'Could be that microalgae naturally present near the sea bottom have produced an elevated level of toxins that acutely affect the neurological systems'.Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/04/15/us/…

Dramatic illustrative graphics of global coral bleaching. bbc.com/news/science-e…

Mending the fences and restoring some balance in international trade. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/…

Trump is a New Yorker, New Yorkers know who he is & they do not love him. Half the panel of 96 jurors raised their hand to say they could not be impartial. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/04/15/nyr…

'Some 54% of ocean waters containing coral reefs have experienced heat stress high enough to cause bleaching, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Watch said.' theguardian.com/environment/20…

We need narrative. 'Environments where narratives once offered meaning and stability have been filled with information' In a time of information overload, enigmatic philosopher Byung-Chul Han seeks the re-enchantment of the world theconversation.com/in-a-time-of-i… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

'The Quality Teaching Rounds program treats teachers as professionals...honouring the complexity' & training in a non-threatening environment. Our research has found a way to help the teacher shortage and boost student learning theconversation.com/our-research-h… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Wonder what's been happening with the birds? And then, of course, theres the marsupials, insects etc that are part of (a dependant on) these ecossystems. The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia theconversation.com/the-big-dry-fo… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

'Advanced reconductering' to expand the effective electricity grid. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/04/09/cli…

Trump's contribution to the rights of women and women's health. Trump’s “moderation” on abortion is a lie vox.com/politics/2024/… via Vox

Absolutely, Trump ended Roe V Wade. He deserves full credit for that, and for everything that has followed. Voters should be in no doubt about his role in stacking the Supreme Court, and should know what to do come November.

It's the story that matters, not the truth of what is actually happening. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/04/08/opi…

'Antarctic ice shelves are losing an alarming 150 billion tons of ice per year & accelerating global sea level rise by 0.6 mm per year. Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica – and melt floating ice shelves from below theconversation.com/heat-from-el-n… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

So? These people have rich fanatasy lives? It's the drama of dysfuntion & the story that's important to Trump voters, not whether it's true or not? If that was not true, they might actually listen to what Trump is saying & look at GOP policies re social secuity, medicare etc?

Crazier and crazier....‘Increasingly chaotic’: Why House Republicans are heading for the exits wapo.st/4cNXMNH

'Rebuild the timber industry, except with a new end product: carbon removed from the atmosphere' Needs management & trees that are less likely to burn? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/04/04/hea…

Ben Franklin, 'the 'tamer of lightning' & an architect of the “arsenal of democracy”. The light on a hill that ' a man who would be King' now wants to dim. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/04/07/opi…

'Drain the swamp', he says. Swamps produce swamp gas, a mix of CH4, H2S & CO2. CH4 & CO2 are major greenhouse gases. Yes, we'd like to put less CH4 & CO2 into the air, but...wetlands are really important for diversity etc...keep the swamp but minimise other CH4 & CO2 emissions?

all depends on whose ox is being gored. Why is Australia helping to block a move to tax multinational corporations properly? theconversation.com/why-is-austral… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Explainer on fluid systems, atmospheric rivers, climate and weather. Why is Australia’s east coast copping all this rain right now? An atmospheric scientist explains theconversation.com/why-is-austral… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand