Mick Pope

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Doctoral student in theology. Scientist. http://naturalphilosopher.podbean.com. Latest book, From Creation to Canaan, Pickwick (2024) Born at 324 ppm.
Mick PopeMay 3, 2024
https://www.juancole.com/2024/04/degrowth-avoiding-collapse.html
Degrowth: Avoiding Eco-Collapse

( Tomdispatch.com ) - Something must be up. Otherwise, why would scientists keep sending us those scary warnings? There has been a steady stream of them in the past few years, including “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” (signed by 15,000 of them), “Scientists’ Warning Against the Society of Waste,” “Scientists’ Warning of an Imperiled Ocean,” “Scientists’ Warning on Technology,” “Scientists’ Warning on Affluence,” “Climate Change and the Threat to Civilization,” and even “The Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future.” Clearly, there’s big trouble ahead and we won’t be able to say that no one saw it coming. In

Informed Comment
Mick PopeApr 15, 2024
The Conversation AU + NZApr 14, 2024
Storyselling, unlike narration, attempts to eradicate uncertainty. It cannot perform the important task of imagining the future.
https://theconversation.com/in-a-time-of-information-overload-enigmatic-philosopher-byung-chul-han-seeks-the-re-enchantment-of-the-world-225176?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1713128041
In a time of information overload, enigmatic philosopher Byung-Chul Han seeks the re-enchantment of the world

Storyselling, unlike narration, attempts to eradicate uncertainty. It cannot perform the important task of imagining the future.

The Conversation
Mick PopeMar 27, 2024
The Conversation Climate NewsMar 27, 2024
Australia just committed $207 million to a major satellite program. What is it, and why do we need it? https://theconversation.com/australia-just-committed-207-million-to-a-major-satellite-program-what-is-it-and-why-do-we-need-it-226621?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ClimateChange
Australia just committed $207 million to a major satellite program. What is it, and why do we need it?

Without satellites, we wouldn’t have much of the Earth and climate data we have today. And Australia is a world leader in satellite data.

The Conversation
Mick PopeMar 12, 2024
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00693-6
Indigenous Australian fire-stick farming began at least 11,000 years ago

Analysis of a sediment core dating back 150,000 years showed that fire patterns in Australia changed with the rise of Indigenous people’s use of fire.

Mick PopeMar 9, 2024

Requiem for the reef.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/09/we-cant-pretend-were-doing-enough-if-we-want-to-give-the-great-barrier-reef-a-chance-to-survive

We can’t pretend we’re doing enough if we want to give the Great Barrier Reef a chance to survive

With mass bleaching events so frequent, the prognosis is bad. Australia must lead with its actions on emissions and phasing out fossil fuel development

The Guardian
Mick PopeFeb 6, 2024
don Elías (como los buses) 🥨Feb 6, 2024

Atmospheric river: Three killed as record rainfall drenches California - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68202944

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #California #Rain

'Catastrophic' flooding to hit California as bad weather continues

The "atmospheric rivers" causing the storms will linger on Monday as the state is pummelled by rain, wind and snow.

BBC News
Mick PopeJan 29, 2024
The Conversation AU + NZJan 29, 2024
Pioneers in melanoma treatment, professors Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer, are the joint 2024 Australians of the Year.
https://theconversation.com/melanoma-treatment-pioneers-joint-australians-of-the-year-221981?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1706490861
Melanoma treatment pioneers joint Australians of the Year

Pioneers in melanoma treatment, professors Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer, are the joint 2024 Australians of the Year.

The Conversation
Mick PopeJan 23, 2024
BellingenNSWJan 23, 2024

Habitat destruction is pushing native wildlife towards extinction

"More Australian wildlife added to threatened species list in 2023 than ever before, conservationists say"

“The problem is the factors driving species onto the endangered list are not being stopped. In the last 12 months, 10,426 hectares [25,800 acres] of habitat destruction was approved under Australia’s national nature laws – the equivalent to clearing the size of the MCG 5,000 times over.”

“If reforms to the EPBC Act do not address the problem of rampant unregulated land clearing, then they will utterly fail Australia’s nature.”

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/22/australian-wildlife-threatened-species-list-record-added-2023
#destruction #LoggingImpacts #LandClearing #BiodiversityCrisis #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #failure #extinction makers

More Australian wildlife added to threatened species list in 2023 than ever before, conservationists say

Australian Conservation Foundation says 144 animals, plants and ecological communities included in the list last year, double the previous record

The Guardian
Mick PopeDec 11, 2023
The Conversation AU + NZDec 1, 2023
"Breaking Together encourages us to think about collapse in ways that are profound, possibility-expanding and startlingly original."
https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-if-the-worlds-systems-are-already-cracking-due-to-climate-change-is-there-a-post-doom-silver-lining-213890?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1701413553
Friday essay: if the world's systems are 'already cracking' due to climate change, is there a post-doom silver lining?

Jem Bendell encourages us to think about societal collapse in ways that are ‘profound and startlingly original’, with the potential to birth whole new social movements, says Tom Doig.

The Conversation
Mick PopeNov 1, 2023
This one is for @jasongoroncy