Environmentalism timetable 6 Dec 20196 Dec 2019 I prepared this for my students and thought others might like it. It’s a timetable of environmental law, politics, publications of note, events and disasters since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962. Enjoy and send corrections. [embeddoc url=”https://evolvingthoughts.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Timeline-of-Environmentalism.pdf” width=”100%” download=”all” viewer=”google”] Ecology and Biodiversity Ecology and Biodiversity Politics
Ecology and Biodiversity Modelling and ecological niches 2 Jul 2009 Overlooked due to the orang paper in the Journal of Biogeography is a simulation of the effects of global warming on Bigfoot distributions. It turns out that Sasquatch will become more widespread due to global warming… Late note: John Dennehy also has a nice piece on this paper. Read More
Politics Australia goes Gitmo 18 Jul 2007 An Indian doctor working in Queensland, where I live, whose cousin was involved in the failed bombing plot in the UK, was detained apparently because he lent his prepaid SIM card to the cousin. He was held without charge or bail for 13 days, under a magistrate’s orders, which is… Read More
Evolution ID not OK in UK 26 Jun 2007 The Register is reporting that the UK government has ruled that intelligent design is not acceptable in science classes. [via Slashdot] Read More