Blogs - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Climate denialism continues to build while scientists receive threats

Disinformation and conspiracy theory is the order of the day as right-wingers and the media encourage distrust of climate science. In September, 29 of the world’s prominent scientists published a paper in the journal Science Advances showing conclusively that given...

How animal agriculture is destroying the planet

AnimalAgri, Blogs, ClimateChange

Animal agriculture is often blamed for climate change, biodiversity loss, competition for food resources, and water scarcity. But do you understand the link? Meat production is often blamed for climate change, biodiversity loss, competition for food resources, and...

Environmental disaster has collapsed civilisations in the past

ClimateChange, Blogs

Ever wonder if there’s a link between environmental disaster and the the collapse of some historical civilisations? Here’s what happened. The Roman Empire fell more than 1,500 years ago, but its grip on the popular imagination is still strong, as evidenced...

What’s stopping us from replanting the Amazon?

ClimateChange, AnimalAgri, Blogs

Is saving the Amazon as easy as replanting trees and vegetation where it has been destroyed? According to experts there are many complications. Milton da Costa Junior nosed his pickup through a remote stretch of the western Brazilian Amazon to check on his babies. The...

Is extreme weather becoming the norm?

ClimateChange, Blogs

In an era of increasing weather whiplash between floods and droughts, can we learn to embrace the rains? In mid-November 2021, a great storm begins brewing in the central Pacific Ocean north of Hawai‘i. Especially warm water, heated by the sun, steams off the sea...

Scary climate change facts that will give you a fright

ClimateChange, Blogs, GoodNews

No need for horror movies or scary stories; the most haunting thing this Halloween is climate change. It’s Halloween, which means costumes, candy, and scary movies. Fear turns to fun on October 31 because Halloween lets us seek scary thrills that can’t hurt us. When...