A large fraction of Bangladesh is under water due to a mammoth storm. I've read elsewhere that it has flooded 1/3 the land area.

Some of that land will be dry again soon, but some will have disappeared forever. A lot more will disappear in coming decades.

With the population still growing, and the land area shrinking, Bangladesh is on track to be crushed to death. The main help it needs is help reducing births.

When scientists insist on reporting all the uncertainties about climate modeling, they play into the hands of the unscrupulous denialists that will grab any excuse to pretend there is no danger.

Thugs in St Louis shut down peaceful protests, then engaged a mass chant saying that the city's streets belong to the thugs, not to the inhabitants.

They owe all the citizens of St Louis an apology.

Hurricane Harvey could give big ISPs an excuse to wipe out small ISPs.

The target of no more than 1.5C of global heating could still be met, if we take strong measures soon.