The Parable of the River

The Parable of the River is that

"It's not enough to pull drowning victims out of the river; we need to walk back upstream and find out who's throwing them in."

But how snake-infested and pitfall-ridden does the path upstream need to be, to make it more productive to just stay downstream and keep on pulling the drowning people out?

And how can you tell if it's real productivity - would the upstream creatures quit pitching them in, if rescuers left the riverside?

(And are any drones available, for checking upstream?)

Wild & Scenic Film Fest report – Death of a Forest

For wreaking death & devastation on North America's high-elevation forests, climate change has been wielding a handy tool - the inconspicuous bark beetle.

The climate change impact of methane from permafrost etc

So, a friend reports hearing news that Arctic methane releases are way worse than CO2.  How do you respond, or check out this claim?

Walking the dog, illuminating climate change

This video shows a great metaphor for separating short-term variation from long-term trend: