Tag Archive "skid-crease"

Mosquitoes and fleas and ticks, oh my!

Between the West Nile virus, Chikungunya, dengue fever, plague, and Lyme disease, I began to wonder if Mother Nature was trying to kill me.

Science speak and other strange languages

Ages ago, one anonymous wordsmith stated: “If there is no meaning to words, there can be no truth among men.”

Making some Earth Day resolutions

Another year passes and another Earth Day rolls around full of hope and inspiration and the promise of a brighter future.

Who speaks for the bees?

Well, it appears that my comments about neonicotinoids, or neonics, ruffled a few feathers in the agri-business community. It seems that environmental literacy is all well and good until it affects our jobs, income and lifestyles.

Wacky weather and arctic amplification

At the end of our very cold February here in King, Sig Langhammer asked me to go outdoors and dig up a good explanation for our new breaking news weather records.

2014 takes the warmest year award

Well, there you have it. You might not believe that the planet is continuing to warm, especially if you are living along the northeast coast of North America right now, but 2014 is absolutely the warmest year on record! How do I know this to be a fact? NASA and their Goddard Institute for Space Studies said so.

Top environmental issues for the coming year

After gazing into my green crystal ball, and consulting with several legitimate scientific organizations (like the mythical anchor William Duncan McAvoy on The Newsroom, I protect my sources) I can pronounce with more certainty than a long-term Weather Channel forecast, the top environmental issues of 2015.

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