Hubble’s Close-Up of Spiral’s Disk, Bulge

From NASA Dec. 20, 2019 This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of Mensa (the Table Mountain) lying about 85…

Solar Update December 2019

David Archibald We are well into the Solar Cycle 24/25 minimum but 24 may not have ended yet. A solar cycle isn’t over until the heliospheric current sheet has flattened.…

Flooded Tesla charging station in a floodplain that flooded in 2003..

Picture via @megbaynes pic.twitter.com/um2rBmqkd8 — Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ (@Revkin) December 22, 2019

Polar bear cubs play on the thin ice that supposedly threatens them with extinction

From Polar Bear Science Posted on December 21, 2019 | This video tweet deserves a post of its own: two relatively inexperienced cubs-of-the-year in Russia deliberately break through thin ice,…

High carbon footprint families identified by sweets and restaurant food, not higher meat consumption

University of Sheffield Families with high carbon footprints consume two to three times more sweets and alcohol than those with low footprints Study by experts in Sheffield and Kyoto, Japan,…

Aussie Bushfires: Government Promises More Climate Action, but Defends Coal

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Scott Morrison Conservative government has agreed more action is required on climate change, but defended its support for coal mining. McCormack concedes Australia must…