Obama on Climate Change: Act Now or Condemn World to a Nightmare – NBC News
Obama on Climate Change: Act Now or Condemn World to a Nightmare – NBC News http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-use-alaska-backdrop-address-climate-change-n419071 President Barack Obama challenged fellow world leaders in unusually blunt language Monday to act boldly on climate change or “condemn our children to a world they will no longer have the capacity to repair.” In a forceful address, Obama […]more…
27 Art Destinations Around The World To Visit Before You Die
http://www.buzzfeed.com/gabrielsanchez/art-destinations-to-visit-before-you-die#.hhnJn2nGr Spiral Jetty – Great Salt Lake, Utah Dia Foundation In 1970, artist Robert Smithson wandered out onto northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah and began work on what is perhaps his best known project–The Spiral Jetty. Since Smithson’s untimely death only three years after its completion, Spiral Jettyhas become a primal testament […]more…
100 Cameras Were Given To Homeless In London And The Result Left Everyone Speechless | Bored Panda
100 Cameras Were Given To Homeless In London And The Result Left Everyone Speechless | Bored Panda http://www.boredpanda.com/cameras-homeless-london-my-calendar-cafe-art/ This July, Cafe Art, a UK based initiative that allows the homeless to express themselves through art and photography, gave 100 Fujifilm disposable cameras to the homeless in London. Basic training was provided by the Royal Photographic […]more…
World oceans rising dangerously, says NASA – The Economic Times on Mobile
World oceans rising dangerously, says NASA – The Economic Times on Mobile http://m.economictimes.com/news/science/world-oceans-rising-dangerously-says-nasa/articleshow/48697317.cms WASHINGTON: Oceans around the world have risen an average of nearly eight centimetres since 1992, with some locations rising more than 25 centimetres due to natural variation, according to the latest satellite measurements by NASA. An intensive research effort now underway, aided […]more…
Why climate change is pushing Earth’s boreal forests to ‘tipping point’ – CSMonitor.com
Why climate change is pushing Earth’s boreal forests to ‘tipping point’ – CSMonitor.com http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/0821/Why-climate-change-is-pushing-Earth-s-boreal-forests-to-tipping-point International policy makers should set their sights on the protection of boreal forests, international forestry experts argued this week in an article published Thursday in the journal Science. The article was part of a special issue on forests released before the World […]more…
New York City Struggles To Keep Up With High Homeless Numbers
Eight months after homelessness hit a record in New York City, you can still see the need of the city’s most vulnerable in Tompkins Square Park. “Good morning! Two pieces?” asks Mario Cornejo, as he places slices of frosted banana bread on paper towels for a long line of hungry people. “It used to be […]more…
How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election – Robert Epstein – POLITICO Magazine
How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election – Robert Epstein – POLITICO Magazine http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-2016-election-121548.html#.VdnuPGZHaJJ America’s next president could be eased into office not just by TV ads or speeches, but by Google’s secret decisions, and no one—except for me and perhaps a few other obscure researchers—would know how this was accomplished. Research I have been […]more…
Five Years In, Sit/Lie Law May Come Under Review | Hoodline
Five Years In, Sit/Lie Law May Come Under Review | Hoodline http://hoodline.com/2015/08/five-years-in-sit-lie-may-come-under-review Five years after it was passed by 54 percent of San Francisco voters and went on the city’s books, the “sit/lie” ordinance, which allows city police to cite people for sitting on the street, might be coming under review. A recent Department of […]more…
Bay Area median home price approaches record; affordability drops – San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Bay-Area-median-home-price-approaches-record-6454098.php?google_editors_picks=true Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images MIAMI, FL – FEBRUARY 25: A home is seen for sale on February 25, 2014 in Miami, Florida. The Case-Shiller home price index found that house prices for 2013 posted a gain of 13.4 per cent the biggest annual figure since 2005. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) […]more…
City grime ‘breathes back out’ polluting nitrogen gases – BBC News
City grime ‘breathes back out’ polluting nitrogen gases – BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33970233 Science reporter, BBC News, Boston Field experiments were done in the German city of Leipzig Scientists say the grime which clings to urban surfaces “breathes out” nitrogen gases when hit by sunlight. The dark muck was known to absorb such gases from the […]more…