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To the Our-Environment.Org website. We believe the best way to help solve the environmental problems we all face today is through building public awareness and increasing understanding of the environmental issues we all face. 

Though the voice to preserve and maintain our environment is getting louder with more and more people starting to pay attention, we cannot rest on our laurels; we still need to keep working towards raising the global consciousness about our environment even further and eventually high enough for the tide to turn on the destructive practises we

see around us every day. 

Our Problem

It has taken generations of human progress for us to see our environment getting to the stage were nature can no longer cope with the escalating production of the toxins that drive human advancement, pollutants and green house gases like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone are being produced faster than they can be naturally absorbed. 

The majority of greenhouse gases come mostly from natural sources though our contribution (i.e. human activity and progress) has started to tip the balance. Production of “Greenhouse Gases” has increased to the stage that the planet can no longer sustain itself and the Earth is in real terms losing the fight. Millions of years ago the Earth was dominated by these gases, though over the eons these compounds have been sequestered into substances like oil, natural gas and coal.

The human race over the past hundred plus years has become expert at re-releasing these compounds back into the atmosphere through industry and feeding our swelling hunger for energy and we are now seeing the alarming consequences of this activity. 

Of course we cannot go back to some pre-industrial stage of our history to find the answer, technology is the double edged blade that has catapulted us into this situation and technology will provide the way to meet and (hopefully) eventually overcome this challenge. 

This does not mean however we as individuals do not have to do our bit. We must all look at the consequences of what we do every day; turn off the lights when we are not in the room, power down our computers when we are not sitting on front of them, turn off the TV rather than sit mesmerised in front of it for hours on end and walk to the store instead of cranking up the car. It is the some total of all the little things we do every day that can have the biggest impact on the problem facing us and our environment.

This remedy will not happen overnight, it may well take a generation to undo the damage already caused. The important things is build momentum, we have to help wake peoples awareness to what we can all do together to help, and even more importantly what we can do as individuals right now.

