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In camping out, the students remind me of the  cardboard shantytown that students built and lived in 26 years ago to pressure the CU  administrators to divest from companies doing business with apartheid South Africa.  Here is an article on the protest.  We...

Global warming melts polar ice, which slows down ocean currents, and cools Europe,  heats Africa, and reduces fish stocks, according to a new article. Posted on March 26, 2015

Warmer temperatures and droughts may lead to trees drying out faster than they can suck up water. According to an article in Rolling Stone, drought stressed trees have less sap to use to defend themselves from insects.  They are also more vulnerable...