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I’ve always been fascinated by crow intelligence and at the same time amazed how few people recognize this intelligence especially since, according to some cognitive research, theirs exceeds that of dogs. This video lecture from a writer Joshua Klein, who has been involved with an amateur study of corvid behavior, highlights this.
Of course [...]
More Web Sightings hereBisphenol A or BPA is an important industrial chemical used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. The plastics industry maintains that BPA is completely safe. But academic and government researchers say the chemical needs to undergo a new risk assessment.
...Read MorePercholorethylene, commonly known as perc, is used by about 80 percent of U.S. dry cleaners to remove stains and clean clothes.
When first introduced to dry cleaners in the 1930s, little was known about its health effects, and it was considered something of a miracle chemical because it could be aggressive on stains, but was not [...]
...Read MoreThe principle of maximum diversity operates both at the physical and at the mental level. It says that the laws of nature and the initial conditions are such as to make the universe as interesting as possible. As a result, life is possible but not too easy. Always when things are dull, something [...]
Some other global warming articles that may be of interest:
The Toronto Globe and Mail has an article discussing how our lifestyles and specifically urban sprawl need to be addressed with regard to global warming. Its from a decidedly Canandian perspective but thought-provking nonetheless. (see How urban sprawl goes against the green)
This article, Bird species [...]
A new study being released in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is causing a stir; it shows how Global Warming may alter the Earth’s climate zones, creating novel climate regions, while complete eliminating others. A number of articles about this press release can be found, e.g. here, here , and here.
From National Geographic [...]
Apparently scientists are at a loss to explain some of the unusual movements they’ve been observing in the Antarctica and Greenland Glaciers. While many point to these phenomena as indications of global warming, “it remains unclear what is causing the glaciers of frigid Antarctica and their “ice streams” to lose ice to the ocean [...]
The 10th annual Great Backyard Bird begins Friday and continues February 16-19. Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are challenging people everywhere to “Count for the Record”. You can take as little as 15 minutes and counts can be submitted on-line. For additional information, go to the Great Backyard Bird Count website: [...]
No surprise here, but there’s positive First Quarter indications for Wind Energy industry. This is from a May 3rd American Wind Energy Association Press Release:
The U.S. wind energy industry is on track to installing a record-breaking 3,000 megawatts (MW) this year—generating enough electricity to power approximately 600,000 homes—the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said [...]
From USA Today:A three-year study of brook trout populations concludes that the popular sport fish has disappeared or markedly declined in nearly half of the eastern U.S. areas where it once thrived…
“Brook trout are the canary in the coal mine when it comes to water quality,” said Gary Berti of Trout Unlimited in a statement. [...]
Do we need anymore evidence? This is straight from a study commissioned by the Bush administration (who are apparently still “skeptical”). From the
today’s Daily Grist:
U.S. government study finds human-caused climate change real; Bushies unconvinced
A scientific study commissioned by the Bush administration has demolished one of the key arguments of climate skeptics, concluding yesterday [...]
The real question is what does the 2006 (and beyond) hurricane season have in store…
The record Atlantic hurricane season last year can be attributed to global warming, several top experts, including a leading U.S. government storm researcher, said on Monday.
“The hurricanes we are seeing are indeed a direct result of climate change and it’s no [...]
We have the suburb, then there was talk about the exurb. Now we have the “Megasuburb”.
It’s a development plan that will take more than 50 years from start to finish. A string of “walkable” communities, expected eventually to house half a million people, is starting to rise on the nation’s largest piece of privately [...]
Recent studies using satellite data of the Antartic and Greenland ice sheets confirm a extensive thinning and other effects of global warming:
Climate warming is changing how much water remains in Earth’s greatest treasuries of ice and snow, NASA scientists have confirmed. The most comprehensive survey ever undertaken of the enormous ice sheets covering both [...]
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