Today’s post is the first of what I plan to be an occasional series of stories about coral reefs, coral reef biology, coral reef science, and so on. I hope they will capture the imagination, because I am writing them… Read More »Stories from a Coral Reef. Beginnings in Bermuda
“Since golden October declined into sombre November And the apples were gathered and stored, and the land became brown sharp points of death in a waste of water and mud”. T.S. Eliot viewed November much like I do. And this… Read More »COP19 Climate Conference Gave Me No Reasons for Optimism During a Cold Gray November
Canada’s annual report on GHG emissions was finally released by Environment Canada late in October, several months later than it should have been. The release was low-key, and almost certainly timed by our wily Prime Minister Harper to occur while… Read More »Canada’s GHG Emissions, Tar Sands Oil, Unbuilt Pipelines, and an Environmental and Economic Risk That Just Keeps Growing Larger.