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Nuclear renaissance plans hit by financial crisis
Role of fission in fighting climate change looks likely to wane. (Source: news@nature.com)
Obama's video message energizes climate conference
President-elect tells delegates gathered in L.A. to debate tactics for reducing planet-warming pollution that his administration will help lead way to 'a new era of global cooperation.' President-elect Barack Obama sent an explicit message Tuesday to international negotiators of a new global warming treaty that, under his administration, the U.S would move to slash its own greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80% by mid-century, and "help lead the world toward a new era of global cooperation on climate change." (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Interview: lighting a billion lives
Rajendra K Pachauri speaks to Leanne Marle about shedding light on climate change and giving light to humanity (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Hitachi lecture: "the living planet to the rescue"
At AAAS-Hitachi Lecture, Ecologist Thomas Lovejoy Offers a Climate Change Rescue Plan Nature is rearranging itself to adapt to a warming climate, but humans can work in concert with the world's natural systems to avert disaster, ecologist Thomas Lovejoy said at AAAS. (Source: AAAS)
Britain talks down geoengineering as a solution to climate change
Research into drastic solutions to climate change such as cloud seeding, sun shades in space and ocean fertilisation risks hampering global climate negotiations by giving some countries an excuse for not agreeing to short-term emissions reductions, a UK government minister warned today.The remarks by Joan Ruddock, a minister in the Department of Energy and Climate Change, appear to be a thinly veiled dig at the Bush administration, whose delegation attempted to insert a section into last year's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on developing technology to block sunlight and cool the planet. The proposed text referred to it as an "important insurance" against the impacts of climate change.Speaking to MPs on the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills select ...
Winners of the 2008 essay competition, young voices in research for health
The Lancet, together with the Geneva-based Global Forum for Health Research, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 essay competition, Young Voices in Research for Health. The theme of this year’s contest was research for climate change and health. Essayists were asked to devise research questions on the topic as it applies to vulnerable populations around the world. Almost 300 entries were submitted, from 66 countries. A shortlist of 42 was chosen by a team of judges from the Global Forum and The Lancet. Six winners were selected from the shortlist. The six winners, whose essays are posted here, are Enrique Falceto de Barros (Brazil), Philippa Bird (UK), Lester Sam Geroy (Philippines), Rhona Mijumbi (Uganda), Marame Ndour (Senegal), and Charles Salmen (USA). You can view the...
Issues at intersection of climate change and health impact global well-being
(Elsevier Health Sciences) The American Journal of Preventive Medicine special issue on climate change (November 2008), will be featured at the "Changing Climate... Changing People" conference today in Los Angeles. Leading off the event is Guest Editor Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., speaking about the impacts of climate change on human health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Alpine rivers hold important clues for preserving biodiversity and coping with climate change
(European Science Foundation) Marginal plants, particularly trees, play a crucial role in sustaining the biodiversity of Europe's big river systems, according to a recently held workshop organized by the European Science Foundation. This finding provides important clues for protecting Europe's rivers against a combined onslaught from human development and climate change, which are tampering with existing ecosystems and changing both the physical and biological forces acting upon them. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Fruit and veg boom needed to feed britain
It is an image worthy of a Keats poem or a Constable landscape: great orchards bursting with fruit, fields crammed with ripening vegetables and hillsides covered with sheep and cattle.But this is no dream of long-gone rural glories. It is a vision of the kind of countryside that Britain may need if it is to survive the impact of climate change and higher oil prices, according to leading agricultural experts.They have warned that only a total revolution in the nation's food industry can save Britain from serious shortages of staples as world oil production peaks, the climate continues to heat up, the population grows and our dietary needs continue to evolve.In turn that means a complete shake-up in the way we farm the countryside. At present Britain imports more than 90 per cent of the frui...
Impact of climate warming on fish
International consensus on the reality of climate change is now apparent: global warming is ascribable in large part to human activities. It is causing rapid deterioration of the environment and is increasing the threat to biodiversity. However, the mechanisms of its impact are still poorly known, particularly in the aquatic environment. At Cemagref, two researchers, who have been analysing the freshwater fish community over the two last decades, have observed profound changes that are more intense and long-lasting than predicted. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
'brown clouds' changing weather, united nations report says
