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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  Pakistan on the Brink: What the Collapse of the Nuclear-Armed Regional Power Could Mean for the World

  The Intercept - Murtaza Hussain

  A series of disasters — including catastrophic flooding, political paralysis, exploding inflation, and a resurgent terror threat — risk sending the …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  Global supply chains are devouring what's left of Earth's unspoilt forests

  The Conversation UK - Siyi Kan and Bin Chen

  While farming continues to drive deforestation around the world, 60% of the destruction of Earth’s large, intact forests is caused by other forces. …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  ‘Not a good sign’: Study shows Greenland temperatures at 1,000-year high

  mongabay.com - Elizabethalberts

  Collecting core samples from the Greenland ice sheet is no easy task. During a recent expedition, scientists and drilling experts boarded a …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  50% of the global economy is under threat from biodiversity loss

  World Economic Forum - Simon Torkington

  In the last 100 years, more than 90 percent of crop varieties have disappeared from farmers’ fields, and all of the world’s 17 main fishing grounds …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

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  Nearly Half of All Animals and More than a Third of All Plant Life Under Threat of Extinction in U.S.

  Veuer

  The situation is getting dire for plants and animals in the U.S. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  Why the world feels so unstable right now

  BBC Future - Tim Palmer

  For many of us, life seems to progress smoothly and predictably for much of the time. Indeed, it seems one of our biggest concerns appears to be getting stuck in a rut. But then, seemingly out of nowhere, our world is turned upside down. A global pandemic strikes us down, killing millions of people …