Topic: Culture & Society

A new study shows that long-term climate change may ultimately lead to wars and population decline. The study, published November 19 in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), revealed that as temperatures decreased centuries ago during a period called the Little Ice Age, the number of wars increased, famine occurred and the population declined.

Climate change may be one of the most significant threats facing humankind. A new study shows that long-term climate change may ultimately lead to wars and population decline.

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A new study in PNAS shows that reduced agricultural productivity caused by climate change triggers wars
and population decline.

The Ginger Ninjas kick off the Pleasant Revolution, leave their Northern California homes, bound for the South of Mexico on a 5,000 mile human powered concert tour; Band will tour by bicycle, carry their instruments and new 1000-watt human powered sound system.

Hey ya'll! We're outta here. Wanna come along? Following a whirlwind odyssey on the Clif Bar's 2-Mile Challenge, The Ginger Ninjas, along with Shake Your Peace!, photographers, journalists, radio programmers, and a slew of road warriors, are laying rubber to the road.

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Mass of bicycles.

There are some interesting tidbits on this significant holiday of the year—Thanksgiving! Some are fun to note, while others would be a tad helpful to improve your general knowledge. But for one, you’ll thoroughly enjoy the Thanksgiving trivia that follows. So enjoy and share some trivia today!

What comes to your mind when you think of Thanksgiving? The big fat golden-brown turkey? Grandma's pumpkin pie? Or the oh-so-nice cranberries and corn-on-the-cob? Well well, all these ARE a major part of the Thanksgiving holiday. But there's even more to this wonderful occasion of Thanksgiving! The holiday of Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the beauty and bounty around us, our marvelous friends and family, the gift of their love and many more such good things that we are thankful for ! Celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November, the spirit of Thanksgiving Day sets the tone for a grand and joyous season. Now share some interesting trivia associated with the Thanksgiving holiday. Like most trivia, the Thanksgiving trivia is just as much a fun read. Check these out:

It's too easy to think of climate change in the abstract, without considering the impact that rising temps have on people's lives. Here in the West, it's also much too easy to see the results of global warming as a mere inconvenience. In the third world, the effects can be devastating.

A new tool from WWF allows people around the world to document first-hand the impacts of climate change on their communities and livelihoods, from melting glacial lakes in the Himalayas threatening to flood Sherpa villages to rising sea levels in the Pacific putting fishermen out of business. Through the Climate Witness Program, WWF collects testimony from citizens in vulnerable areas, verifies it with leading climate scientists and then shares it with the world.

From the frequency with which we laundry to the fabrics we choose to wear, global warming will have an impact.

Climate change will have a profound effect on clothes and fashion, changing styles, fabrics and laundering, says a University of Maryland expert.

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Jimmy Carter and his famous cardigan.

Sociologist Andrew Szasz, author of "Shopping Our Way to Safety," says that "buying green" offers little real defense against environmental hazards.

Like a marketer's dream come true, Americans have responded to environmental hazards by shopping, as if buying bottled water and organic vegetables will protect them and their loved ones.

New University of Virginia study seems to support what the flower children were saying back in the sixties. Woodstock anyone?

A new study by University of Virginia clinical psychologists has found that teens who have sex at an early age may be less inclined to exhibit delinquent behavior in early adulthood than their peers who waited until they were older to have sex. The study also suggests that early sex may play a role in helping these teens develop better social relationships in early adulthood.

Patience is a neglected virtue characterized by the encouragement of others to take the time to successfully complete tasks and goals.

While fidgety children may be told that “patience is a virtue,” a University of Arkansas philosopher has found patience to be much more profound than simple, passive waiting. Rather, patience is “the living heart of ethics.”

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Irene McMullin

Evidently the Internet isn't as safe for anarchy as we thought. It's certainly not a safe haven for those who work and slave in the webcomics industry.

Halloween itself is wearing a mask, an ancient year-end spiritual ritual disguised as Spider-Man, says Gettysburg College sociology professor Charles Emmons. "Halloween has gone through two major transformations since its beginning at least 3,000 years ago as an ancient European folk festival to a Christian folk festival and now a modern, pop culture holiday," said Emmons.

Halloween itself is wearing a mask, an ancient year-end spiritual ritual disguised as Spider-Man, says Gettysburg College sociology professor Charles Emmons.