The huge smog-like plumes, caused mainly by the burning of fossil fuels and wood, block sunlight and absorb radiation, leading to new worries about climate change and extreme weather conditions. A dirty brown haze sometimes more than a mile thick is darkening skies not only over vast areas of Asia, but also in the Middle East, southern Africa and the Amazon Basin, changing weather patterns and threatening health and food supplies, the United Nations reported Thursday. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Susan wood: "the one to take the lead" of the fda
Barack Obama won me over with his slogan "Change You Can Believe In." One change that he needs to make as the new president is the FDA Commissioner. A change I would believe in is Susan Wood in that position.Who is Susan Wood?In her own words she is "The One To Take the Lead." This was the title of her January, 2008, blog endorsement of Senator Hilary Clinton for the Democratic party's presidential nominee (see below). I don't hold that against her, though.I urge president-elect Obama to do what I am sure Hilary Clinton would have done if she were president: nominate Susan Wood as the new FDA Commissioner!Obviously, Woods' nomination would send a message to Clinton and her supporters -- not to mention the foes of abortion -- about where Obama stands on women's rights. But, it's not just ab...
The evolution of water balance in glossina (diptera: glossinidae): correlations with climate
The water balance of tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) has significant implications for understanding biogeography and climate change responses in these African disease vectors. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
The ?fairly impeccable? case for (revenue neutral) carbon taxes
In the course of making his argument that Cato frequently makes counterproductive alliances of convenience (from a strict libertarian perspective, anyway) with corporate special interests, Matthew Yglesias writes at Cato Unbound: The free-market case for a revenue-neutral carbon pricing scheme seems fairly impeccable to me. But instead of organizing its climate change efforts around seeking to ensure that any future carbon pricing plan be as close to revenue neutral as possible, Cato prefers to steadfastly defend the rights of industry to unload air pollution unimpeded. I?m not sure how one might define a ?free market case? for a revenue-neutral carbon pricing scheme, but the economic case for it would require evidence that (1) the benefits of the tax shift would exceed the costs, ...
American medical association goes green: recognizes negative health effects of global climate change
Today the American Medical Association (AMA) passed new policies at its semi-annual policy-making meeting aimed at educating the medical community on the adverse health effects of global climate change, and encouraged physicians to become role models for their patients and communities by utilizing environmentally friendly practices and promoting resource conservation. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Washington prepares for transition
On 4 November 2008, the United States elected Senator Barack Obama the nation's 44th President. President-elect Obama has established a transition team and chosen Illinois Representative and Washington, DC, power broker Rahm Emanuel to be his White House Chief of Staff. The Obama camp has now announced that it has begun to look at what changes President-elect Obama would make in his first days as president. Transition team leader John Podesta has indicated that the President-elect is working toward building a diverse Cabinet, to include reaching out to Republicans and Independents. Podesta has also stated that President-elect Obama is expected to overturn several of President Bush's executive orders including those on stem cell research, oil and gas drilling, among others. As the Presiden...
Now in the aibs bookstore: "communicating science: a primer for working with the media"
Evolution, climate change, stem cell research -- Scientists are frequently called upon to provide expert information on hot button issues that pervade the daily news headlines, yet most find themselves woefully unprepared for the bright lights of the television studio or leading questions from a newspaper journalist. A new publication from AIBS, "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media," by Holly Menninger and Robert Gropp in the Public Policy Office, will prepare scientists for successful and effective media interviews. Recognizing that many scientists are reluctant to engage in media outreach, "Communicating Science" outlines compelling reasons for scientists to interact with the media and describes key differences between journalism and science that may not be appare...
Food policy at the root of health reform?
Stanley Feld continues the missive of advice to President-elect Obama, sharing his input. I wholeheartedly agree with his assertion that "no one asked for the opinion of practicing physicians," and that "the problems with the healthcare system are broader than economics."His letter then takes an interesting turn, suggesting that America's problems of health care, energy independence and climate change can be traced back to food policy.topics: obama, health reform (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
The evolution of water balance in glossina (diptera: glossinidae): correlations with climate.
The evolution of water balance in Glossina (Diptera: Glossinidae): correlations with climate. Biol Lett. 2008 Nov 11; Authors: Kleynhans E, Terblanche JS The water balance of tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) has significant implications for understanding biogeography and climate change responses in these African disease vectors. Although moisture is important for tsetse population dynamics, evolutionary responses of Glossina water balance to climate have been relatively poorly explored and earlier studies may have been confounded by several factors. Here, using a physiological and GIS climate database, we investigate potential interspecific relationships between traits of water balance and climate. We do so in conventional and phylogenetically independent approaches for both...
