Center for Data Innovation: “Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the University of Reading, has created a visualization depicting changes in temperature anomalies from 1880 to 2021. For each year, a spiral is drawn representing the degree to which temperatures increased or decreased in each month relative to a base period of 1951 to 1980.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2022
How Barnes & Noble Went From Villain to Hero
The New York Times: “After years on the decline, Barnes & Noble’s sales are up, its costs are down — and the same people who for decades saw the superchain as a supervillain are celebrating its success. In the past, the book-selling empire, with 600 outposts across all 50 states, was seen by many readers,… Continue Reading
How Ukrainians Are Saving Art During the War
Kottke.org: “Building on the lessons of World War II, Ukrainians are trying to save their art and other important cultural artifacts from destruction during Russia’s invasion. When an invader repeatedly tries to deny the cultural distinction of a people for decades and even centuries, like Russia has done with Ukraine, saving buildings and statues and… Continue Reading
Getting older can be empowering if we learn to embrace it
PopSci – It’s helpful to think of ourselves as older people in training: “The following is an excerpt adapted from Breaking the Code: How your beliefs about aging determine how long and well you live by Becca Levy. Although age beliefs are assimilated and reinforced over our lifetimes, they are also malleable: I have changed… Continue Reading
The Earth Is Facing a Nitrogen Shortage Due to Climate Change, Study Says
Vice/Motherboard: “Nitrogen is one of the most important elements for life on Earth: It’s the main component of the air we breathe, a key building block for proteins, and the magic ingredient in agricultural fertilizers that are essential to feeding the global human population. But in recent decades, experts across a range of different disciplines… Continue Reading
Wastewater can help us monitor Covid-19. What else can it tell us?
Vox: “The first signs of the most recent Covid-19 waves have often been detected in our sewers instead of nasal swabs. But in the future, the potential for human waste to tell us about what is happening with our community’s health could extend far beyond the novel coronavirus. “This has been its coming-out party. We’ve… Continue Reading
11 Ways to Upgrade Your Wi-Fi and Make Your Internet Faster
Wired: “From Wi-Fi extenders to simple wall brackets, there’s always something you can do to improve your internet connection at home. “ Continue Reading
Ben Dark on the beauty of the magnolia tree
House & Garden: “In his new book The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 ½ Front Gardens, gardener and writer Ben Dark talks through some of Britain’s best-loved plants in a tour of the front gardens along one London street. In this edited extract he reflects on the history of the magnolia tree.” Continue Reading
The U.S. Power Sector and Climate Policy
An InfluenceMap Report April 2022: “This report analyzes the climate policy engagement of the 25 largest investor-owned electric utilities in the U.S., covering over 80% of the total market cap of publicly listed utilities. The results show a wide spectrum of engagement with climate policy, indicating a highly fractured sector in terms of climate policy… Continue Reading
Librarians Can’t Be Neutral in the War on Information
Information Today / Dave Schumaker: “…Specialized librarians are an obvious example of librarians whose success depends on their not being neutral. Legal, medical, corporate, and other specialized librarians perform more in-depth research than librarians in other settings. They fulfill Ranganathan’s fourth law—“Save the time of the reader”—in a very direct way, by selecting, summarizing, and… Continue Reading
Can switching banks cut your carbon footprint?
Quartz: “Most major US and European banks have set long-term goals to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from their lending portfolios, yet remain tied to fossil fuel companies, which make up a big share of their business. As an average customer of one of these banks, a portion of your deposit is destined to make its… Continue Reading
America’s Highest Earners and Their Taxes Revealed
ProPublica: “Secret IRS files reveal the top US income-earners and how their tax rates vary more than their incomes. Tech titans, hedge fund managers and heirs dominate the list, while the likes of Taylor Swift and LeBron James didn’t even make the top 400. Which people and professions rake in the most income year after… Continue Reading
