A recent study subtitled “A Scientific Assessment of the State of the Planet”, provides a useful and relatively succinct and graphic overview of the physical and biological state of our planet. It is based upon, quoting the study: “The Planetary Boundaries (PBs) – the nine processes that are known to regulate the stability, resilience (ability to absorb disruptions) and life-support functions of our planet.” The … Continue reading Planetary Health Check 2025
01-11-2025: On Sunday the 26th of October, a fierce storm ripped through South-East Queensland while at the same time a tornado struck west of Melbourne in Victoria. Hail battered parts of western Brisbane and Ipswich, with some hailstones being as large as golf balls. 26 000 homes in South-East Queensland lost power,[1] with some waiting more than a day for it to be restored. Some … Continue reading For a Just Transition to “Net Zero”
By Stu Winters 13-07-2025: A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what climatologists are calling a “catastrophic” tipping point in the global climate system. The development, which was confirmed by Spanish marine scientists at El Institute de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona, has triggered widespread alarm among climate scientists due to its … Continue reading Southern Ocean Current Reverses for the First Time, Signalling Serious Risk of Climate System Collapse
12-07-2025: In a world beset with seemingly intractable problems, the 17th Summit of the BRICS bloc in Rio De Janeiro comes as somewhat of a welcome relief. With the traditional Western colonial powers increasingly losing the preeminent position they held for 500 years, and especially the decline of the USA (United States of America) as the unipolar hegemon, a new multipolar world is rising to … Continue reading Amidst Western Decay, the 17th BRICS Summit Convenes in Rio De Janeiro
06-04-2025: The Australian Labor Party (ALP) federal government handed down a budget in late March, in the run up to the federal election called for May 3. The centrepiece of the budget is a five dollar a week tax cut – to supposedly be delivered in 15 months’ time.[1] Needless to say, this risible tax cut for average wage earners – which would barely cover … Continue reading Australia: Mock Budget for a Mock Election
16-03-2025: People in the Australian states of Queensland (QLD) and New South Wales (NSW) are cleaning up from the effects of Cyclone Alfred, which led to widespread flooding and many uprooted trees over the first week of March. Yet this cyclone never actually crossed the coastline, and was downgraded to a tropical low by the time it made landfall.[1] While one person very unfortunately lost … Continue reading No To Cyclone Hysteria!
By Stu Winters A recently published peer-reviewed scientific review article published in the journal “Nature Reviews: Earth and Environment” seeks to show that terrestrial climate change is resulting in unusually rapid and/or high magnitude swings between unusually wet and dry conditions (or vice versa) relative to what is typical for a given location and season. And how such patterns are increasing on an increasingly warming … Continue reading HydroClimate Volatility on a Warming Earth
19-01-2025: At last count, 24 people have been confirmed to have lost their lives[1] in the worst wildfires to ever strike California, or the United States of America itself. The four wildfires, which began on January 7, continue to threaten residences and buildings surrounding Los Angeles. Burnt out houses and other structures may have to be searched in the coming weeks for human remains. Cal … Continue reading California Inferno: The Planet is Burning
15-09-2024: Melbourne, the city of the world’s worst “Covid” lockdowns, is again the site of state repression, this time against self-proclaimed anti-war protestors objecting to the holding of a military hardware expo. From the 11th to the 13th of September, held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Victoria, Land Forces 2024 posits itself as the “premier platform for interaction between defence, industry and … Continue reading Disrupt Land Forces 2024: Wrong Tactics, Wrong Politics
29-07-2024: The United States of America faces its largest political crisis in its history. As with most political crises, it is the working class and the poor that suffer the most. Staggering inequality reigns as wealth accumulates in the hands of an ever-smaller number of billionaires. At the same time, the cost of living for the masses is close to the highest it has ever … Continue reading Emanuel Pastreich for US President in 2024
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