<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:59:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jimmassa/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Tasmania suffered from devastating wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[I share reports of the devastation Tasmania endured from recent wildfires.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tasmanis/@jimmassa/tasmania-suffered-from-devastating-wildfires</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tasmanis/@jimmassa/tasmania-suffered-from-devastating-wildfires</guid><category><![CDATA[tasmanis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 13:54:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eNQknE5mASzjKSkZqNRjzuqtknSMEBhpuD8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polar Bears move into Новая Земля]]></title><description><![CDATA[Polar bears in the Russian arctic are moving into the island of Novaya Zemlya (which literally means New Earth) due to the ever decreasing sea ice. They need the sea ice in order to hunt seals. Without]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/polar-bears/@jimmassa/polar-bears-move-into-novaya-zemlya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/polar-bears/@jimmassa/polar-bears-move-into-novaya-zemlya</guid><category><![CDATA[polar-bears]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 16:23:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dvFcgHmuPooDwHKSfZvK9XGB7LKciKeSSjg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Temperature Trends]]></title><description><![CDATA[I discuss the current trends in worldwide temperatures]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/temperatures/@jimmassa/global-temperature-trends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/temperatures/@jimmassa/global-temperature-trends</guid><category><![CDATA[temperatures]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2019 15:35:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e37hrxFGgXLup31WfPCEcaxeiYiemvTzK4A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowing Gulf Stream means a cooler NW Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Gulf Stream is slowing which is due to deep water formation in the North Atlantic slowing. The deep water formation is the start of the Conveyor Belt which is a huge heat distribution mechanism for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gulf-stream/@jimmassa/slowing-gulf-stream-means-a-cooler-nw-europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gulf-stream/@jimmassa/slowing-gulf-stream-means-a-cooler-nw-europe</guid><category><![CDATA[gulf-stream]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2019 16:43:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e4fKZyjVCjmfvBfFES664UZUjeZqZMz8iGN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Henry David Thoreau - Phenologist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Henry David Thoreau, as it turned out, was probably the first phenologist. Phenology is the study of timings in the natural world, eg, when trees bllom, when birds have their eggs timed to insects emerging]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thoreau/@jimmassa/henry-david-thoreau-phenologist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thoreau/@jimmassa/henry-david-thoreau-phenologist</guid><category><![CDATA[thoreau]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 16:00:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eFtSF2FMA7nrnsUdB9Mxp1pYsM1NkNK91xr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenland's Petermann Glacier]]></title><description><![CDATA[I discuss the latest findings into the state of Greenland's Petermann Glacier]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/greenland/@jimmassa/greenland-s-petermann-glacier</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/greenland/@jimmassa/greenland-s-petermann-glacier</guid><category><![CDATA[greenland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e7XLMp6yQow4CfGH2cwof1WLF5WjSor9bFc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People eating megafauna to extinction]]></title><description><![CDATA[People are overharvesting large animals for consumption. Consequences include driving these populations to extinction, change in structure and dynamics of ecosystems.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/extinction/@jimmassa/people-eating-megafauna-to-extinction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/extinction/@jimmassa/people-eating-megafauna-to-extinction</guid><category><![CDATA[extinction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:21:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHwCa3ExSbYQuHkS4L7DeCca7qTpRM8wnF8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth's Magnetic North Pole is doing crazy things]]></title><description><![CDATA[The magnetic north pole is on the move and galloping over to Siberia at a very unprecedented rate.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/magnetic-pole/@jimmassa/earth-s-magnetic-north-pole-is-doing-crazy-things</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/magnetic-pole/@jimmassa/earth-s-magnetic-north-pole-is-doing-crazy-things</guid><category><![CDATA[magnetic-pole]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:33:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQkKXzi2hh8epLq3EVhHWnCC7DNTeo6dd2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth's Collision with Mars Sized Object May Have Seeded Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new hypothesis suggests that a collision with an object about the size of Mars may have provided some of the basic raw ingredients needed to form life.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mars/@jimmassa/earth-s-collision-with-mars-sized-object-may-have-seeded-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mars/@jimmassa/earth-s-collision-with-mars-sized-object-may-have-seeded-life</guid><category><![CDATA[mars]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:01:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dxJ7QyDJ16RyFd9NpkMsaMaJLyr5pAEhHWe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human Carbon Emissions Set to Increase During 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite breakthroughs in renewable energy uses, humans still continue to burn fossil fuels, still continue to add more and more GHG into the atmosphere.