Disappearing Bees – Video
This video calls attention to how these important insects are being threatened. Modern agriculture’s bad practices are taking these essential and vulnerable insects to the brink of extinction.
Oceanic Garbage Patches – Great and Small
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the best known and largest of the oceanic garbage patches but it is not the only one. Garbage patches are formed in what is called a gyre, a place where ocean currents naturally form rotating areas of water. These currents “suck” in floating and submerged debris, causing large accumulations of junk, mostly made […]
The Earth’s Oceans are in Trouble
The Earth’s oceans are in trouble, in large part due to actions made by humankind. The human species has been using the oceans as a food source and a garbage dump for millennia. These direct misuses have taken their toll, but now, global warming is adding new factors to the equation. Four of the main problems facing the world’s oceans […]
“Baked In” Global Warming Higher than Thought
“Baked In” Global Warming refers to the amount of warming that will occur due to the gasses (carbon dioxide, methane, etc.) already put into the atmosphere. This is also referred to by scientists as “committed warming”. In a recently published paper in Nature, scientists have determined that the amount of warming due to already released gasses will exceed the goal […]
Rare Painted Bunting spotted in Maryland park
This weekend a rare Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) was spotted in a Washington area park. Perhaps this was a sign of a better year to come. Birders from all around showed up to see the unusual visitor, the Washington Post reported. Leader photo by By Doug Janson – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, courtesy of Wikipedia.
In issuing new dietary guidelines, Trump once again spurns science
From the Washington Post, 3 January, 2021: “A GROUP of 20 doctors, nutritionists and public health experts from the country’s major academic centers was hired by the federal government to assist in the formulation of new dietary guidelines. This independent advisory committee, charged with offering science-based advice on what to eat and drink to meet nutritional needs and reduce the […]
Rare Bush Dog Sighted in Brazil
A rare Bush Dog sighted in Brazil. The Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus) is also called the Vinegar Dog, and was recently caught on a camera trap in the privately-owned Reserva Natural Serra do Tombador in the municipality of Cavalcante in Goias state. The reserve, which is maintained by Fundação Grupo Boticário de Proteção à Natureza, has been surveying the local […]
Climate and Disease – Part I
Dengue is a tropical, vector spread disease which has become endemic in all hemispheres of the world. The two primary vectors, Aedes aegypti, and Aedes albopictus are present in much of the US and are spreading due to climactic and human factors.
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