I came across this stunning set of photos while trawling teh intertubes earlier today.(Click on picture to go to website)Western Tanager (Day 50)Credit: Chris Peterson 2009It’s a series of photos taken over 100 consecutive days in Glacier National Park…
Environment and Ecology
Climate centre hacked
This subject has already been covered on the web, but I haven’t seen it discussed yet on Sciblogs, so thought I would bring it to the fore.Being quite aware that I don’t do the climate change thing (as it were), for no reason other than that there are …
New Zealand nature documentaries
Something for all those of you who enjoy nature docos.NZ On Screen has published, today, a collection of 15 full-length nature documentaries, complemented by a background piece written by Peter Hayden. The docos span some 30 years of film-making, with …
The geoengineering debate
Geoengineering. Yes. Likely to spark heated (haha) debate, because if people are uncomfortable with the idea of tweaking living organisms (GM), then people are definitely going to be uncomfortable with slinging giant mirrors into space, and injecting…
Global warming warning
I’ve just come across this and, frankly, my first reaction was to burst out laughing.Not, I hasten to add, because I think it’s funny in and of itself. And the article itself is very calm and cogent about things. It’s simply that the headline reads s…