Monthly Archives: September 2009

Anticipating global warming, scientists measure the long-term effect of extra carbon dioxide on marsh

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Bruce

Great story from September 29th Baltimore Sun about CO2 research on marsh grasses being carried out — for the past 23 years!!! — by researchers at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Mayo. . . . [See research by Bert Drake of SERC… Continue reading →

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Annapolis Sustainability Stewardship Project

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Bruce

Check the city’s web site at http://www.annapolis.gov//sustainability.asp?page=13703 for additional program details, but there is a current announcement of workshops for “Environmental Stewardship Training,” quoting: Annapolis Environmental Stewar… Continue reading →

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Agenda for Aaron Williams, new Peace Corp Director, RPCV in the Dominican Republic

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Bruce

Agenda for Aaron Williams As a former PCV, and specifically as Peace Corps Desk Officer for the DR when Director Williams was there, I congratulate him and wish him well. There are a lot of priorities and pressures to leap into large-scale expansi… Continue reading →

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New Seamounts and Arctic Ocean Shipping. . . .

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Bruce

from a blog about the voyage of the US Coast Guard Icebreaker Healey — http://arctic-healy-baker-2008.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-seamount.html TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 A New Seamount On the midnight watch we passed again by the seamount discover… Continue reading →

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Core Concepts of the No Growth Movement

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Bruce

August 31, 2009, 10:20 AM Do We Have to Outgrow Growth?By ANDREW C. REVKIN NY Times Blog at http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/daly-on/ Following the Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow, Herman Daly has responded to my query about whether there… Continue reading →

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