Philadelphia, PA — December 7 and 8, 2015 have been declared “don’t breath in Philly days” by the EPA. It is rare to have a December air quality alert in Philadelphia, PA. It is recommended not to breath in the out-of-doors on alert days. Children, elderly and physically active individuals are most at risk for […]
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Rare Winter Air Quality Alert for Philadelphia
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness
Tagged air quality, death, disease, Philadelphia
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China: Air Quality *Red Alert*
The air pollution in China has become so bad the government has issued their first ever Red Alert. Schools in Beijing are closing and outdoor construction is to cease. The state-run Xinhua news agency says the red alert is the highest possible, and has not been used in the city before. The air quality is […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, International, Science
Tagged air pollution, air quality, China, climate change, health
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Lakes Expanding Dangerously
The BBC reports that the glaciers on Mount Everest are melting so fast that they are causing large lakes. No only do the lakes make it difficult to scale the mountain, but if the ice dams break up it could cause massive flooding. “A decade or so ago, there were individual ponds on the Khumbu […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science
Tagged climate change, glaciers, Mount Everest
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Glacier Breakup
A NASA study published in the journal Science found a glacier in Greenland broke apart. “The consequences will be felt for decades to come.” “North Greenland glaciers are changing rapidly,” said lead author Jeremie Mouginot, an assistant researcher in the Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine. “The shape and dynamics […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science
Tagged climate change, glaciers, Greenland, melting, sea level rise
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Largest Health Risk
The largest unnatural risk to your health is air pollution. Air pollution is responsible for 1 in 8 deaths. WHO reports: In new estimates released today, WHO reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died – one in eight of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more […]
Posted in Environment, health and wellness, Medicine
Tagged air pollution, causes of death, deaths
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Control
Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fate and captain of your soul. — Unknown
Climate Change Health Hazard
Physicians For Social Responsibility report: High in the Earth’s atmosphere, naturally occurring ozone is essential to protecting life on Earth from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun. However, here on Earth’s surface, ground-level ozone is a harmful pollutant. Source of Ozone: Ground-level ozone is formed when two major classes of air pollutants — nitrogen […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, Science, Trees
Tagged air pollution, Asthma, chronic bronchitis, climate change, emphysema, health impacts, ozone, pneumonia, respiratory and cardiovascular ailments, sunburn of the lungs
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Christmas 2015
New releases from the 2015 Christmas Album: Silent Night Silent night! Holy night! All is calm all is bright God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Let nothing you dismay You Can Feel I heard on Christmas Day you can feel It’s the real deal The Little Drummer Boy All The Time, […]
The Science Suite
Music and lyrics based on science: Potential Energy Gravitational potential energy The gravity of the position that is me Alas, my mass (times) gravity (times) height Is that right? Position in a force field I’ve got power to yield From on tall as I fall I drop potential Just as quick climbs kinetic Me as […]
An Idea
An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of, we blind them as quickly as possible. — Russell Hoban, “Pilgermann”
Posted in Philosophy, Religion
Tagged "Pilgermann", God, ideas, quote, Russell Hoban
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