Winter is on its way in the northern hemisphere. Make sure to clear all those things that are meant to channel water: culverts, ditches, eaves, and the like. An ounce of prevention saves a ton of rock fill. If memory serves, this damage happened on Boggs Road 400 above Spikenard Creek near John’s Trail. (seeContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: Boggs Mountain State Forest”
Monthly Archives: October 2010
This Week’s Environmental News Roundup
Here’s a list of the previous week’s stories that were interesting (to me at least). Are there any others that you think should be on the list? Please leave a comment. Convention on Biodiversity meets in Nagoya, Japan Ever since the United Nations’ 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, delegates have met periodicallyContinue reading “This Week’s Environmental News Roundup”
Weekend postcard from UC Berkeley
This Tyrannosaurus rex display is in the Valley Life Sciences building at the University of California, Berkeley’s Museum of Paleontology. I get to see it every time I go to the library housed in the VLSB when I research Lowdermilk articles.
This Week’s Environmental News Roundup
Here’s a list of the previous week’s stories that were interesting (to me at least). Are there any others that you think should be on the list? Leave a comment. EPA approves more pollution and higher food prices On October 13, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived the limitation on selling fuel thatContinue reading “This Week’s Environmental News Roundup”
Is Africa turning its back on a green revolution?
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) says that West African farmers do not like what Kofi Annan’s AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) is selling. What AGRA is selling is principally the tenets of Dr. Norman Borlaug’s Green Revolution: hybridized seeds, irrigation, and chemical pesticides and fertilizers for farmers. The WestContinue reading “Is Africa turning its back on a green revolution?”
A regulated forest
What makes for a regulated forest? A “regulated forest” consists of tree sizes in approximately equal parts (and age classes that correspond to the size classes). As the trees in a stand grow into the harvestable age class, equal volumes may be harvested at roughly equal intervals. Meyer (1961) says, it is “the organization andContinue reading “A regulated forest”
Weekend postcards – Santa Catalina Island
I thought I would share some more pictures of California’s Channel Islands—Santa Catalina Island. .
The Week’s Environmental News roundup
New species of carnivorous mammal found in Madagascar A mongoose-like creature has been discovered in Madagascar, BBC reports to http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9080000/9080783.stm Leicester Geographers forensically tap pee ancient deposits to learn about desert area’s climatic changes According to the media release, issued by the University of Leicester Press Office, Scientists at the University of Leicester are usingContinue reading “The Week’s Environmental News roundup”
Hal Lewis Resigns From The American Physical Society
This letter of resignation from the American Physical Society by Dr. Harold Lewis is being placed on science and environmental blogs. Highlights and emphasis have been added by me. From: Hal Lewis, University of California, Santa Barbara To: Curtis G. Callan, Jr., Princeton University, President of the American Physical Society 6 October 2010 Dear Curt:Continue reading “Hal Lewis Resigns From The American Physical Society”
The Week’s Environmental News
The White House will go solar…again It’s déjà vu all over again. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, announced plans to install solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the roof of the White House Residence, “a project that demonstrates American solar technologies are available, reliable, and ready for installation in homes throughoutContinue reading “The Week’s Environmental News”
Nullius in Verba 