Floridaposting Plus: Kamala's Florida possibility, Columbia's Hamas sympathizers, and more... Reason · Oct 10, 2024
Mark Gongloff: Storms don't have to be this catastrophic Imagine trying to build a boat while it’s already at sea and taking on water. You rush from springing leak to springing leak, haunted by a vague sense that a storm is coming but with no idea how big it will be or how long it will last. Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2023
Mark Gongloff: Global heat records are falling. A little panic might be in order Modern humans generally think of panic as unhelpful, triggering stampedes at concerts, collapses at cookouts and endless hours of therapy. But our species evolved panic as a kind of superpower to avoid being eaten. In certain circumstances, and in measured doses, a little existential dread can still be helpful. Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023
Mark Gongloff: The Colorado River is drying up while states bicker Feisty sports matches need referees to take control early or risk mayhem on the field. In the furious battle over the rights to dwindling Colorado River water — a game with life-or-death stakes — the U.S. government has let things get out of hand. It’s only just now starting to… Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2023
Mark Gongloff: Come to Florida for the low taxes, stay for the climate disaster Fort Myers, Florida, was America’s seventh-fastest-growing city, more than doubling in size during the three decades before Hurricane Ian crashed into it last September. The Category 4 storm laid waste to the area before slashing through the heart of the state. But the storm clouds had barely parted before house… Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2023
Mark Gongloff: California’s drought is over. Its water problems aren't California’s recent water windfall is a bit like somebody getting a big tax refund after years of dipping into their 401(k) to pay the bills. Any sense of wealth this sudden bounty engenders will be fleeting and perhaps dangerously misleading. Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023
Mark Gongloff: Corporate climate promises don’t add up Some of the world’s biggest companies have made ambitious promises about cutting carbon emissions. But they might be placing too much faith in a carbon-negation technique that has turned out to be about as reliable as financing your retirement with Bed Bath & Beyond coupons. Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023
Mark Gongloff: The coming El Niño could be a glimpse of a grim future Thanks to El Niño, the world is about to experience something like time travel to the year 2050. It won’t be pleasant. But rather than devolve into panic at the grim climate future it portends, we should use it as a warning about the need to do more to slow… Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023