Author Archives: 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 →

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 →

from Science Newshttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46163/title/DEETs_nastiness_extends_to_humansDEET’S NASTINESS EXTENDS TO HUMANS Study finds the bug-repellent ingredient stopped an enzyme from doing its job By Rachel Ehrenberg Web editi… Continue reading →

Why Science News is Getting More Worser. . . . . It’s all a matter of opinion — several excellent links at the web page. . . . Janet Ralot’s excellent blog from Science News: http://snurl.com/or8si [www_sciencenews_org] Home / Blogs / Science & t… Continue reading →

Sunday sermonette, sort of . . . . . . . People always ask,” What’s the good of Twitter” The answer of course is I don’t know, what do YOU want to do? One of the things I try to do for Island Resources Foundation is to pass appropriate technologie… Continue reading →

Sea Level Rise: Important Article in New Scientist 10 July From the July 4-10 NewScientist at http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327151.300-sea-level-rise-its-worse-than-we-thought.html or http://sn.im/nf0lp [www_newscientist_com] and followi… Continue reading →

Article on (LACK OF) Effect of Protected Areas on Actual W Disturbingly like Beets & Rogers, Environmental Conservation 28 (4): 312-322 2001 Foundation for Environmental Conservation DOI:10.1017/S0376892901000340 Degradation of marine ecosystems… Continue reading →

The Fourth of July is a period when it’s worth thinking about patriotism, which has been so badly abused in the USA in recent years. One of the bravest and most patriotic people I ever knew was Alister Hughes . . . Margaret Hughes, widow of Aliste… Continue reading →

[Thanks to Peter (Edwards) and Franklin (McDonald) for passing this along — I strongly second Peter’s points about why EE is important. When I returned from overseas many years ago I couldn’t figure why people were talking about sustainable deve… Continue reading →