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Ice, socialists and floods TimesMachine: March 8, 1936 – NYTimes.com TimesMachine: Sunday March 8, 1936  TimesMachine: Friday March 20, 1936 – NYTimes.com

On August 12, 1936, one third of India was flooded and it was 120 degrees in Oklahoma. TimesMachine: August 13, 1936 – NYTimes.com 13 Aug 1936, 1 – The Purcell Register at Newspapers.com Oklahoma 120 Kansas 119 California 118 Nebraska … Continue reading →

Israel has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world and cases are skyrocketing. Palestine has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the world, and far fewer cases. Vaccinations and COVID-19 – Data for Israel – Our World … Continue reading →

Scientific American apparently believes we didn’t used to have droughts before oil companies, and that droughts should be named after them. Let’s Start Naming Climate-Related Disasters for Polluters and Their Enablers – Scientific American I propose the Sir Francis Drake … Continue reading →

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013 August 10 Arctic sea ice extent is highest for the date in seven years and higher than 2007 when the BBC made that forecast. ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p1/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt

On this date in 1958, the USS Skate surfaced at the North Pole. Arctic sea ice averaged two meters thick. The Changing Face of the Arctic; The Changing Face of the Arctic – The New York Times   And now … Continue reading →

From 1905 to 1923, Glacier National Park lost 30% of its ice and was forecast to be ice-free by 1938 unless temperatures cooled down. 29 Dec 1923, Page 5 – at Newspapers.com 12 Apr 1924, 7 – Spokane Chronicle at … Continue reading →