It’s nice to think we’re part of something bigger. And we are, really—in a cosmic, evolutionary sense.

A team of researchers from the United States and New Zealand took a look at how likely species were to go extinct and how likely new species were to appear during a 60-million-year period, long before humans evolved. Upon analyzing fossil data, it seemed to them as if astronomical cycles led to climactic effects that ultimately aligned with new species of plankton appearing and going extinct on Earth.

Media in typhoon-prone Japan ignore new important findings suggesting hurricanes and typhoon intensification speed depends mostly on natural oceanic cycles, and not related to atmospheric CO2.

A steep rise in mental illness diagnoses among children may be covering up vaccine side effects, say independent researchers.

Recently, a BBC news story raised concern about the rapid rise of reported mental health problems among children (May 14, 2018) with ‘Sharp rise under-11s referred for mental health help.’ The story ran:

New study finds that elevated CO2 mitigates the effects of extreme drought on multiple grassland functions.

Most CO2 enrichment studies typically examine the individual impacts of rising atmospheric CO2 on plant growth. Few are the studies that examine the interactive effects of CO2 with other growth-impacting variables, such as temperature, moisture or light.

Independent researcher, Steve Crothers presents a new Youtube video exposing mainstream cosmology’s contradictory equations about blackhole escape velocity and demonstrates why event horizons do not exist

Climate Aristocrats and Bureaucrats from 190 nations are meeting in Bonn, dreaming up rules “to prevent the globe from warming more than 2°C”.

Europe is facing power generation capacity shortages and may even risk blackouts without additional use of natural gas, one of the continent’s biggest producers of the fuel said. —Bloomberg, 16 May 2018

The greatest imaginary menace in the history of mankind just got a whole heap more imaginary and menacing.

According to New Scientist:

The phrase “worse than we thought” is a cliché when it comes to climate change. There are lots of studies suggesting we’re in for more warming and worse consequences than thought, and few saying it won’t be as bad. But guess what: it’s worse than we thought.

SPOTLIGHT: A can of soup isn’t as innocent as it might seem.

BIG PICTURE: According to the low-fat dietary advice we’ve all received, tinned tomato soup is positively virtuous. The nutritional labeling on the three brands stocked by my local grocer reveal that even if I consume an entire can on a blustery winter’s day, my fat intake will be less than 4 grams. Hardly worth mentioning.

Everyone knows (or ought to): Everything is getting better all the time. That’s certainly true in spring or early summer, when nature re-awakens after a long and cold winter but, just perhaps, not all the time.

A new, stable artificial photosynthesis device doubles the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart both fresh and salt water, generating hydrogen that can then be used in fuel cells. The device could also be reconfigured to turn carbon dioxide back into fuel.

The US Department of Energy’s Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) says that mankind is responsible for the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide since the year 1850.