Extinction

The lonesome fate of this cat relative is a stark reminder of what we have to lose today. — The salty spray of an ocean breeze in the Pacific Northwest stings the eyes of a large catlike creature. The young adult animal pads along a brackish creek towards a shoreline he cannot see, following his nose. The water is calm as the animal steps cautiously from rock to rock alongside the deeper channel, pausing to sniff here and there. With a long tail, feline-looking face, and graceful movements, he looks rather like some kind of large, primitive leopard, but epochs will come to pass before the…

An approach that may fuel the save soil movement #savesoil movement launched by Sadhguru Ji has gained Global attention. There was a time when #savewater caused global concern and it is not like it subsided, but we humans gave rise to another one. Although natural causes are equally responsible for…

Okay, Gentle Reader, this is going to be a tough post. Stick with me anyway. And remember: I am saying this doesn’t happen tomorrow... but to believe it won’t happen at all is fatal. When I read through Medium, on any given day there will be a good dozen articles…

They want you dead so that nature can live in peace — In an April 25, 2021, article, Vogue’s Nell Frizzell asked the following question: “Is having a baby in 2021 pure environmental vandalism?” Let’s put aside the fact that Frizzell’s headline was a “clickbait” intended to attract readers fond of controversies. For that matter, the journalist, in her article, toned down…

What Caused the Dinosaur Extinction? 66 million years ago, a large asteroid crashed into Earth — causing the fifth mass extinction event and giving rise to the Age of Mammals. Earth has experienced five events when at least 75% of all species died out over a short amount of geological…