General

HEAT!

Heat is certainly in the news every day recently and it will stay that way for longer heat seasons each year, all over the world, both in the present and future.  Heat and the effects of too much heat are things we must “Learn to live with”, while we also address climate change. WE, the […]

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The Mystery of Sea Level Rise

One can read all sorts of measurements and estimates being offered up (both bogus and scientific) for how much sea levels will rise in the coming years given various scenarios. In addition, one might read that some lands are rising, making near-term sea level rise moot.  Soon, it all becomes quite confusing!  The best sources

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Stranger than Fiction!

This is the time of year when Antarctica should be cooling off rather than warming up, because it is heading into fall and winter there. And, in the far Arctic north, temps should still be icy cold, with the sun not yet peaking over the horizon after the long winter‘s darkness. So what is this

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Who is this Warm-Hearted Top-Class Female Explorer Who Thrives in the Coldest Weather on Earth?!

Who is this Warm-Hearted Top-Class Female Explorer Who Thrives in the Coldest Weather on Earth?! I am talking about a TRUE LEGEND here! This woman is at the top echelon of Polar Explorers, and has written TWO Books which are important records of her exploits and first accomplishments – from her initial idea to full

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Siberian Mysteries

In April, 2000, I traveled through some of the most interesting parts of far north Siberia on the way to and from the North Pole.  At the time, I had no idea how important this region would become for the future of climate change. Pen Hadow, Gordon Eadie and I flew together overnight from Moscow

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 RISA’S THANKSGIVING

Monday, November 25, 2295 Risa Riley peered down into her overflowing food freezer.  There she saw 287 small lentil and flour turkey molds, which she had carefully prepared over the past 2 months. This was a new Thanksgiving ritual for her, and the first year of what she expected to be many more spent at

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OH, What to DOOOO?!

OK,…so what can we JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE do about such a vast issue as climate change?  It can feel a bit overwhelming, right? But, just keep in mind that we care about and are working not only for our comfort today and tomorrow and until we retire, perhaps, but for our children and all future

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Location, Location Location

I hope you enjoy the varying locations in “A Tree for Antarctica.”  The action settings were inspired and informed by a lot of in person traveling, and in one case by flying low over an area as many as six times.  I have enjoyed putting this list together for you! Doing so meant shuffling through

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