Australian Fires Add to CO2 Load
Besides the immediate death (180) and destruction from the fires raging in south eastern Australia there is this: VICTORIA’S bushfires …
Category Archives: Environment
Compostable Diapers
Cornstarch and wood-pulp, recycled into topsoil in a few months. Don’t try it in your backyard, however. Compostable diapers
Australia’s Hell on Earth
The always interesting WunderBlog by Jeff Masters has a good post about the horrific fires in south east Australia. Spectacular …
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Stops Global Warming Warnings
Looks like George W. Bush’s ghost has taken possession of Sammy Wilson, Environment Minister in Northern Ireland. [He] blocked a …
Birds Wintering Further North
When it comes to global warming, the canary in the coal mine isn’t a canary at all. It’s a purple …
Australia: Greatest Natural Disaster – Death Toll Mounts
The wildfires that have so far claimed more than 170 lives in Australia highlight vulnerabilities in a country where the …
Climate change “largely irreversible for 1000 years”
NOAA stunner: Climate change “largely irreversible for 1000 years,” with permanent Dust Bowls in Southwest and around the globe Important …
Migrate or Die
It’s beginning to look like the surge in brown pelican deaths [400 + in a month] might be due to …
Dogs Protect Penguins
In what is believed to be a world first, a Maremma Guardian dog has been successfully used to protect Little …
Coho Salmon Disappear
“The lack of rain this winter has contributed to what fisheries biologists say is, so far, the worst return of …
U.S. Bringing Up the Rear in Race to Green
“Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr, whose early investments helped launch Google and Amazon, delivered a stark warning to Congress …
Abrupt Climate Change: A Report
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), headed by the USGS (U.S. Geologic Service) has just released it latest Synthesis …