Search results

Caitlin, That's really great! Thanks for posting the Google Ocean link.

Slraep: Yes, it is more than daunting. In fact, for a long time it was a subject that I would rarely bring up around others because it was, and then by default, I was, perceived as such a "bummer" and I seemed to irritate people by projections of doom and gloom. Finally, my researches into the...

Sometimes a graphic illustration can make things clearer. Here is one to take a look at: http://www.sciencenewsblog.com/cgi-bin/snblog.pl?snblog=1222071

I thought it might be helpful to mention that the term "Chatoyance" refers specifically to the linear optical phenomena known otherwise as "cat's eye." The etymology of the word finds it's root in the french word for "cat" which is "chat." I think it possible that the term being searched for in...

This report, dated July 7, 2008, titled "The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008" states that Nearly half of U.S. coral reef ecosystems are considered to be in "poor" or "fair" condition according to a new NOAA analysis of the health of...

There's a new wrinkle in the CO2 issue as you may read here in the 1/28/08 issue of the New York Times: "The Greenhouse Effect and the Bathtub Effect" http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/the-greenhouse-effect-and-the-bathtub-effect/?emc=eta1

I thoroughly agree. In my experience, couples still get married, even in times like these, though perhaps not quite as readily. ...and those significant rites of passage do keep happening no matter what else transpires. I will also venture that I find it astonishing to see that many of the...

With the understanding that I am not an attorney, nor am I attempting to give legal advice, I shall relate something that I observed a few years ago. A patent attorney came into the store that I worked in. The owner of the store has a patent on some very unique jewelry manufacturing tools and...

Hmmmmm.......... I won't say what it looks like to me--wonder of nature that it is...... Has the species of mullosc from which it derived been identified?

Aha!!! Once again the elusive Lop Noors show up in the marketplace!...........................

That's a great use of the natural form, Sheri. Beautiful.

Oh my! Those are beautiful! Did you collect them by diving for the abalones yourself? Thanks for showing them to us.

For some time now Americans and others (I think) have been buying up old Estancias--former, worn-out, cattle ranches that had been carved out of the jungle in Costa Rica and A) using them as tree plantations where reasonable to do so; and B) both helping and allowing parts of them that weren't...

I thought that I would mention that, as a result of my internet research on ocean acidification (global warming), I have found that apparrently deforestation is causing the release of more CO2 into the atmosphere than all the cars and trucks combined--not that the transportation sector isn't...

OK. Try this for the NOAA report. If this works, then I'll replace the url in the earlier post. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2008/ann/ann08.html (Later) OK. It works now. I added the url to the earlier post as well. Silly me--I posted the title but not the url.........

How right you are, Caitlin. I'll have to see what the problem is. Thank you for letting me know.

I also purchased some small salt-water naturals last year. Couldn't see where to fit them......

An inch?!?!?! Truly amazing! Stunning doesn't begin to cover it--It must have been wonderful to see it in person. Thanks for sharing that.

~Ocean Acidification Hits Great Barrier Reef~ Yes, this is a repeat of my latest posting in the "Green Pearl..." thread. I have also put it in it's own thread because of the probable importance of this bit of news. To my knowledge it is the first direct, measurable evidence that the process of...

~Ocean Acidification Hits Great Barrier Reef~ In an article dated January 1, 2009, an article in the well known and respected magazine Scientific American, title above, it is noted that the growth of corals in the Great Barrier Reef has slowed significantly. As stated in this article, the most...