Climate Change is a Menace by the Numbers

Climate change is an existential threat. If we don’t reduce and eventually eliminate our reliance on burning fossil fuels, global warming will continue and bring havoc to the planet earth. The United Nations climate change conference will take place from October 31 – November 12 in Glasgow, Scotland.

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A Life Defined by the Bomb

This is a guest post written by Roger Cross, Ph.D., a science educator and writer from Bura, Australia. He was professor of science education at LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is a highly regarded and respected science educator and author of many books and research papers in the field of science education. Among his books, two are about his research into the British bomb tests in Australia.

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Climate Change Threat

The EPA released a climate report[4] in May 2021 that was hidden or delayed by the Trump administration. This was not surprising given the rebuke of science by Trump. The last time a climate report was released by the EPA was in 2016. The climate report, according to law, is published every four years. So, visiting the EPA climate change indicators page was refreshing. EPA scientists, who did the work three years earlier, finally had their work published and available to the American public. I recommend visiting this page which will provide you with interesting graphics and tools to give you an opportunity to learn how the indicators of climate change are analyzed and used to make predictions and foretell what we need to do to lessen the effect of climate change.

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School In the Age of a Global Plague

The Delta variant is exploding across the United States. Ignorance and callowness is spreading the virus. In Georgia, the situation is serious in all but two counties. What should schools do given what we know?

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The Resignation of a Courageous Educator in Cobb County, Georgia

Jennifer Susko, a counselor at Mableton Elementary School in Cobb County, Georgia, resigned from her position because of the county’s “recent ban on antiracism and DEIJ as well as the district’s longstanding mistreatment of Black families

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I’M VACCINATED, SHOULD I BE WEARING A MASK, AGAIN

The CDC said that fully vaccinated people might choose to mask regardless of the level of transmission, especially in crowded inside areas.

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Fahrenheit 121—Heat Dome 2021

Climate change is the cause of the repressive heat and fires that unfortunately have become common place in the West. Climate change accelerated the conditions that created a heat dome over the Pacific NW.

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Climate Change Effects on Migration & Homelessness

The planet earth’s climate is undergoing rapid change that has resulted in human disasters. Climate change effects are causing wide-scale migration of people and impacting homeless populations, many of whom live in unsheltered locations.

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