All posts tagged climate change

Arctic & Antarctic: Science and technology
March 21, 2015, 1 Comment

TED Talk James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss Chasing Ice and Watch the the trailer The Extent of Winter Se ...

Wednesday Night #1724 with Pierre Bossé
March 18, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1724 with Pierre Bossé

A lively evening with wide-ranging discussion and the welcome return – after 15 years – of Pierre Bossé. Ki ...

Middle East & Arab World in 2013 – 2014
November 22, 2014, Comments Off on Middle East & Arab World in 2013 – 2014

Alastair Crooke You Can’t Understand ISIS If You Don’t Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia Why sho ...

Wednesday Night #1707
November 19, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1707

Victory abroad, grief at home Footnotes to the evening: In a new book on Canadian history, Conrad Black recounts the mom ...

Wednesday Night #1705
November 5, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1705

A few Big Ticket items on the agenda this week and the first is of course, Peter Berezin, who will discuss the October a ...

Cities and sustainability
March 26, 2014, 1 Comment

UN Habitat 6 Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever (Gizmodo) It seems counterintuitive, right? Rip out eigh ...

Why the West Is Losing the Pacific to China, the Arab League, and Just About Everyone Else
October 8, 2013, Comments Off on Why the West Is Losing the Pacific to China, the Arab League, and Just About Everyone Else

The New Battle for the Pacific: How the West is Losing the South Pacific to China, the UAE, and Just About Everyone Else ...

Wednesday Night #1648 – Westphalia
October 2, 2013, 2 Comments

Complete information about the October 22nd launch of Buffets And Breadlines, the first book of Kimon’s trilogy, i ...

Arctic Meltdown: Economic and Security Implications of Global Warming
August 22, 2013, Comments Off on Arctic Meltdown: Economic and Security Implications of Global Warming

Northeast Passage: Russia Moves to Boost Arctic Shipping This year has seen a record number of ships pass through the No ...

Wednesday Night #1636
July 10, 2013, 1 Comment

The Lac-Mégantic disaster has, perhaps, brought out the best in human beings. What would have constituted a disaster un ...