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As schools close, as workers are asked to stay home, and as concerts and sports events are put on hold in an attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic, the practice of social distancing is having a collateral benefit — it's slowing the climate crisis. 
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Scott Pruitt says there's no proof that carbon dioxide pollution is causing the Earth to heat up. Well-established science — and a scientist who's a fellow Republican — says that's flat-out wrong.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This...is...simply...deranged.
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Keystone XL and tar sands oil are emissions-free wonders that will do everything good you ever thought possible. (At least according to the American Petroleum Institute.) Let's take a look at the...
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Ahhhhhhh....the power of deep-pocketed lobbying. The good ol' American Way!
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Sediment under a lake in Mexico quantifies for the first time the intensity of the drought that contributed to the Mayan civilization's collapse.
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It wasn't just people, animals and trees that were affected by radiation exposure at Chernobyl, but also the decomposers: insects, microbes, and fungi Via Garry Rogers
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Kangaroo scrotums are reportedly in short supply in Australia after constant heavy rain drove the animals beyond the range of shooters.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
When we discuss about climate change or "global weirding", we normally talk about coastal flooding, etc. But this panoply of events can also (apparently) include this. I guess for some people/critters it is not much of a G'Day.
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