DefenestrateThemAll t1_iufm866 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:18 PM

Reply to TIL that the redwood tree the Julia Butterfly Hill lived in for 2 years in the 1990’s was badly damaged by vandals in 2000 who cut almost halfway through the tree with a chainsaw. A bracing was made to keep the tree stable and it will likely survive. by triviafrenzy

Wat

DefenestrateThemAll t1_iuf4fbs wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:13 PM

Reply to U.S. Streams Are Drying Up. Data showed that in the South and West, streamflow droughts got longer between 1951 and 2020, regardless of threshold. Worse yet, droughts in these regions are becoming more intense by Wagamaga

Since water does not enter or leave the earth's atmosphere, it never loses or gains amounts. There is no shortage of water. People hell bent on living in deserts redistribute water yes, but it is physically impossible to "waste" water. Because it is constantly recycled.

DefenestrateThemAll t1_iudq6w5 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:38 PM

Reply to comment by Laughingman323 in Companies’ ‘deforestation-free’ supply chain pledges have barely impacted forest clearance in the Amazon by thebelsnickle1991

I understand that. The extremists spin it as the depletion of all the earth's trees however.

DefenestrateThemAll t1_iubfuk6 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:13 AM

Reply to Companies’ ‘deforestation-free’ supply chain pledges have barely impacted forest clearance in the Amazon by thebelsnickle1991

Next time you fly, look out the window. The earth is literally covered with trees.

DefenestrateThemAll t1_iubfirx wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:10 AM

Reply to Study finds Omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which appeared at the end of 2021 have marked genetic differences from the ancestral SARS-CoV-2. The many, distinct mutations in their infection machinery have enabled them to escape from antibodies elicited from the original series of vaccines. by MyLifeisAsaJoker

Another reason the common cold will never be cured. Because viruses mutate. Next.