Facing Future Blog

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Listing of Blog Posts

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August 1, 2025

Massive Ocean Regime Shift, Alarming

by Robert Hunziker

A new study published in ScienceDaily claims severe ocean overheating may be causing a fundamental climate shift. Ocean heatwaves over the past couple of years have been massive and extensive and intensive on a scale never seen before at times . . .

July 20, 2025

A Catastrophic New Normal Has Arrived

by Robert Hunziker

A new study published in Earth’s Future by researchers from Uppsala University with Belgian, French, and German universities have shown that climate change is morphing into a full blown ogre of destruction as several regions of the world are no . . .

July 17, 2025

Al Gore Puts Down ‘Climate Realism’

by Robert Hunziker

Al Gore, speaking in Nairobi, gave a TED speech that set the stage for where the world stands in its search for Net Zero by 2050: “Many of the oil, gas, and coal producers and their financial allies are now . . .

July 4, 2025

Dangerous Books?

by Robert Hunziker

The world of literature has turned purple, not knowing which color, blue or red, fits the current dilemma that’s causing serious students of the art to tear their hair out. The age of social media has opened the door to . . .

July 1, 2025

The Wobbling Planet – It’s Destabilizing!

by Robert Hunziker

Science is under attack throughout the world. Meanwhile, there’s substantial scientific evidence that the planetary system is turning unstable. This may not strike most people as a big problem because ‘life goes on,’ an attitude that’s more, and more, prevalent . . .

June 23, 2025

Swiss Re SONAR 2025 Report: Global Heat Kills 480,000/Year

by Robert Hunziker

Extreme heat is one of the world’s leading killers, outdistancing worldwide conflicts of 233,000 deaths in 2024 by more than double the count at 480,000 people dead from extreme heat. All indications suggest the death count via extreme heat is . . .

June 22, 2025

Plummeting Insects

by Robert Hunziker

Insects are vanishing from pristine rainforests. “Around the world many insect populations are crashing.” (Natural History Museum, April 2025) Insects are crucial for the health of nature, whereas humans are not. And since insects are ‘dropping like flies’, does loss . . .

June 6, 2025

Nightmare of Nightmares – New (Big) CO2 Emissions

by Robert Hunziker

Global warming just got a brand-new source for trapping heat as Arctic tundra turns up the dial on CO2 emissions. It’s now in the ranks of cars, trains, and planes as an official emitter of carbon dioxide, CO2. But it . . .

June 4, 2025

Science Decommissioned!

by Robert Hunziker

In reaction to deep budget cuts, America’s most respected science journal, Nature reports: Trump Proposes Unprecedented Budget Cuts to US Science, d/d May 2, 2025: “Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline.” . . .

May 19, 2025

America’s Impact on the Global Thermostat

by Robert Hunziker

America is targeting a hotter planet… Bring it on! That’s the only plausible explanation for the Trump administration’s gung-ho push for 100% fossil fuels and as much coal burning as possible while trashing mitigation of climate change, which is characterized . . .

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