Scientists call it the "tipping point"; that measure beyond which natural systems fail. In the human body, this point is calculated at 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit. After that, brain damage occurs. In the world's oceans, which exist in a precise equilibrium between 8 and 9 on the pH scale ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Water
On the global warming news front, the newest and perhaps most disturbing report of the year comes from Canada, where an Arctic park has been closed after record warm temperatures caused flash flooding. The park, ironically, is named Auyuittuq, which means "The Land That Never Melts" in Inuit. It is ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Industry, Politics, Water (2 comments)
Nature has had eons to develop and refine her techniques for creating disasters. Man is quite new to the art. Nonetheless, some manmade natural disasters - both proven and suspected - are fully as spectacular as anything Nature can create. One example would be the mud volcano of Java. On 28 May ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Weather
In June, Florida's governor, Charlie Crist, announced that U.S. Sugar Corp. (the nation's largest sugar producer) and the state were close to finalizing an agreement on the purchase of U.S. Sugar's 300 square miles of Everglades holding. Environmentalists like Kirk Fordham of the Everglades Foundation ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this month, about Agriculture & Food, Deforestation, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Industry, Politics (2 comments)
Green roofs have so many advantages it's hard to remember them all. In addition to providing natural temperature and sound insulation for the people who live under them, they reduce water runoff that can contribute to flooding, mitigate the dispersal of fertilizers and pesticides into rivers and lakes, provide ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this month, about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife (4 comments)
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a bacterial infection that is becoming increasingly resistant to the antibiotics designed to treat it. According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, MRSA now kills more people in the United States than AIDS. In 2005, the death ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this month, about Agriculture & Food, Health
When times get tough, some of us get tougher. Others play the blame game. As the economy becomes increasingly iffy, losing jobs and raising prices across the board, some individuals and organizations have started to target immigration as the source of all of our woes in the United States, claiming ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this month, about Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Pollution, Population
Americans have been questioning the safety of nuclear energy ever since the incident at Three Mile Island in the 70s sent the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or NRC, scurrying for cover, even though the release was never shown to harm plant workers or residents in the area. The British, who have ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Energy Saving, Environmental Disasters, Nuclear (4 comments)
In his bid to unseat Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman, Al Franken toured the state in late April on a platform best described as "green" jobs. The funniest thing he did was fist-bump John Van Dine, president of Sage Electrochromics, a firm engaged in thermally tinting windows. It's hard ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Politics
Penguins, those lovable characters featured in the recent National Geographic-sponsored movie, March of the Penguins, may soon be marching into oblivion, their shuffling gait, fireplug silhouette, endearing antics and formal-dress feathers lost to generations of earth's inhabitants forever. Like polar bears - those less endearing but more magnificent denizens of ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Water
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