Tag Archives: Environment

Petitions – delivered by dogsled

Posted on 5 March 2012 by

I don’t usually write much about winter, although it really has become a favorite season after more than a decade in Duluth. For the last week or so, though, it seems as though we’ve had an outbreak of “only in … Continue reading →

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Populations of the world: Urbanizing (and shrinking in the west)

Posted on 5 March 2012 by

UNICEF put out a great interactive graphic – a bubble for each nation of the world that’s projected to have 100,000 people or more who, in 2050, live in cities.  It’s not static, but shows small bubbles in 1950 which … Continue reading →

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Food, Water, Climate, Economy

Posted on 12 August 2011 by

ScienceFriday hosted a discussion of the linkage of climate change to food availability and price. Continue reading →

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