James Hansen predicts several meters of sea level rise within 50 to 150 years. This is a controversial result, since other reputable climate scientists forecast only one meter.

We don't really need to know the answer, because the implications in either case are the same: we need a crash program to cut CO₂ emissions (and methane emissions), not the lackadaisical approach adopted so far.

Facebook is effectively racially profiling its useds, in an indirect and deniable way.

Several species of butterflies in Britain are declining gravely in population for no obvious reason. Global heating is suspected as a cause.

Obama in Cuba under Pressure to Criticise Human Rights Violations.

Cuba has repressed dissidents harshly. On the other hand, the Cuban revolution has spared Cubans the horrible experiences of plutocratic rule, that we can see in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Colombia. The multinationals that US plutocrats serve would like Cuba to go down that path.

Our Response to the Brussels Bombings Requires Patience And Restraint.

I fear that a frenzied and frustrated public will give some politicians an excuse to attack human rights in Belgium.