old mudflows (photo below) was never a good idea. But the housing was needed, so permitting officials allowed it; and there was money to be made, so developers build it. If the mountain abruptly erupts, many people will die (read story here). But it’s closely mon[...]
June 20th, 2024 - 2:26 am § in Environment
PHOTOGRAPHY: What climate change?
This is just weather and practicing for sea level rise. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
June 13th, 2024 - 12:00 am § in Environment, Politics
Florida’s social contract with climate change
Opinion by the Miami Herald Editorial Board, June 12, 2024: “It’s like an unspoken social contract. When people choose to live in South Florida, they must make peace with the possibility that, thanks to hurricanes, there will be flooding and they may incur thousands of dollars to fix their h[...]