by Larry Shultz | Dec 23, 2023 | Biodiversity, Botany, Ecology, Education, Physical Geography, US West
vegetation_1970_lg.jpg (3000×1984) (codex99.com) Note climate has changed since this map was produced. Also, there is a greater understanding of how Native Americans changed vegetation type by fire. LS
by Larry Shultz | Dec 23, 2023 | Democracy, Education, Science
Florida says school libraries have right to remove LGBTQ books (tallahassee.com) 673 books removed from OCPS classrooms, analysis shows (mynews13.com) Asked what “woke” means more generally, [Desantis’ General Counsel Ryan] Newman said “it would be the belief...
by Larry Shultz | Dec 23, 2023 | Biodiversity, Biology, Education, Evolution, Scale
50 years ago, scientists thought they had found Earth’s oldest rocks (sciencenews.org) Single cell life, on Earth has been in existence for 3.7 billion years 17,000 times longer than the recent faith that creation was 6000 years ago. The oldest rock known is 4.4...
by Larry Shultz | Dec 23, 2023 | Democracy, Education
Nigeria 2024 Budget: Debt Costs Pressure Social Spending – Bloombe In 2022 debt servicing used up 96% of government revenue. Perhaps the IMF, the World Bank and other public entities should hire new economists who have a proven ability to addition and...