Earth -our only home (GOES satellite)

Unrelenting heat, drought, and lack of potable water are more likely than insurgents and militant attacks to bring down civil society in the Middle East. So says New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman in his August 19 OP-ED. Can you imagine a heat index of 163 degrees (Fahrenheit)  or no electricity for more than a few hours daily to air condition sweltering buildings? While we dither, the planet is cooking and good old Mother Nature is getting the upper hand. Friedman’s OP-ED is a must-read, and will be added to our “Resources” page (on our main web page) as a powerful reminder that the planet’s climate (and climate change) is a more formidable foe than AK47’s. Read Tom Friedman’s The World’s Hot Spot