About that idea that diseases are marching across a warmed world…
It’s become one of the accepted items on the tote board of reasons not to warm the Earth up: diseases are moving poleward as temperature rises. In the Globe today, … Read More
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NYTimes, Boston Globe, NPR, etc: At Walden Pond a changed climate means fewer of Thoreau’s flowers still bloom
It is astonishing how soon and unexpectedly flowersappear, when the fields are scarcely tinged with green.Yesterday, for instance, you observed only the radicalleaves of some plants; to-day you pluck a … Read More
Bats still dying, feds trying to organize a protection strategy
Several recent spurts of news on the disappearing bats of the eastern US have managed to get past The Tracker. However today I happened to note a roundup in the Boston … Read More
Boston Globe, Times, others: How much did FDA shift on BPA?
Over the weekend, the government announced that it would launch a $30 million study of the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, to determine whether it’s safe in food and beverage … Read More
Boston Globe, NYTimes, etc: Massachusetts aims to move past Calif in green & efficient electricity use
The Tracker is so accustomed to boasting about the golden state’s leadership on electrical and many other energy efficiency metrics that it was bracing to see a competition brewing. Several … Read More
A visit with the opposite of the climate wars: New Meteorologists
Enough of coverage of global warming and all the rantings and ravings it inspires. The Boston Globe‘s Carolyn Y. Johnson today takes readers for a visit with the corps of weather forecasters, some … Read More
Boston Marathon explosions: initial thoughts
As I write, it’s less than 24 hours since two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the oldest marathon in the country and one of the … Read More
Coverage of the Boston bombing.
The early reports on the Boston Marathon bombing and the Texas fertilizer plant explosion are not first drafts of history, but “tentative notes for the first drafts of the first … Read More
Why did the Boston bombers act?
It’s a useful exercise to try to figure out why the Tsarnaev brothers did what they did at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but to Joel Breuklander, such efforts can … Read More
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Top 10 Apps To Keep You Healthy During COVID
There has never been a more pressing time to forefront your self-care routine. For those with lazy hygiene upkeep, Covid was a wakeup call. No more missed showers, half-washed hands, … Read More