
The extent of the important multi-year arctic ice every month from 1981 through 2011 as reported by Rigor and Wallace. In the slideshow, the ice looks like a beating heart getting smaller as you watch. In this piece, 2011 is tiny strip at bottom.

A commentary on the endless travel brochures extolling the virtues of London, Apulia, Norway, Peru, and luxury safaris glorifying international travel. "It's bucket list time!" Their sustainability promise, "To make a positive impact wherever they travel" is a mere fig-leaf. Yes, it is us.

Joni Mitchell's sang "We are stardust, billion year old carbon, we are golden, caught in the devil's bargain and we've got to".....? The question is, if we are golden, what is the bargain in which we are caught?