James randerson: repealing bush's stem cell law is an easy and obvious change for barack obama to make
August 9 2001. This date is seared in the minds of many US scientists as the most potent symbol of the Bush administration's willingness to put religious-inspired ideology over rationalism and scientific progress. This was president Bush's cut-off date for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Any cell lines created after this date could not benefit from federal funding including the massive $28bn pot handed out annually by the National Institutes of Health. Sweeping away the policy looks like being an early priority for president-elect Obama and it was a cornerstone of his science manifesto (pdf).This is an important step that will accelerate stem cell research in the US. Private and state funding has maintained America's position as the world leader in stem cell research, but ...
"food security" emerges as arctic concern
Researchers at AAAS Arctic Division Meeting Link Climate, Energy to "Food Insecurity" A complex interaction of climate change and rising energy costs has created food-shortage risks in the Far North, researchers said at a recent meeting of the AAAS Arctic Division. (Source: AAAS)
Global warming predicted to hasten carbon release from peat bogs
Billions of tons of carbon sequestered in the world's peat bogs could be released into the atmosphere in the coming decades as a result of global warming, according to a new analysis of the interplay between peat bogs, water tables, and climate change. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Emerging carbon finance market will play critical role in addressing climate change, experts say
Climate change is an unprecedented global problem and an emerging carbon finance market will play a critical role in addressing it, asserts a newly published Yale report. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Africa left behind in kyoto carbon offset trade program
Environmental News Network: Administrative and technical problems mean that Africa cannot profit from schemes to tackle climate change through projects to cut carbon emissions in developing countries, climate specialists meeting in Dakar said. (Source: Physics Today News Picks)
Marine invasive species advance 50 km per decade, world conference on marine biodiversity told
(Census of Marine Life) A rapid, climate change-induced northern migration of invasive marine species is one of the research results announced Nov. 11 during opening day presentations at the First World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, in Valencia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Obama will move to veto bush laws
Barack Obama will move swiftly to unpick many of what he sees as the most egregious acts of the Bush administration when he enters the White House in January, including restrictions on stem cell research and moves to allow oil drilling in wilderness areas, a leading member of his transition team said yesterday.John Podesta, a former chief of staff to Bill Clinton whom Obama has put in joint charge of his transition process, indicated the incoming president would use extraordinary powers to force through rapid change. "There's a lot the president can do using his executive authority without waiting for congressional action, and I think we'll see the president do that," Podesta said.Podesta singled out restrictions applied by George Bush, in 2001, on federal funding of stem cell research, as...
Science weekly podcast: after winning the us election, what will barack obama mean for science and the environment?
An extended US election special edition of the Science Weekly podcast. We analyse what Barack Obama's election means for the scientific community across the world.Lesley Stone, executive director of Scientists and Engineers for America, gives her reaction to George W Bush's successor. Lord professor Martin Rees, president of the Royal Society, has some advice for the most powerful man in the world ... president to president. He hopes Obama's victory won't result in a brain drain from Britain to America.We also look more closely at three key areas: climate change, stem cells and space. Professor Diana Liverman, director of the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford, gives her view on the green issues Senator Obama needs to focus on. Chris Mason is an international expert on regenerative m...
The sound of silence at the environmental protection agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created on 2 December 1970 to ?establish and enforce environmental protection standards, conduct environmental research, provide support to others combating environmental pollution, and assist the White House Council on Environmental Quality in developing and recommending to the President new policies for environmental protection.? In its early years, the EPA made sweeping changes to improve the environment and health of the United States and its citizens. In the 1970s, the EPA, among numerous other accomplishments, banned the use of DDT, set the first national standards limiting industrial water pollution, and banned the use of chlorofluoro­carbons in most aerosol cans. Yet 38 years after the inception of the agency, its funding and mora...
Reasons for optimism i
Although there are many reasons for worry about the near term, when one takes a longer view of the human condition, the reasons for optimismfar outweigh reasons for pessimism.  Barack Obama may, as feared by many, introduce policies that will doom the American experiment, provoke and prolong a depression, and lead to increased death and destruction on a massive scale; however, he has not yet done so and may well surprise even his most hardened opponents.  I expect to disagree with many of his policies but would prefer to wait until he introduces them before I delineate my opposition.  As always, I reserve the right to be wrong and the willingness to admit that he could be right about all sorts of things of which I disapprove.  Time will tell, as it alway...
