It would be ironic if this world dies not from over-population, pollution or wars, but from the death of the ubiquitous little honey bee. In a scenario that could have been scripted from a Stephen King novel, honey bee and bumblebee populations take a sudden and dramatic nosedive to extinction. Since they are responsible for … Continue reading
This side-by side-comparison of water levels in Shadow Rock Park taken May 9th and June the 25th show why I’m concerned about the future use of the park areas that are so much a part of life here where I live in southwest Missouri. It’s a number of months since we experienced those spring rains … Continue reading
A recent article published on the CNN web page was written by a gentleman named Kumi Naidoo. Kumi is the executive director for the Greenpeace International and I found the article well written. One point he makes is to state that “most scientists tell us that we must dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions if we … Continue reading
After a lot of heated debate, California lawmakers finally caved in on a bill that would have made them the first State in the Union to ban plastic shopping bags. While I rarely applaud anything this progressive state does, I have to give them one atta-boy for at least trying to do the right thing. … Continue reading
Frito-Lay has done it again! They’ve come out with a product that just might be behind the reason so many of our young have experienced hearing loss! Check out this admission from the Sun Chip web page: “Truth be told, our new bag sounds a bit different than our previous bags. That’s because plant-based materials … Continue reading
Uh oh. “The Sun is waking up from a deep slumber,” NASA ‘s Richard Fisher says. It looks like old Sol is going to be in a cranky mood when it becomes fully awake, ready to wreak havoc on gadgets across the globe. Could this be the 2012 disaster superstitious fraidy-cats are babbling about? In … Continue reading
Please say it isn’t so! Scientists have tracked ocean temperatures in the hurricane-prone waters of the Atlantic since the end of World War II, but never have they seen a run-up to hurricane season as sobering as this one. The tropics in May are even warmer than the toasty waters that spurred the 2005 hurricane … Continue reading
In a shocking development, scientists have discovered large underwater plumes of oil, one 10 miles long and a mile wide, in the Gulf of Mexico, following the April 20th Deepwater Horizon disaster. One Georgia University expert has warned that oxygen levels had fallen 30% in some areas of the sea, and it could take decades … Continue reading
Even while the arguing goes on as to how much oil is leaking from three spots in the crimped well over a mile down; there may be even larger threats on the horizon. According to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, the leaking well may be spewing as much as 25,000 barrels of oil a day to … Continue reading
by The Forsythkid An oil spill like the one owned by BP that occurred due to a blowout last week on a platform 52 miles from the southern coast of the US has resulted in the copious release of liquid petroleum hydrocarbons into the environment. To the rest of us, crude oil and for bird … Continue reading
