31 October 2022
In depressing (but expected) news this week, it seems that it's highly unlikely we'll be able to constrain global warming to 1.5C, and that we're on a path of irreversible damage to the climate which may well lead to catastrophic failure of the climate and likely extinction of vast numbers of species including humanity. It may not happen in my lifetime, but I do worry for the future young people today.
27 September 2015
Dane Wigington, lead researcher for GeoEngineering Watch says:
1 November 2011
Alison Campbell investigates alarming reports on what is living in our dishwashers.
1 November 1993
Following his own empirical observations that bee "treatments" helped his arthritis, a Levin bee-keeper is claiming that he is being ignored by the medical profession. (Press 3/8/93) Not surprisingly, his trial of 11 patients failed to impress skeptical observers. Two patients dropped out and the remainder reported that the "sting" was effective. Having paid for the privilege of being stung, a sensation to be normally avoided, they are hardly likely to say that the treatment was worthless.
1 August 1991
The Gaia hypothesis is still being debated in scientific circles, but has been enthusiastically embraced by the environmental movement. The question is, is it appropriate to propose a planetary consciousness for Gaia, the Earth Goddess, or is it of more interest as an ecological construct?