syrinx

...apparently drove this tree through the limestone that covers much of the surface of the land (and the land under the surface) in these parts.I might have related this story before, but back on election day, I made a presentation to a group of middle school (6th grade) robotics class students about climate change and native plant gardening, and used a slide with two mushroom shapes - one of an atom bomb, one of an oak tree crown. The point made was the rate of change - rapid or slow, and the kind of change - destructive or creative. And the changes in climate over the last 100 years due to human activities and what can be expected in the next 100 years...

tags: climate change creation dylan nature forces creative inspiration robotics thomas

Climate change is a hot topic these days, and it seems that everyone has an opinion. The problem is that with all the opinions out there, it's hard to tell if anyone really knows what they're talking about!

Dr. Gavin Schmidt is a leading climate scientist at NASA Goddard’s Institute for Space Studies, and is one of the founders of RealClimate.org, which attempts to make some sense out of the madness surrounding global warming. To listen to him being interviewed....

tags: warming global climate change ecosystem

Excerpt from an article in the Globe's Report on Business....

I don't think flying for business or pleasure is going to go away any time soon. So in the meantime, this is one way to help balance things out!

Canadian Press

May 28, 2007 at 4:03 PM EDT

MONTREAL — — Air Canada [AC.A-T]is offering passengers a way to allay guilt about the environmental impact of air travel by paying for a carbon offset against their plane's emissions.

tags: emissions carbon climate ecosystem dioxide

Deja Vu

The reports and discussions of damage to Vancouver's Stanley Park by two recent storms are eerily reminiscent of those following the big bash of Point Pleasant Park in Halifax by Hurricane Juan in 2003. There are lots of similarities between these seaside parks that lie close to the cores of our major east and west coast port cities and now we have a new one: both have been heavily bashed by storms with suspicious links to global warming. This time, even the Tories took note, their new Minister of the Environment calling the B.C weather a "wake-up call".

tags: park stanley climate change point pleasant