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Climate Change is Increasing Stress on Thousands of Aging Dams across the US
By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University | – Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New York’s Hudson Valley […]
Roots of Iraq’s Water Crisis: Upriver Dams along with Climate Change
Response of McGuire Gibson, Professor Emeritus of Mesopotamian Architecture , University of Chicago, to Iraq’s Climate Crisis: America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian […]
The Radiance of a Thousand Suns: Can we dodge Two Torrid Disasters of our own Making?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In case you hadn’t noticed — and how could you not? — there have been more than 500 (yes, 500-plus!) wildfires […]
Is Turkey abandoning Russia to turn back toward the West?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Given the decisions announced by Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, some have speculated that […]
Iowa Passes Harsh anti-Abortion Law that Imperils Women, Physicians and Nurses
Anti-Abortion, Women’s Rights, Choice, Health
Is Thomas Friedman one Step Closer to Abandoning Zionism?
Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks I have long held a deep fascination with the intellectual journey of individuals who undergo profound conversions. Religious or political, witnessing […]
What it means that El Niño is coming on Top of a long-term Trend of Human-driven Global Heating
By David Armstrong McKay, Stockholm University | – (The Conversation) – The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed it: El Niño conditions have arrived […]
The French “Nahel” Protests spring from Systemic Racism, not Immigration or Islam
Sousse, Tunisia (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since June 27, every news channel has been covering the recent protests in Paris. On the surface, […]
Turkey’s Erdogan abruptly lifts veto on Sweden in NATO: What it means for the Alliance and Ukraine War
Simon J Smith, Staffordshire University and Jordan Becker, United States Military Academy West Point | – In a surprise move, Turkey has ended its veto […]
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