Global Warming from an Aussie perspective

OK, we have had our Polar Vortex....NOW what's happened to global warming in Australia?

Has global warming gone away, or are the recent Vortex comments just short sightedness???

My opinion?

Get ready to be HOT!!!

Polar Vortex, high winds, and wind turbines step up to the plate

It is an obvious connection once you think about it, but it took this article from Renewable Energy News to make me realize that wind power can have its moment in a crisis.

Global Warming and the current "Polar Vortex"

Does it add up? The Earth is warming, and yet many US locations are about to equal or exceed previous low temperature records.

In a nutshell, earth and climate science support what is happening. The northern hemisphere jet stream is being slowed by arctic warming, and in slowing, it is becoming more erratic in its north south wanderings. These larger wanderings are allowing very cold arctic air to spill farther into the US, just like is now happening.

Want to get more scientific than me? Sure you do, so visit QUARTZ, and do watch at least the short video by Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University.

Crops, Livestock, and Sustainability

Happy New Year to All, and to all less beef. Less beef is better for you, and for our Earth.

The following links are very detailed, but I think also very worthwhile, thought provoking, and good references for future study.

First from Dr. McDougall re what we eat, and why Al Gore just made a huge statement with his change to becoming a vegan.

So then I checked out the detailed link from the UN about the Livestock's Long Shadow. (This is a big link, but do try to read the executive summary).

Now since the UN paper was from 2006, I did some additional research of my own, and found a very recent and thorough study by the International Livestock Institute and 2 others titled "......hoofprints".

In a nutshell, if you care about our Earth and still want to eat animal protein, eat chickens.......or go fishing.