There are expensive gambles we can make and none are in the forefront of cultural thought more than penalizing current businesses and subsidizing 'green' ones to protect the environment.  …

Illex argentinus, our old friend the Argentine shortfin squid, is not looking so good this year. To recap: the fishery crashed in 2009 and rebounded somewhat in 2010. Now it's down again at the…

It is impossible today to get a 'treaty' ratified that would cause America to obey CO2 limits set by any outside body, for a number of reasons.  So Democrats in Congress have been trying to make…

As you may or may not know, I am a member of the Council of Canadians.http://www.canadians.org/index.html The council is a privately funded "social watchdog" (if I may be blunt.)  At the above…

You've seen it everywhere by now - Earth's sixth mass extinction: Is it almost here? and other articles discussing an article in Nature (471, 51–57 doi:10.1038/nature09678) claiming the end of…

Arctic Ice March 2011 - Update #1 Edited March 11 2011 - content added below ice prediction chart to address points raised in readers' comments. The Arctic sea ice extent has grown a little recently…

Some people accept that the world's climate systems are changing, but try to argue that humans are too puny to be any part of the cause. The reason for putting forward such an argument in the face of…

Nature provides "Teak " although its "Marwar Teak " for the desert people of Rajasthan . It was a common site to see this tree in the desert regions of Rajasthan and other parts of Rajasthan. In this…

Kadaya ( Sterculia urens) and Salar ( Boswellia serrata) are very typical in their habitat. They grow on slopes approaching hill tops or near hill tops ( but not on the hill tops ) if the water…

Arctic Ice March 2011 In April 2010 a late upward blip in Arctic sea ice extent led some bloggers to write about 'recovery'.  The blip was anomalous, hence there is no reason to expect a…