Former Florida governor Charlie Crist seems to have ended his political career; it's a puzzle that he's been tapped to speak at the Democratic convention.
At the moment, world fossil fuel consumption is rising rapidly. Unless massive changes are made, carbon emissions yet to come will eclipse what's already been released into the atmosphere and oceans.
There is a telling report on what happened to streams in southeastern Pennsylvania during European colonization. Prior to Penn's colony, streams had "anabranching" flow, flowing in sheets across expansive beaver meadows, which were mostly peat--there was very little sediment coming off the uplands. As soon as the Europeans showed up, the beavers were killed, land was cleared, heavy erosion followed, and the old beaver meadows were replaced by what amounted to gullies.
Former Florida governor Charlie Crist seems to have ended his political career; it's a puzzle that he's been tapped to speak at the Democratic convention.
Florida's voting mess is a serious problem, with non-uniform voting hours around the state:
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At the moment, world fossil fuel consumption is rising rapidly. Unless massive changes are made, carbon emissions yet to come will eclipse what's already been released into the atmosphere and oceans.
There is a telling report on what happened to streams in southeastern Pennsylvania during European colonization. Prior to Penn's colony, streams had "anabranching" flow, flowing in sheets across expansive beaver meadows, which were mostly peat--there was very little sediment coming off the uplands. As soon as the Europeans showed up, the beavers were killed, land was cleared, heavy erosion followed, and the old beaver meadows were replaced by what amounted to gullies.