The debate over climate change has long focused on determining attribution—whether rising greenhouse gases and global warming caused a particular storm, drought, flood, or blizzard. Now, a new study in Nature Climate Change published Monday seeks to shift the underlying question from “if” to “how.” “The climate is changing,” wrote National Center for Atmospheric Research […]
Read MoreHamilton dismayed by outcome of Barcelona track resurfacing
Lewis Hamilton is less than thrilled with the new-look track at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Hamilton had only limited running time at the venue this week because of inclement conditions. Even so, he still went on to set the fastest time of the week. Despite cold conditions and medium compound tyres, Hamilton’s best lap of […]
Read MoreAnother Canary Squawks: Annual Report Shows Unstoppable Ocean Warming
More than 400 scientists from 58 countries on three continents determined in their annual planetary exam that the temperatures of the earth’s surfaces are rising to historic highs, greenhouse gases continue to climb, and when it comes to the oceans, warming is unstoppable. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the American Meteorological Society’s State […]
Read MoreFIA puts blue flag rules on its agenda
FIA race director Charlie Whiting says he is open to discuss a revision of Formula 1’s blue flag rules which force backmarkers to yield to a car on the leading lap. The system was introduced in 1995 but is regularly called into question by the sport’s fans, and indeed by some drivers, with many considering […]
Read MoreWomen can now shut down male-only debates in Germany’s Green Party
A new ruling, adopted at the party’s conference in Bielefeld, which ran from Friday to Sunday, stipulates that its female members have the right to decide whether a debate continues in the event of gender imbalance among its speakers. ### The Greens had previously ruled that women and men were required to speak alternately during […]
Read More25 people found hidden aboard ferry bound for UK
According to the spokesman, the people were discovered by the ship’s staff and seemed initially to be in “rather good condition” despite showing signs of having been in a cold environment for an extended period of time. He could not say if they had been traveling inside a cooling container. ### The ferry departed from […]
Read MoreMeet Studs: The NYC- based jewelry retailer reimagining the piercing experience
Los Angeles – In an era where direct-to-consumer brands have become increasingly popular with shopping malls and brick-and-mortar locations working to market themselves for the digital consumer, Studs—a piercing and jewelry retail experience and brand—has launched for today’s shopping experience. Creating a safe, high-quality piercing experience at an accessible price point, as well as a […]
Read MoreBulgaria, from post-communism to post-democracy
Six months, six years, six decades – this is how Ralf Dahrendorf (1990) summed up, in a remarkably succinct way, the post-democratic transition: creating the institutions of parliamentary democracy, laying the foundations of a market economy, building civil society. The future looked clear and bright as a single three-dimensional transformation joining the ‘end of history’. […]
Read MoreUS and Iran both need a new deal
Despite the harsh anti-Iranian rhetoric employed by Donald Trump before and after his unilateral withdrawal from JCPOA in May 2018, it appears that the US would now prefer a new negotiated deal with Iran over the more complicated and costly option of going for regime change. But the US hopes of forcing Iran to the […]
Read MoreWhy do progressive movements struggle to answer populists? Because they are technocrats
Click:cement block machine This article is part of an editorial partnership with The Fund for Global Human Rights. Recent elections in Australia, Europe and India have showed that politics is not working the way experts want it to. Voters are still choosing politicians whose policies fail. What is persuading them is a dangerous combination of […]
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