South America! I could talk about the Amazon or Brazil's leadership in producing ethanol from sugar cane, but for now, the picture above is from a Patagonian glacier in the southern end of the continent. Of 50 glaciers in South America, apparently this is one of two growing robustly, all the others are shrinking. [Scoreboard: Global Warming 48, global cooling 2?] A mystery, just like life.
This is a big world, we happen to have been born into a dominant country, itself part of a prosperous and powerful Western civilization. We're "oversupplied" with news though it may not inform us well. "Six stories from seven continents" is a modest effort to remind ourselves there are snippets, events, and stories from all around the world to hear and learn from... that our awareness is incomplete, and life is breathtakingly more complex and wonderful than we usually imagine.
North Korea
The always bombastic and unpredictable North Koreans go hysterical again. This time the country is prepared to "go to war" with South Korea because that country is playing loudspeakers directed at North Korean territory. A headline from a UK paper reads, "More than 50 North Korea submarines 'leave their bases' as war talks with South continue "
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Patagonia mystery
South America! I could talk about the Amazon or Brazil's leadership in producing ethanol from sugar cane, but for now, the picture above is from a Patagonian glacier in the southern end of the continent. Of 50 glaciers in South America, apparently this is one of two growing robustly, all the others are shrinking. [Scoreboard: Global Warming 48, global cooling 2?] A mystery, just like life.
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