The Regent Seven Seas Explorer docked in Malé, Maldives overnight.  I have not felt 100% since I boarded this ship.  It has been two weeks, and last night for the first time we remained in the same port.  I feel much better today because, I think, the ship is not moving.  It is probable that I will again revert to mild discomfort after we leave this afternoon, until December 12 when we arrive in Singapore, for we will never again stay in port overnight. Mind you, I'm functional, just not my usual euphoric self.  I worry about that 53-day Seabourn cruise coming up this spring because it will never stop in any port overnight.  Maybe I'll need to find some medical preventative when I'm back home after this trip, but I hate to take pills or bother with patches.   The usual advice flails.  From Carnival.  What does go natural mean? How to Avoid Getting Seasick on a Cruise Pack Your Medicine Get a Good Night’s Sleep Remember to Eat Get Some ...

  There is a glacier in Antarctica that is melting away and could completely collapse in as soon as  three years , but more probably within  150 years.   Thwaites Glacier in Western Antarctica is around 74,000 square miles, roughly the size of Florida, and from 2600 to 3900 feet deep.  This glacier has already lost a trillion tons of ice since 2000, with an annual ice loss that has doubled in 30 years.  It is also called the  Doomsday Glacier  for if it escapes into the ocean, after quick melting, the  sea level could rise by over two feet , according to  Ted Scambos .  That would doom places like Waikiki, and also New York City and Sydney, among a whole coastal range of cities around the world. Worse, if this begins to occur, then the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet could go, doubling the sea level rise to 6 feet.  There is 8 times as much ice in the Antarctic than Greenland, and 50 times as much as in the mountain glacie...

                  From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732         1185       246       82 July    22     1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849        ...

From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY     USA     WORLD     Brazil       India    South Africa June     9    1093     4732         1185       246       82 July    22     1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571        703       85 Nov ...