The harmful impacts ofclimate change, which have the ability to alterecosystems and expose society’s vulnerabilities, significantly outweigh any beneficial impacts that may arise. ClimateMyth... It's not bad "By the way, if you’re going to vote for something, vote for warming. Less deaths ...
Published research is reviewed to provide examples of both positive and negative interactions of contaminants and: climate change; habitat change; invasive and introduced species; and, eutrophication including harmful algal blooms. None of these stressor interactions results solely in negative effects. ...
While the opening of a year-round ice-free Arctic passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans would have some commercial benefits, these are considerably outweighed by the negatives. Detrimental effects include increased iceberg hazards to shipping and loss of icealbedo(the reflection of sunshine)...
Two sets of future scenarios based on environmental and economic trends are described. Six types of social change activism are considered essential if the positives of declining EROI are to balance or exceed the negatives. Keywords: energy; EROI; human wellbeing; thresholds; degrowth; scenarios; ...
I’ll admit it right at the start: When I think about teens and social media, I immediately begin to tally up the negatives. What good could possibly come from teens and tweens spending gobs of time on online networks, posting nonstop “selfies,” some in rather suggestive poses, and...