Geeks of the World Unite!

Back in town. I was checking my usual suspects and found this on Wil Wheaton's Blog.

i think the planet is trying to tell us something . . .

North Pole ice 'may disappear by September'

Arctic sea ice is now retreating so quickly that scientists say there is now a 50-50 chance that it will have gone completely by September.

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The Arctic is seen as an important indicator of the potentially catastrophic changes that scientists say will come as the planet warms.

Honeybee collapse claims record number of hives this year

A record 36 percent of U.S. commercial bee colonies have been lost to mysterious causes so far this year and worse may be yet to come, experts told a congressional panel Thursday.

The year's bee colony losses are about twice the usual seen following a typical winter, scientists warn. Despite ambitious new research efforts, the causes remain a mystery.

Um. I like this planet. It's really beautiful, and it's currently the only one I can live on. Could we maybe work together as a species to stop shit like this from happening?

I can't say it any better.

"In a sense, the earth is mounting an immune response against the human species."
-Richard Preston, The Hot Zone (1994)