There are some excellent predictions in the Onion’s recent issue circa 2056. The first of two environmentally-relevant future-article deals with overcrowding at Yellowstone National Parking Lot, and as for the second, well, you’ve already heard about peak oil, but have you wondered about the possibility of peak solar?

Last (but certainly not least) a piece that a friend stumbled across while doing some Internet research on threatened beach birds: F*** Snowy Plovers and Their Hippie Protectors.

I promise to go back to real science blogging soon.