Inuit people seeing major impacts resulting from climate warming
Climate change is still a hot issue with talk of negotiations and reductions of emissions in greenhouse gases in advance of the Copenhagen summit in December. But how is climate change affecting us in our daily lives? Here in the UK, I would be hard pushed to see the effects of climate change unless you…
A Climate Conference on Wheels
A few spaces are still available for the Brita Climate Ride – the first bicycle tour to raise money and awareness to fight climate change. September 26-30 2009300 Miles 200 RidersNew York City to Washington DC
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Pets may be able to negotiate with their owners over what, when and how much they are fed. This is the view of Jon Day of the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, based in part on evidence of how human babies “ask” for food before they can talk. Analysing these interactions may help avoid obesity…
Make sure broccoli is a definite in your five-a-day intake
Studies have shown a substance in broccoli has cancer-preventing ability – read on to find out how much broccoli you should be eating…
Feeding the world – another way….
How to feed more people in the same sized world has been an issue for a few decades now, the green revolution of pesticides and intensive breeding got the world over a hurdle after WW2 and now people are wondering how to improve again – will GM have the answer? Is it just economics that…
Tea … will a cuppa see you through novel H1N1 influenza?
Still popularly known as swine flu here in the UK, the novel pandemic H1N1 influenza makes you feel really ill even if you experience the "mild" form. On a BBC radio 5 program in the first week of July, controversy arose over a recommendation to drink lots of fluids and to avoid tea… because it…
Flu panic in Argentina
A CABI sales colleague now in Argentina reported on June 30th that meetings had been cancelled, ministers were resigning and hospitals & schools faced closure, all through the fear of the novel H1N1 influenza pandemic the entire world is now experiencing. The Argentine Post points out that Argentina is now entering its winter, and that…
Is the Great Barrier Reef on Death Row?
An extract from the public presentation, by Prof. J.E.N. Veron, with an introduction by Sir David Attenborough, which took place Monday afternoon at the Royal Society, London. I attended the presentation, which was followed by a summary of a statement produced by the technical expert workshop held in the morning. Above is a photo I…
The Coral Reef Crisis: addressing the threats of global warming and ocean acidification
A public presentation at the Royal Society, with introduction by Sir David Attenborough. Read on to find out the details.
How large is your country’s footprint? – The Carbon Footprint of Nations
A new study on greenhouse gas emissions associated with a nation’s consumption shows that high wealth seems to always result in high emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. In a paper entitled ‘Carbon footprint of nations: a global trade-linked analysis’, Edgar Hertwich and Glen Peters investigated the carbon footprint for food, shelter,…