Category: Nature & The Environment
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Those of you who have been paying attention to the news in the past couple of days must already know about Hurricane Ike which is poised to crash somewhere on the Texas coastline within the next twenty four hours or so. Ike is a huge storm that is expected to cut a wide swath and…
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Although the tabloid-style argument over the family shenanigans of the Palins has brought McCain’s VP pick into sharp focus, there’s another side to the much-vaunted abilities of Gov. Palin that you may not know of yet. This is who McCain has nominated for VP: "On March 27, the state House passed House Bill 256, Gov.…
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The barrage of political news of the last several days inevitably brings meteorological metaphors to mind. On the concluding day of the well organized Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 28, Sen Barack Obama breezed through a powerful speech that party faithfuls believe was a breath of fresh air because it managed to disperse…
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I am a conscientious recycler. Every Tuesday evening I set an assortment of paper, aluminum, cardboard and plastic (but no glass) items out on the curb side, neatly bundled and arranged in the blue recycling bin for pick up the next day. The recycleables are duly collected by the waste management company of my county.…
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My blogging frequency is going to be slow for the next couple of weeks. In the coming days I plan to recycle some old posts and resort to links mostly. Here is an email I wrote to friends and family in September 2005 during the turbulent hurricane season when Katrina and Rita created havoc across…
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Based on computer modeling studies, University of Colorado scientists predict that a limited nuclear war between India and Pakistan will not only cause havoc in the vicinity of the Indian subcontinent; it will also have far reaching effects on human (and animal) health and the environment worldwide. A limited nuclear weapons exchange between Pakistan and…
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Cross posted from Fluff-n-Stuff: After a long break, I started refilling the lonely birdfeeder hanging on a shepherd’s hook from our deck railing. The birdseed had been purchased months before and sat on a high shelf in my pantry, waiting patiently for an opening day. Are birds particular about expiry dates, come to think of…
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Coming to a restaurant near you sooner than you might think, if it already hasn’t made its way to your dinner table as the offspring of clones. From the 01/15/08 Yahoo news report on the FDA granting approval to cloned meat entering the human food chain: The US Food and Drug Administration has ruled food…
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Chris Mooney of the science blog, Intersection, reports that a category 4 or 5 cyclone is poised to devastate Bangladesh. (Mooney began reporting on the storm long before the US media had published a single story about the impending disaster.) In his estimation, the damage caused by the storm is likely to match Katrina’s devastation.…
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Given that Gov.Sonny Perdue of Georgia is at his wit’s end with the current drought parching the state, he has finally decided to resort to invoking supernatural assistance. Heather Teilhet, his spokeswoman, said the governor began talking about wanting to host a service to pray for rain on his way back from Washington D.C. last…
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Not another day goes by, but a new recall is announced for yet another toy manufactured in China, on the grounds of excess lead content in the paint. The media floodgates started with this Aug 2 release with toy giant Mattel recalling its Sesame Street and Dora dolls. The list (and media reports covering these)…
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Extra-terrestrial life may be quite different from what we are capable of envisioning. The search for alien life in the solar system (and beyond?) therefore should not be restricted to the parameters currently believed to be life sustaining. A very interesting article in the National Geographic. Think life on Earth is weird? It might be…
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