Linking climate change to lemming cycles
Authors: Kyrre L. Kausrud, Atle Mysterud, Harald Steen, Jon Olav Vik, Eivind Østbye, Bernard Cazelles, Erik Framstad, Anne Maria Eikeset, Ivar Mysterud, Torstein Solhøy & Nils Chr. Stenseth The population cycles of rodents at northern latitudes have puzzled people for centuries, and their impact is manifest throughout the alpine ecosystem. Climate change is known to be able to drive animal population dynamics between stable and cyclic phases, and has been suggested to cause the recent changes in cyclic dynamics of rodents and their predators. But although predator–rodent interactions are commonly argued to be the cause of the Fennoscandian rodent cycles, the role of the environment in the modulation of such dynamics is often poorly understood in natural systems. Hence, ...
[news] climate change: rules for ocean fertilization could repel companies
An international body has for the first time placed restrictions on experiments designed to fertilize large swaths of the world's oceans with a view to combating global warming.Author: Eli Kintisch (Source: Science: This Week)
[news] climate change: chinese cave speaks of a fickle sun bringing down ancient dynasties
A 1.2-meter-long chunk of stalagmite from a cave in northern China recorded the waning of Asian monsoon rains that helped bring down the Tang dynasty in 907 C.E., researchers report on page 940 of this week's issue of Science. A possible culprit, they conclude: a temporary weakening of the sun, which also seems to have contributed to the collapse of Maya civilization in Mesoamerica and the advance of glaciers in the Alps.l warming.Author: Richard A. Kerr (Source: Science: This Week)
'unprecedented' warming drives dramatic ecosystem shifts in north atlantic, study finds
While Earth has experienced numerous changes in climate over the past 65 million years, recent decades have experienced the most significant climate change since the beginning of human civilized societies about 5,000 years ago, says a new Cornell University study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
How the sun contributed to the fall of the tang dynasty
Science: A 1.2-meter-long chunk of stalagmite from a cave in northern China recorded the waning of Asian monsoon rains that helped bring down the Tang dynasty in 907 C.E., according to Science magazine. A possible culprit, they conclude: a temporary weakening of the sun, which also seems to have contributed to the collapse of Maya civilization in Mesoamerica and the advance of glaciers in the Alps. This latest cave record also points to the potentially devastating effects that climate change--even change that's mild when averaged around the globe--can have on vulnerable local populations. Paleoclimatologists Pingzhong Zhang of Lanzhou University in China, Hai Cheng of UM, Edwards, and colleagues collected a stalagmite (a mound composed mostly of calcium carbonate slowly precipitated from ...
Dingell counters waxman's bid for chair of house energy and commerce committee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) countered House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Henry Waxman's (D-Calif.) bid to seek Dingell's position on Thursday by sending a letter to all Democratic caucus members asking for their support, CQ Today reports. In the letter, Dingell cited his track record for moving "enormously complex and difficult legislation" as the chief reason why he should remain chair (Davenport, CQ Today, 11/6). The letter also laid out Dingell's plans to aggressively take up health care, climate change and food and drug safety legislation (Newmyer, Roll Call, 11/6). Both Dingell and Waxman began telephoning other lawmakers to garner support.According to CQ Today, Waxman's challenge might be intended to incite debate over Dingell's...
Ecologists use oceanographic data to predict future climate change
(National Science Foundation) Ecologists and oceanographers are attempting to predict the future impacts of climate change by reconstructing the past behavior of Arctic climate and ocean circulation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Development of methane emission factors for indian paddy fields and estimation of national methane budget.
Development of methane emission factors for Indian paddy fields and estimation of national methane budget. Chemosphere. 2008 Nov 7; Authors: Gupta PK, Gupta V, Sharma C, Das SN, Purkait N, Adhya TK, Pathak H, Ramesh R, Baruah KK, Venkatratnam L, Singh G, Iyer CS A state-wise assessment of methane (CH(4)) budget for Indian paddies, based on a decadal measurement data across India is presented for the calendar year (CY) 1994, the base year for India's Initial National Communication (NATCOM) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), along with national trend from CY 1979 to 2006. The NATCOM CH(4) emission factors (EFs) for Indian paddy cultivation areas, generally having less than 0.7% of soil organic carbon (SOC), have been estimated as 17.48+/-4gm(-2...
Transition and the new cabinet
There are rumors aplenty, but take them with caution, about potential members of the Obama Administration. Despite understanding, on a cerebral level, what Obama is trying to do, on a visceral level my instinct is to use the majority to implement progressive policies fast and forcefully, to have enough time for those policies to take hold and demonstrate to the people that they are good - two years of gradual economic recovery, new jobs, affordable health-care, serious environmental programs and such can lead to further increase in Dem numbers in Congress instead of decline, and would ensure Obama's re-election another two years after. I understand that, as a Progressive, I will not like all of his cabinet picks or agree with all of his policy proposals. I guess I can live with Rahm Em...
A cool way to learn about climate change
