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At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments introduced policies that temporarily restricted individual freedoms to bring transmission rates down. The combination of things shutting down or at least being less crowded, masking, and vaccination rates brought rates down. But, this created a reduced understanding of risk. The perception by some was that rates … Continue reading
I live in a higher-latitude city. We have cold winters with temperatures dropping to below freezing for several months with days when the temperature falls below -40 (which happens to be the point when Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales meet). We can also have warm summers with temperatures rising above +30 C (86 F). This … Continue reading
I am (mostly) a weekday vegetarian. It took me a while to make the switch. I knew the harms of raising animals for meat, but I’m not a huge fan of cooking so finding vegetarian recipes was my excuse. During the pandemic, I signed up for a food box and selected the vegetarian option. This … Continue reading
I often wonder about who has access to cycling infrastructure. When I am commuting along designated paths, particularly separated paths, I’ve noticed that there is a strong association with bigger houses and fewer apartment buildings. But admittedly, I don’t bike around the entire city anymore. So perhaps I’m missing part of the picture. As a … Continue reading
Modelling tools are key to responding to different weather impacts and climatic events, but only if they keep up with change themselves. Li and colleagues (2024) looked at drought management tools in the US. What they found is that the tools aren’t keeping up to climate change. With extreme droughts becoming more and more common … Continue reading
Modelling tools are key to responding to different weather impacts and climatic events, but only if they keep up with change themselves. Li and colleagues (2024) looked at drought management tools in the US. What they found is that the tools aren’t keeping up to climate change. With extreme droughts becoming more and more common … Continue reading
Modelling tools are key to responding to different weather impacts and climatic events, but only if they keep up with change themselves. Li and colleagues (2024) looked at drought management tools in the US. What they found is that the tools aren’t keeping up to climate change. With extreme droughts becoming more and more common … Continue reading
This past weekend saw our first of what will likely be many air quality alerts due to wildfire smoke this year. Several years of drought, including a very low snowfall this past winter are making for very dry conditions. But another factor is also creating increased risk: zombie fires. Zombie fires and those that go … Continue reading
I can make a lot of changes to my own diet in order to improve my personal sustainability. Some of these, like reducing animal products are relatively straightforward. I just need to make sure that I meet my nutrition requirements and then cutting back on things like meat or dairy is pretty easy. But, I … Continue reading
A developing form of aid for populations like refugees and severely impoverished communities is direct cash payments. Rather than provide services or other forms of aid like food tickets and food banks, cash payments put the choices in the users’ hands. They receive cash and then make the decisions on how to spend that cash. … Continue reading
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