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Water loss in northern peatlands threatens to intensify fires, global warming Global Warming

Water loss in northern peatlands threatens to intensify fires, global warming

An example of boreal peatlands and forest in Canada's Northwest Territories. Credit: Manuel Helbig, McMaster University A group of 59 international scientists, led by researchers at Canada's McMaster University, has uncovered new information about the distinct effects of climate change on boreal forests and peatlands, which threaten to worsen wildfires…
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May 11, 2020
25 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate America looked during the Great Depression, the last time the unemployment rate was as high as it is today Black Thursday

25 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate America looked during the Great Depression, the last time the unemployment rate was as high as it is today

AP PhotoThousands of unemployed people are gathered in a food line in Times Square during the Great Depression. The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the US economy, and unemployment levels have spiked to the highest levels since the Great Depression. The April jobs report showed the unemployment rate spiked to 14.7%.…
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May 11, 2020
“The ‘1619 Project’ is filled with slovenliness and ideological ax-grinding” 1619 Slavery

“The ‘1619 Project’ is filled with slovenliness and ideological ax-grinding”

by Greg Mayer The New York Times‘ ‘1619 Project’, and the critical reaction to it, has drawn attention here at WEIT a number of times. The diversity of the sources of criticism has been notable, ranging across the traditional political spectrum from left to right. In another salvo from the…
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May 11, 2020