Another Grand Canyon picture
Park Service inanity: they won’t tell us how old the Grand Canyon is
According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) in a report released this week [PDF], Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush [...]
Archive for December, 2006
Park Service will not say how old Grand Canyon is, Ocean temperatures impact marine breeding
Posted in Environment-General, Science, Society & Culture on December 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Coastal marsh wallpaper, Developers threaten Georgia coast, Warming trends effect cranes migration
Posted in Environment-General, Environment-wildlife on December 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Florida coastal marsh
Menace on the marshs developers threaten the ecology of the coast
With the ousting of longtime Coastal Marshland Protection Committee member Clark Alexander, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) may have just signaled the go-ahead to more development along Georgia’s heretofore protected coast.
“The state claims saltwater marshes as its own and serves as steward [...]
Biochemistry wallpaper, Damaged DNA drives aging, Signs of a maturing solar energy industry
Posted in Environment-Energy, Science, Tech on December 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Biochemistry wallpaper
Buildup of damaged DNA in cells drives aging
The accumulation of genetic damage in our cells is a major contributor to how we age, according to a study being published today in the journal Nature by an international group of researchers. The study found that mice completely lacking a critical gene for repairing damaged DNA [...]
Chameleon wallpaper, Farmers working with conservationists, EPA negligent on pesticides
Posted in Environment-wildlife, Health on December 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Chameleon wallpaper
Myth busters: chameleons change colors to match their background? No, usually the primary reason is to regulate body temperature and to communicate – with other chameleons and discourage predators. Also they don’t move slowly because they have to – they can scamper along pretty fast if it becomes necessary – they move slowly to [...]
Wildlife Enforcement Network to combat a black-market trade, Administration smog rules are found to be lame
Posted in Environment-wildlife, Health, News, Politics on December 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Leaves in a creek
The photo is in memory of our wet muggy holiday.
Turn about is fair play they say, Southeast Asia Hunts Wildlife Poachers
Still, it was one of the first signs Southeast Asia is finally taking seriously wildlife crime that supplies exotic pets to Japan, Europe and the United States and the ingredients for costly, [...]