Examination of ice cores reveals weather conditions of the past. (Source: Analytical Chemistry News and Features)
Global warming predicted to hasten carbon release from peat bogs
(Harvard University) Billions of tons of carbon sequestered in the world's peat bogs could be released into the atmosphere in the coming decades as a result of global warming, according to a new analysis of the interplay between peat bogs, water tables, and climate change. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Ecologists use oceanographic data to predict future climate change
(Ecological Society of America) Earth scientists are attempting to predict the future impacts of climate change by reconstructing the past behavior of Arctic climate and ocean circulation. In a November special issue of the journal Ecology, a group of scientists report that if current patterns of change in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans continue, alterations of ocean circulation could occur on a global scale, with potentially dramatic implications for the world's climate and biosphere. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Obama victory signals rebirth of us environmental policy
Environmental News Network: President-elect Obama will shred the Bush administration's energy policies and introduce a major climate change bill in an attempt to bring the US back into the international environment fold according to his senior advisers. (Source: Physics Today News Picks)
A new day
Well, here I am in Europe, and Belgian television is awash with news of Barack Obama's massive win over John McCain, and the increasingly Democratic Congress. The news and talk-shows here are absolutely buoyant, and Europe seems to be rejoicing at this turn of events vis-a-vis American politics and world diplomacy.As for me, I am struck by the historical significance of an African-American President of the United States. I am equally struck by the message that his election sends to young people of color everywhere.Based on what I'm gleaning from my European perch, I can also see that the world is expecting change, openness, inclusivity, and a major about-face by the U.S. on climate change, global security, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the global economy, and more. Meanwhile, many of u...
Aaas congratulates president-elect obama
AAAS Congratulates President-elect Barack Obama Commending his foresight on the importance of science, AAAS pledges to work with the new president "in any way possible" on issues from climate change and energy to science education. (Source: AAAS)
Scale effects in species distribution models; implications for conservation planning under climate change
This study presents the effect of grid size on the output of species distribution models. We found that species range distributions modelled with 50x50 km grid size selected up to 2.89 times more area than the same species modelled with 1x1 km grids. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Lack of political will slowing europe's renewables revolution, engineers say
The experts tasked with delivering Europe's green energy revolution have said that a lack of political leadership is their biggest single obstacle in meeting the continent's ambitious targets for renewable power.At a meeting of more than 100 leading European engineers this week, half said that, while the technology already exists to deliver 20% of all of the EU's primary energy from renewables, governments are slow to pass legislation that would enable it to be introduced quickly.The engineers, representing 21 European countries, came together under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) in London to discuss the technical challenges in meeting Europe's renewables challenges. When asked to choose the single biggest potential stumbling block, 50% chose a lack of political w...
Nature: 6 november 2008
6 November: Individual genomes and personal genomics, lemmings threatened by climate change, how to find dark matter, and a news round-up with news editor Mark Peplow. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Rising carbon dioxide levels 'will hit coral reefs harder'
Rising carbon dioxide levels in the world's oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change. A major new investigation by Australian scientists has revealed that acidification of the oceans from human carbon dioxide emissions has the potential to worsen the impact of the bleaching and death of reef-building organisms expected to occur under global warming. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Cato today
Presidential Power Op-Ed: “New President Won’t Tame Presidential Power,” by Gene Healy in the Orange County Register. After seven years of an administration that has recognized few, if any, limits on executive power, it’s only natural that many people look to the Obama-Biden ticket to put the presidency back in its proper constitutional place. Article: “Obama’s the Candid Candidate on Energy,” by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren in Forbes. Sen. Obama’s frank confession about what his climate change policies will mean to electricity consumers is one very good reason why so many conservative and libertarian intellectuals are gravitating toward his candidacy. It’s not that right-wing thinkers necessarily endorse his climate change policies...
Climate change and the neglected majority
The next Sigma Xi lunch pizza in RTP will be noon MONDAY, Nov. 17. Come hear Rob Dunn, assistant professor of zoology at NC State, talk about "Climate Change and the Neglected Majority." Dunn, among other things, is interested in insects and how changes in their distribution affect ecosystems. Sigma Xi's Pizza Lunch speaker series is free and open to science journalists and science communicators of all stripes (feel free to forward this message to anyone you would like to be included). RSVPs are required to cclabby@amsci.org. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock)

 

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