Trump refused manatees endangered species protection; hundreds now dead; Red tide looming.

The Florida Piney Point phosphate plant in Manatee county has been releasing 202 million gallons of wastewater into Tampa Bay since the risk of collapse of the holding reservoir became international … Read More

Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf is undergoing extensive melting from above; Marine life threatened.

The Independent writes on the intensification of melting on the Antarctic peninsula. Last year's melt season was the highest in forty years of satellite records. Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf experienced its highest … Read More

The Daily Bucket–Life Springs.

These frog eggs sacs presented a vivid image within a few dys of the mating.  Shingy white eggs quivered, suspended in a light green jello. Less than one month later, … Read More

Reef-Building corals show 'disaster traits' and 'preparing' for extinction.

A City University of New York presser reveals with a new study, published on March 3, 2020, in the journal Scientific Reports that stony corals, the coral that builds the … Read More

Reef-Building corals show 'disaster traits' and make preparations for extinction.

A City University of New York presser reveals with a new study, published on March 3, 2020, in the journal Scientific Reports that stony corals, the coral that builds the … Read More

Adani gets it's filthy hands on QLD's Galilee Basin; Insurers feast on climate refugee misery.

The moment of crisis has come. Sir David Attenborough Adani is a global company based in Ahmedabad, India. Adani and its CEO, Jeyakumar Janakaraj, have their fingerprints over some of … Read More

The Daily Bucket–Odyssey of the Ancient Lotuses

A year ago,  I attempted to  resurrect a handful of lotus seeds, that had sat, forgotten, on a high shelf, for almost 20 years.  I dutifully roughed up one corner … Read More

Alaskan climate shocks hinder migration of Bowhead whales through the Bering Sea to the Beaufort.

The Arctic has been warming faster than any other region on earth. The marginal sea of the Pacific which divides the most extensive landmasses on earth, Eurasia (Russia) and North … Read More

A new fast-moving lethal disease has spread from the Florida Reef to the corals of the Caribbean

“All the diseases I’ve studied in the past could be considered like the flu. They come every year, seasonally, and sometimes there are worse outbreaks. This thing is more like … Read More

Dead bodies piling up on Alaska's beaches due to an extraordinary marine heatwave.

And all those facing outward, towards the planetary, the geologic, the unknown, raised a great cry, a witnessing of the very tide that had been predicted. Homo Colossus did not … Read More

Loss of reflective Sea Ice will advance global warming to a catastrophic 2C within 25 years.

“Because the Arctic’s role in regulating the global climate is a critical link in the chain of climate protection it should be the focus of an all-out effort to keep … Read More

Damage to the Ozone Layer, along with climate change, has formed a worrisome feedback loop.

The earth’s sunscreen is interacting with climate change and is affecting marine and terrestrial systems in the Southern Hemisphere according to new research published in the journal Nature.  From The New … Read More

Warming forces microbes into dangerous climate feedbacks-proceed at your peril warn scientists.

The climate is extremely complicated and overwhelming for those of us that are not scientists. One thing we know for sure about humanity's massive science project with our atmosphere, however, … Read More

The Daily Bucket–The Snail Whisperer

I recently set up a 5 gallon aquarium and germinated lotuses in it from storied seeds.  I purchased two Japanese “trapdoor” snails to eat the aquarium’s algae.  They just had … Read More

The Daily Bucket–Will a small Buddha sit on the Lotus leaf?

On the Winter Solstice eight weeks ago, I planted five 15-year-old lotus seeds.  They rapidly germinated and sprouted, filling a small aquarium.  Now they are producing lovely circular leaves.  In … Read More

Trump's ghostwriter: Trump 'really one of the worst' dealmakers ever

Clearly we’re all seeing this unfolding in real time, but for what it’s worth, one former Trump Organization executive who worked for the Orange Teletubbie for years thinks he’s a … Read More

Jennifer Boddicker Joins Progressive Legislative Candidates to Fight Red Tide

Last week, I wrote about several red tide experts running for legislative office here in the Sunshine State. They are banding together to fight this crisis. This is a press … Read More

How Dems lose FL in 2018: 1) Ignore our red tide expert candidates 2) Campaign for GOP

First, let me deal with #2 (FL Democrats campaigning for GOP candidates), because this one really pisses me off. If anyone wants to know why I beat my head against the … Read More