by Ryan Hagen | Aug 23, 2019 | Climate Change, Exciting - What on EARTH?!, Sustainability: Reasons for optimism
Trees are CO2 Trees are made out of thin air. Literally. I’m guessing most of you were like me and had either never really thought about this before or assumed the substance of a tree came from the soil. But nearly all the mass of a tree comes from the...
by Ryan Hagen | Aug 23, 2019 | Alarming - What on EARTH?!, Climate Change
Land is warming nearly *twice as fast* as the global average I just discovered this in the IPCC’s latest report on land and agriculture and was shocked I’d never heard it before. I did understand that the ocean takes longer to heat up (like how it takes...
by Ryan Hagen | Aug 2, 2019 | Alarming - What on EARTH?!, Climate Change, Exciting - What on EARTH?!
Plastic vs trees, Greenland melting, and debate highlights Hope you’re having a great week so far! And staying cool! Did you know that June was the hottest June on record? And July was the hottest month ever recorded? I was on a family vacation for part...
by Ryan Hagen | Jul 19, 2019 | Alarming - What on EARTH?!
Air pollution is in our hearts Billions of air pollution particles were just found in the hearts of city dwellers my age. This makes my blood boil. The climate crisis aside for a second – this is so basic. We should not allow dangerous pollutants into our...
by Ryan Hagen | Jun 28, 2019 | Alarming - What on EARTH?!, Climate Change
The Carbon Bubble Today I’ll share two stories (that are absolutely terrifying) because I believe they’re so important that they’ll ultimately accelerate the time it takes for the planetary crisis to become the central concern of our society. I’ll also mention an...
