Human Carrying Capacity – Fanciful Fiction or Deadly Reality
One of the first courses I took in college toward my degree in wildlife management was a population dynamics class. And one of the first readings was the classic story of the boom-bust population...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots, Collecting the Drops
I love this picture – as it puts into perspective the importance of Earth’s finite water resources. The largest, blue sphere represents the total volume of all water on Earth. The medium size one...
View ArticleContemplating a Conservative Response to Climate Change
Wanted to bring attention to a new blog, The Climate Conservative, the brainchild of my friend, Rob Sisson, over at ConservAmerica. I’ve long believed the topic of anthropogenic climate change (AGW)...
View ArticleObduracy of Climate Politics Creates Real Risks
Michael Gerson, a conservative and former speech writer for Bush 43, has a very thoughtful article this week on the climate change debate. I have grown increasingly frustrated by those voices within...
View ArticleFrogs are Green – or at Least the Living Ones
Just like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, where canaries served as human sentinels in subterranean conditions, amphibians today are viewed by many as serving that same role for the terranean...
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