• Nature

    on April 20th, 2009

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    World’s land quality suffering

    This should come as not surprise, but very sad none the less. The ISRIC-World Soil Information, a soil research and education organization, has released a global land degradation study that says 25% of the world’s land and soil quantity is in bad shape and getting worse. I don’t doubt what this study has to say. [...]

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  • Nature, Photography

    on March 4th, 2009

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    A sad fish story

    Discovery news is reporting on a fascinating new study that has been conducted on photos of trophy fish photographs from Key West. When viewing the photos over time, you can see the dramatic results over fishing has on both fish population and overall size. This goes to show that the most significant conservation efforts can [...]

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  • Features, Nature, Politics

    on March 3rd, 2009

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    Global warming theory chilled

    Discovery news has announced that the global warming theory is on hold. And by “on hold” they really mean that they can’t admit that they might be wrong. The article says “a cold winter, or a few strung together doesn’t mean the planet is cooling”. Well, that doesn’t exactly say it’s warming either, now does [...]

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  • Nature

    on January 12th, 2009

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    Conservation and the Green Agenda

    Yesterday, the Senate advanced legislation that would protect 2 millions acres of land as wilderness. I guess this is one of the few perks of having a Democrat controlled congress. By the sounds, the bill was somewhat bipartisan which is a positive sign. Its rather unfortunate that Republicans no longer take the lead when it [...]

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