Just a couple of years ago common wisdom was that there might be 30,000 species of plankton in the surface ocean. The expedition described in…
Did medicines first and foremost doctor Hippocrates also invent the phrase “take two willow barks and call me in the morning.” It would seem so. Man…
Ocean phytoplankon are disappearing at an alarming rate. A far more rapid collapse than any ecosystem on Earth. The amount of phytoplankton in the top…
I wrote this piece as part of correspondence with a London thinker and speaker on the politics of climate issues. Dear John, If I may be excused…
Over my lifetime I have surely noticed the increasing number of reports on mercury in fish. Almost everyone now knows that top of the food…
Chinese Foreign Fisheries Catch 12 Times More Than Reported, Study Shows Apr. 3, 2013 — Chinese fishing boats catch about US$11.5 billion worth of fish from…
Fishing Fleet Working 17 Times Harder Than in 1880s to Make Same Catch The UK trawl fishing fleet has to work 17 times harder to…
A gadfly is a person who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or just being an irritant. Synonyms annoyance, annoyer, bother, nuisance, gnawer,…
An internet ‘troll’ is an abusive or obnoxious user who uses shock value to promote arguments and disharmony in online communities. Named after the wicked troll…
Science educations are sold on such a massive basis by universities and colleges and in light of the very small number of jobs in science…
The very key issue in work to develop and deliver the technology and know how to replenish and restore the oceans and in doing so…
Carbon Expo Climate Market Event A few years back, around 2006 I believe, I was at the big global climate change market event called Carbon…
A rutter is a mariner’s handbook of written sailing directions. Before the advent of nautical charts, rutters were the primary store of information for maritime…
All of the above human “geoengineering” activity has taken place on just 14.6% of this planet. There seems to be a raging controversy about geo-engineering….
Back in the 1990’s I learned the hard way about the meaning of life. I’d always been a naturalist and conservationist and also a regular…
One day a number of years ago I was working on my twin projects of Planktos and KlimaFa, Restoring seas and trees as I like…
Being learned science and green business folk we don’t ordinarily read the hard edge conservative media but today we’ve learned a welcome lesson to be…
Here’s Our Most Important Pie Chart Of Where We Live. Our part is that 14.6% part that is habitable. There is a whole lot of…
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