tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post1962090819594714455..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: Dispatch from the Endocene, #9Gail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-84608137740183052512015-08-20T22:05:58.047-04:002015-08-20T22:05:58.047-04:00I have walked through many woods and forests, and ...I have walked through many woods and forests, and I feel this as another blow:<br />http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2015/08/20/every-forest-biome-on-earth-is-actively-dying-right-now/#more-45060 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-75022001737469481442015-08-19T08:07:16.830-04:002015-08-19T08:07:16.830-04:00I enjoyed reading your articles. This is truly a g...I enjoyed reading your articles. This is truly a great read for me.<br /><i><b><a href="http://www.trees-plants.com/" rel="nofollow">buy trees online</a></b></i>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071479515371030118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-41576444194511347582015-08-18T16:57:28.374-04:002015-08-18T16:57:28.374-04:00Haha, Anon, who are you, I want to kiss you! In a...Haha, Anon, who are you, I want to kiss you! In another newflash, the obvious is true - plate tectonics drove Pangea apart and account for earthquakes and volanic activity and island chains.<br /><br />Although, the debate will never be over, because the people who want to believe mankind couldn't destroy the megafauna when they were supposed to be in their sustainable, nature loving, spiritual, peaceful phase simply can't admit that we have never cherished nature enough to safeguard it from our exploitation and expansion.<br /><br />But even with that caveat, this is one sweet paper, so thanks again!Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-20819372303569246872015-08-18T16:27:22.378-04:002015-08-18T16:27:22.378-04:00Humans responsible for demise of gigantic ancient ...<b>Humans responsible for demise of gigantic ancient mammals<br />Early humans were the dominant cause of the extinction of a variety of species of giant beasts, new research has revealed.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Scientists at the universities of Exeter and Cambridge claim their research settles a prolonged debate over whether mankind or climate change was the dominant cause of the demise of massive creatures in the time of the sabretooth tiger, the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhino and the giant armadillo.<br />Known collectively as megafauna, most of the largest mammals ever to roam the earth were wiped out over the last 80,000 years, and were all extinct by 10,000 years ago."<br /><br /><br />http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_465673_en.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-58923707033041809032015-08-18T10:54:54.688-04:002015-08-18T10:54:54.688-04:00It's appalling how dead they are everywhere. ...It's appalling how dead they are everywhere. Look at the video in this post about the avalanche, the trees are standing dead. http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/08/a-tsunami-of-boulders-trees-and-debris.htmlGail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-52615970744007353432015-08-18T10:53:15.260-04:002015-08-18T10:53:15.260-04:00Thanks Michele, I had not seen that and will check...Thanks Michele, I had not seen that and will check into it. I am always wondering if there isn't either some toxic substance that isn't being monitored at all (peroxyacetyl nitrate?) or else the oxone modeling isn't accurate. Check out our own Jack Fishman asking about background levels here at 57 minutes into the q&a - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NngvJu4h1g&feature=share - no wonder he isn't jumping up and down with his hair on fire, other scientists won't even take it seriously.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-76868717403808393152015-08-17T19:37:01.176-04:002015-08-17T19:37:01.176-04:00GAIL, did you hear about this before? “If our susp...GAIL, did you hear about this before? “If our suspicions are correct, it means that the current understanding of urban air pollution is missing a big chunk of information,” Donaldson said. “In our work, we are showing that there is the potential for significant recycling of nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere from grime, which could give rise to greater ozone creation.”<br />https://www.rt.com/news/312679-canada-urban-grime-research/michele/montrealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-90079093446128975502015-08-17T18:04:14.556-04:002015-08-17T18:04:14.556-04:00all trees so dead in this video: http://www.usatod...all trees so dead in this video: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/13/climate-change-alaska-wildfires/31203153/?utm_content=buffer3ba2d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffermichele/montrealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-24594291284422119862015-08-17T00:33:45.965-04:002015-08-17T00:33:45.965-04:00Thank you Michael, and for continuing your great c...Thank you Michael, and for continuing your great compilation at Apocadocs.<br /><br />I just came across this version of an aphorism, which I am planning to use quite often, whenever I hear how we can bail ourselves out of this debacle IF ONLY:<br /><br />If Ifs and buts were candy and nuts, wouldn't this world be a beautiful place?Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-85182446116462855622015-08-17T00:28:30.557-04:002015-08-17T00:28:30.557-04:00Well...yes.
http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2013/03...Well...yes.<br /><br />http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2013/03/grasping-at-straws.html<br /><br />p. 6<br /><br />Effects on Plant Physiology <br />Ozone can damage plant leaf tissue when a sufficient amount of ozone molecules are able to pass through a series of permeable layers in the leaf to reach the mesophyll, a spongy tissue critical to photosynthesis. If met by antioxidants such as ascorbic acid at any point a long this pathway, ozone molecules may be scavenged prior to reacting with vulnerable plant cell tissues. An ozone molecule first diffuses into a plant leaf through one of its many stomata (leaf pores), which regulate gas exchange by allowing for sufficient carbon dioxide uptake while limiting water loss through evapotranspiration. The stomata open to a cavity where the ozone molecule can then dissolve in an aqueous layer lining this inner air space of the leaf then proceed to penetrate the cell well. Once inside the plant’s cellular membrane it can react with polyunsaturated fatty acids and begin its destructive oxidation processes. Through the oxidation of plant tissue, ozone can interfere with any of the various processes of photosynthesis."Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-60733205292518911822015-08-16T22:37:28.938-04:002015-08-16T22:37:28.938-04:00Thanks for the research and outreach work that you...Thanks for the research and outreach work that you do, Gail. These Dispatches from the Endocene are incredible wrap-ups of exactly what you describe.I hope we're both wrong, and a miracle occurs, and humanity is saved. But we both know that ain't happening.<br /><br />http://www.apocadocs.com/docs/2015/aug/dispatch-from-the-endocene.html -- "If all this were really happening, I'd be hearing about it on the news. Because that's what they're giving us, right? News? What's really happening?"Michael Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233070086746049542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-8108882243650172992015-08-16T16:03:07.182-04:002015-08-16T16:03:07.182-04:00You missed the unpecedented increases in climate c...You missed the unpecedented increases in climate chane accelerated burning in all thw planet's remaining forests. This does not bode well for the continuation of any serious improvement in the stable albedo of cloud covers generated and fueled by forest transpiration.ZundapManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449749085793020901noreply@blogger.com