Our beautiful American Earth. Let's not waste it.
The American earth is a great and beautiful place. We have always cared for it and protected it pretty well. Let's not waste it all now. This blog is about the beauty of the American earth. It is mainly a picture book of the American Earth and where it is headed in the near and …
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The Land of Enchantment is a phase often used in New Mexico tourist advertising. It's mostly just a corny and sentimental advertising phrase, but if you live here long enough the enchantment of this place does sneak up on you once in awhile. Highway near Bandelier National Monument in the Jemez Mountains near Albuquerque Rock …
In July, temperatures in Alaska were as high as 90 degrees Fahrenheit; seals and other animals are inexplicably dying, and the once-dependable sea ice is long gone from the shores. Every year climate change brings new evidence that the Arctic, the antarctic and Alaska are changing more rapidly that the temperate areas of the world. …
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The loss of phytoplankton in the earth's oceans may end up destroying all animals on the earth, including us, possibly as soon as this century or the next. The sea is full of phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are microscopic organisms that fill the sea. They are too small to see with the naked eye but they are …
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One of the most serious problems the world is now facing is that in many cities, mostly in the warmer zones, people are running out of water. Really running out of water, not just kind of low on water. Right now 25% of all humans are desperately short of even drinking water. Seventeen countries all …
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Schwabackers landing on a clear day, Snake River in Teton National Park in Wyoming Wildflowers on Teton Pass, Teton National Park in Wyoming White Columbins on Teton Pass, Teton National Park in Wyoming Teton dawn panorama, Teton National Park in Wyoming Sticky Geraniums on Teton Pass, Teton National Park in Wyoming Wildflowers on a rainy …
White foam and brown sand. Pacifica California Surf, Rocks and Beach, Pacifica California Foggy beach, Pacifica California Pacifica afternoon beach at high tide. Pacifica California Pink sunset surf, Pacifica California Golden Gate near San Francisco Shore birds, Pacifica California Sea Gull on the San Francisco Ferry
I just finished reading a couple of articles by Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker. Both articles are about Adam Smith and both were written a few years ago (2010 and 2012). The two articles are "Market Man" in the New Yorker of October 11, 2010 and "Barack, Mitt and Adam Smith" in the The …