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/carbon-emissions/@jimmassa/human-carbon-emissions-set-to-increase-during-2019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/carbon-emissions/@jimmassa/human-carbon-emissions-set-to-increase-during-2019</guid><category><![CDATA[carbon-emissions]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:55:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e6i2kzk2oQNTqME42RjCMxxSbmDqqh7uBRG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Archosaur Fossil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Archosaurs are the base or stem group that gave rise to the Crocodilians, Ornithschians, Saurischian and Birds (latter 3 comprising the Class Dinosauria). I discuss the most recent fossil that was found]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/paleontology/@jimmassa/new-archosaur-fossil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/paleontology/@jimmassa/new-archosaur-fossil</guid><category><![CDATA[paleontology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 01:34:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eLnbSTDFGCdXUunMbWWjxcVJpy9ZS74BVjt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Void in Thwaites Glacier]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered a large cavernous void in side Thwaites Glacier. I discuss how this formed and its implications.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/antarctica/@jimmassa/big-void-in-thwaites-glacier</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/antarctica/@jimmassa/big-void-in-thwaites-glacier</guid><category><![CDATA[antarctica]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:55:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHuadmxqiBPE3VaKSKvZmpzA2WrRkVkyvdU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risks of High Heat and Humidity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not only can high heat pose threats to human well being, but combined with humidity can be very deadly.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/high-heat/@jimmassa/risks-of-high-heat-and-humidity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/high-heat/@jimmassa/risks-of-high-heat-and-humidity</guid><category><![CDATA[high-heat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:16:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eEKikmSMeUp4UgrYmKH88Us4WNXqcQV7put?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Potable Water]]></title><description><![CDATA[Access to clean drinking water is becoming more and more problematic. More and more watersheds, aquifers, groundwater are being polluted, contaminated. Obviously, this is very serious problem that can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/water/@jimmassa/potable-water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/water/@jimmassa/potable-water</guid><category><![CDATA[water]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:58:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e6gPDD6qpZLP6CUW4HDGQV14e8GdHdms5bL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polar Ice Loss]]></title><description><![CDATA[I discuss the accelerating pace of polar ice loss in both hemispheres.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sea-ice/@jimmassa/polar-ice-loss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sea-ice/@jimmassa/polar-ice-loss</guid><category><![CDATA[sea-ice]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 16:22:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eJPpKSj4JbY7uXKE3ayqoygV4Rw9dpfxwx2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ocean Waves - Bigger and Stronger]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the planet warms, the energy imparted into the oceans is making for waves that are bigger and stronger packng more power. This can lead to devastating effects on coastlines, but also provide opportunities]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/oceanography/@jimmassa/ocean-waves-bigger-and-stronger</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/oceanography/@jimmassa/ocean-waves-bigger-and-stronger</guid><category><![CDATA[oceanography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:40:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePZwyy92JDsGqyiUADVcqco6UcxsNUugVux?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[More permafrost news - it is dire]]></title><description><![CDATA[I discuss recent findings that are troubling. The permafrost is being affected more so than previously thought with the potential for more thawing deeper down. This of course has the potential to release]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permafrost/@jimmassa/more-permafrost-news-it-is-dire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permafrost/@jimmassa/more-permafrost-news-it-is-dire</guid><category><![CDATA[permafrost]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:21:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eRFVyT1uLay2BQ78ThQ2TPJtDhGj7VNtukJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indicators of Forest Health]]></title><description><![CDATA[I discuss some of the parameters used to assess the health of forests.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/forestry/@jimmassa/indicators-of-forest-health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/forestry/@jimmassa/indicators-of-forest-health</guid><category><![CDATA[forestry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 14:02:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eK8wubCkK7GmZtsKNqdHhQ2YUJWMeKQpUna?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hothouse Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earth is warming at a higher rate than previously thought. The ramifications of this to humans is and will be severe.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hothouse-earth/@jimmassa/hothouse-earth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hothouse-earth/@jimmassa/hothouse-earth</guid><category><![CDATA[hothouse-earth]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:52:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dtG1GLPWYpWpQomwo9rdBahLxTx52xKxoRg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Island off Denmark goes totally green]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is an encouraging story. An island off Denmark has completely made the transformation to using green energy to provide all its energy needs.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/denmark/@jimmassa/island-off-denmark-goes-totally-green</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/denmark/@jimmassa/island-off-denmark-goes-totally-green</guid><category><![CDATA[denmark]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmassa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:03:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eELd9wR2eh1rj9mbaWkNZqd2Ue7nLaQxcMC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>