The Artdog Quote of the Week: Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a good point here, as usual. Problem is, E=mc2 doesn’t threaten certain industries’ corporate profits. The climate change “controversy” stems from the same root cause (and had been promoted by some of the exact same people) as the “controversy” over whether smoking causes lung cancer (brace yourself: it does!). IMAGE: Many thanks to the Climate Reality Project (check out their website!) for this image, and many other resources.
The Artdog Images of Interest Three major signals of climate change’s onset are increased rates and ferocity of fires, deepening drought, and increasingly violent storms. Today’s image focuses on fire. Firefighters worked for days to control wildfires around Mecklenberg County, NC in November 2016. I hope this photographer didn’t get singed, taking this behind-the-burning brush photo! Unfortunately, I couldn’t locate a photographer’s credit. This North Carolina fire was only one of hundreds (it’s surprising, how difficult it seemed to be,…
The Artdog Quote of the Week: Does anybody else miss President Barack Obama the way I do? As usual, he’s making good sense, here. Also as usual, a lot of people haven’t/aren’t/refuse to listen. Gonna be a squeaker, if it isn’t already too late, I fear. IMAGE: Many thanks to TodayInSci for this image.
The Artdog Images of Interest: In early March, the Trump Administration proposed to cut almost a quarter of the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather satellite program, despite global dependence upon them (by both corporations and government) for accurate weather forecasting. There seems little point to that, until one remembers that satellite photos make it harder to deny climate change. How so? Consider these photos: This is a famous lake . . . famous for shrinking. These…