Guest essay by Eric Worrall We’ve all heard how bitcoin miners use enough computer electricity power a small country. What is less well known is the prodigious and rapidly growing…
Day: June 17, 2020
Claim: Surgical General Anaesthetic is Contributing to Climate Change
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York is apparently cutting back on use of general anaesthesia for hip and knee replacement surgery, to minimise…
Study: Burning Coal Contributed to the Permo-Triassic Extinction
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to a new study, vast quantities of burning coal contributed to the Permo-Triassic Extinction, which killed 70% of all vertebrate species. Coal-burning in Siberia…
To Halt Climate Change, We Need an Ecological Leninism
From Jacobin Nothing is over the top any more. Insanity or hyperbole? You decide. Despite the obvious parallels with coronavirus shutdowns, states still show little determination to put in place…
Mangroves at risk of collapse if emissions not reduced by 2050, international scientists predict
The University of Hong KongShare Print E-Mail An international research team comprising scientists from the University of Hong Kong, the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Macquarie University and the University of…
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