Last year Greenpeace's little ship tug the Arctic Sunrise rammed the Nisshin Maru, the mother-ship for the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic. Remember the photographs? But this year, following a fire on the Nisshin Maru and the evacuation … [Read more...] about Greenpeace Offers to Tow Japanese Out of the Antarctic
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Pop-Culture Wrong on US: A Speech by Kurt Volker
According to Kurt Volker, US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs speaking in Berlin a couple of days ago, the US is doing more than its bit to reduce greenhouse gas emmission infact: "The United States, and this … [Read more...] about Pop-Culture Wrong on US: A Speech by Kurt Volker
Virtual is Greener on Valentine’s Day
Last year on Valentine's Day, Rog made comment at this blog that "You would not believe the $millions no $billions spent on infrastructure to give the world flowers on 2 days of the year. And its all hi-tech cutting edge stuff too." Well this year … [Read more...] about Virtual is Greener on Valentine’s Day
The Chilling Stars – A New Book and a New Climate Change Theory by Henrick Svensmark
Danish physicist, Henrik Svensmark, is a bit different from your average climate change skeptics. He has an alternative theory of climate change and he has just written a book about it. Published this week by Icon books, but not yet available at … [Read more...] about The Chilling Stars – A New Book and a New Climate Change Theory by Henrick Svensmark
How to Get CO2 Out of the Atmosphere?
Sir Richard Branson is offerering a prize of $32 million to the inventor who can come up with a design which removes harmful greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Great idea? What about genetically modified diatoms designed to consume more carbon … [Read more...] about How to Get CO2 Out of the Atmosphere?
Ice Packs Thwart Fishing & Strand Bears
According to Fishupdate.com: "Fish merchants on the Humber may be throwing up their hands in frustration at the worrying decline in fish supplies from Iceland since the beginning of the year. But the underlying cause is something they would never … [Read more...] about Ice Packs Thwart Fishing & Strand Bears
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
