August 20, 2008 – 8:45 am
Birds of prey need something to eat, and Pika’s are easy pickings. We have to save them! Do something, Dubya! Â Compared to the polar bear, the American pika is downright tiny. Weighing only 4 ounces to 6 ounces, this small, rabbit-like mammal with thick brown hair that lives on boulder-covered slopes near alpine meadows in […]
August 16, 2008 – 2:09 pm
What? It’s happened before? The period of the Green Sahara, as some researchers call it, began when a fluctuation in the Earth’s orbit changed African weather patterns and brought more rain to the desert. The lakes that developed supported 6-foot-long pike fish, turtles, crocodiles and an array of other wildlife and human settlers. But the […]
August 15, 2008 – 1:10 pm
Oh, no, forest fires! So says the headline Global Warming Boosts Forest Fire Risk Global warming and past management practices are making forests in the Western United States more susceptible to fire, according to a report released Thursday. Wait a minute. They aren’t supposed to decrease their case with “past management practices” line. It is […]
August 14, 2008 – 9:00 am
Here we go. One of the things I have complained about regarding the whole anthropogenic climate change silliness is that it puts reducing CO2 output over real environmental issues, and Canada is finding that out Smog-related deaths are set to soar to more than 700,000 in Canada over the next two decades, the Canadian Medical […]
August 12, 2008 – 8:11 am
People have been asking since the campaigns for the 2004 elections, is there anything you do not support on, you neocon you? Usually in massively shrill voices. Yes, there are a few things, such as illegal immigration, spending policy, and Bush rarely defending his own policies. Here’s another one Parts of the Endangered Species Act […]
August 11, 2008 – 8:39 am
Has anyone bothered to tell these folks that it is Summer in the Arctic? Polar bears at this time of year should be out hunting seals on sea ice in the Arctic. But, due to global warming, Arctic sea ice melts earlier and to a greater extent than it has in the past. It’s what […]
July 26, 2008 – 8:58 am
Good news for those of you in Santa Fe Wearing nothing but strategically placed lettuce leaves, a pair of PETA’s Lettuce Ladies will hand out free Tofurky brand mock-turkey sandwiches and two free gallons of gas to the first 50 people at a Shell gas station in Santa Fe on Monday. PETA is “doing lunch” […]
July 14, 2008 – 8:43 am
The only thing missing is anthropogenic global warming. Open-border advocates operating under the guise of environmentalism are prepared to push for legislation that could result in an accelerated flow of illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and human trafficking from Mexico into Arizona, according to law enforcement experts familiar with the terrain. The two bills, sponsored by […]
July 11, 2008 – 6:48 am
Now, this is very cool Covalent Solar, a startup being spun out by teamat the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has yet another idea for concentrating solar photovoltaics: Layered glass with organic dyes that let some wavelengths of light through, and trap others, channeling the light to solar cells at the perimeter of the “panelâ€. The […]
June 28, 2008 – 7:24 am
Like a lot of folks, I am hearing quite a bit about the new Honda hydrogen powered car, as well as many others, and it is in plenty of the news. Here’s a question, though: what is the number one greenhouse gas? Unlike what some people who should really crack a book on climate think […]
