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Prophet of doom - converting?

The UK paper, The Telegraph wasn’t content with abruptly reversing its position on global warming to global cooling once, it had to bolster the claims a couple of days later in an amusing twist of events…

Media blinds politicians

If you really want to save the world, then its a little frustrating right now. If you really know your stuff, and it runs counter to the media’s interpretation of events, then its even more frustrating.
The market meltdown has been horrifying to watch - but the American government response has been even more horrifying. But [...]

Beach and sunscreen equals no coral?

Oh dear, now another thing is assaulting coral - sunscreen! Since late May, various news sources have been picking up on a study done by the European Commission on sunscreen and tourists. With 78 million people visiting areas of coral reefs each year (according to the World Trade Organisation), about 4,000-6,000 tons of sunscreen gets [...]

Picnic on Triton anyone?

Picture this if you will… The ground is a pale pink colour speckled with warm shades of brown. 10ft away from you a gentle fine mist of gas blasts up into the black skies above. The sun’s heat, an unheard high at minus 235 celcius gently beats down on you and your partner. Ah… A [...]

Geologists are so…. earthy

Most people don’t think of geologists as environmentalists, in fact at best, think of them as weird people who like rocks. Geologists tend to be so… earthy! Down to earth… practical and mind-numbingly realistic. Geologist also belong to that rare subset of scientists who get out there and spend most of their time outside, away [...]