![]() ![]() Vanessa Kerry Prescribes Climate Solutions to Save Lives as New World Health Envoyĭr. I prefer Talking Heads’ Life During Wartime since the national economy is always under Military Keynesianismĭr. ![]() Orthodox economics, like the religion, tends to dominate mass media with a conservative view of business and economies and supports MSM via business journalism, often simply doing stenography for corporate interests (see Wall Street Journal). I came across a newsletter for heterodox economists that talked about appropriate popular music. Plus some food tunes because it’s “Fat Bear Week”.įollowing Belinda’s tune-choosing I like thinking of myself as an unindicted co-conspirator in the heterodox economics community, even if I fall more into the economic geography school of David Harvey with my fascination for geospatial information science. One Invisible Hand Clapping for songs from heterodox economists. Newcomers may notice that many who post in this series already know one another to some degree, but we welcome guests at our kitchen table and hope to make some new friends as well. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper…. Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. A new scientific report, that builds on previous reports (that I have written about here), has found multiple warning signs that this combination of deforestation and a warming north Atlantic is about to bring about the coupled collapse of both the South American monsoon and the Amazon rainforest. The combination of deforestation and warming north Atlantic waters is extending and intensifying the dry season. The cutting of trees removes the natural water pump that pulls water out of the ground, evaporates water vapor into the atmosphere and feeds the developing monsoon rains. The heating of the north Atlantic intensifies convective thunderstorms north of the equator and dry sinking air and strong drying trade winds over the Amazon in the months July to September. There were 3 “100 year droughts” in a single decade before the drought this year. Extreme droughts have happened repeatedly since the El Niño of 1997 as the waters of the north Atlantic heat up and the forests of the Amazon are cut down. But this year’s drought is not one of a kind. In September over 100 Amazon endangered dolphins died in Lake Tefé in Amazonas fed by superheated 102✯ river water. OUTSTANDING ECO-DIARY OF THE WEEKĪmazon rainforest and South American monsoon show signs of imminent co-collapse by FishOutofWater. El Niño and the climate crisis are acting together to bring record drought to Brazil’s Amazonas province. Because of the interconnectedness of the subject matter, some of these posts could be placed in more than one category. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of them. The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. ![]()
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