About
Bearing Witness in the Heartland is a journal-style news blog dedicated to recording the more important news events and changes occurring within our country and to our planet – some hopeful but many fretful – as seen from a rural community outside of Saint Louis, Missouri.
Chronicles
Here under the Bearing Witness Heartland Chronicles we watch and record history as it is happening in front of us, as well as how the future of our country and planet is being manifested, intentionally or not, by our actions and inactions. As has…
Observatory
The Bearing Witness Heartland Observatory blog pages share my modest attempt of trying to make sense of all that is being witnessed, as well as to seek out and explore those topics and trends which are hidden or yet to fully emerge. I am…
Bearing Witness to Climate Change April 2023
Global ocean surface temperatures have hit a new record high temperature. In March temps off the coast of North America were reported to be a staggering 13.8 deg C higher than their average for the years 1981-2011. Scientists report that over the past 15…
Bearing Witness to Climate Change March 2023
The UN IPCC climate report compiled by hundreds of scientists from nearly 200 countries was released, further warning of catastrophic warming and harm if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t drastically reduced faster than they are. The authors believe that this could be the last report…
Bearing Witness to Climate Change February 2023
Global warming is melting glaciers across the globe more rapidly with two-thirds of all glaciers expected to be lost by the end of the century. A new study predicts that 15 million people live in danger of glacial flooding, with a majority of those in…
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