Wednesday, October 14, 2020

FINE Things No. 16

1 The real estate economy in Florida is beginning to react to the implications of Climate Change and the numbers show it. And it's not just those with beach front property that will bear the cost. Communities of color will be displaced by gentrification, not the sea.

2 The Arctic is warming at a faster rate than the rest of the world. A geoengineering solution is to use strategically placed glass beads to slow the rate of melting.  

3 Blue carbon: the climate change solution you’ve probably never heard of.

4 Remember the Saharan dust that appeared in our skies earlier this summer? Read how it can influence health all the way in Florida.

5 ‘Hyper urban’ coyote genomes are evolving apart from their city and rural cousins

6 Why the hidden world of fungi is essential to life on Earth -- Merlin Sheldrake

7 Atlantic magazine article: The Molecular Biologist Who Exposed the Soviet Union

8 Mending Coastal Marshes; Recycled plastic bottles get a new life as artificial islands.

9 Just for fun: The South Pointing Spoon 

10 Barking up the right tree.

11 Can plants actually take care of their offspring?

12 The Lord Howe screw pine is a self-watering island giant.

13 The Amazon Rain Forest is near the tipping point of switching to a savannah.

14 Warning: Don't Touch this hairy-looking caterpillar.

15 The value of Squirrels and Chipmunks in our Garden