Following my earlier post, in which I could tell you the face did not belong to a member of Australia’s legislature etcetera, well here is the full body:
Archives for June 9, 2008
Ann Novek has a New Blog
Ann Novek lives in Sweden. She was once a medical student, but quit to work as a wildlife rehabilitator. She works mostly with birds, and has a special interest in helping birds affected by oil spills.
Ann has also been a supporter of this blog, sending in wildlife photographs and also information about whaling. My favourite wildlife photograph from Ann was probably of the Arctic Fox.
Now Ann has her own blog: http://annimal.bloggsida.se
She plans to post on whaling, diseases amongst birds and wildlife accidents. I have always found Ann’s ‘wildlife accident photographs very distressing but it is important to be reminded of the levitra suffering.
I wish Ann all the best with the new blog, and hope we can do some joint posts – even on wildlife accidents and even though I find the pictures distressing.
A duck with a plastic ring. Photo courtesy of Swedish Veterinary Institute.
Do you recognise this face?
On this Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday, I thought that I would issue a challenge to our Politics & Environment Weblog community:
To whom or what does this face belong?
I can tell you that it is not a member of Australia’s legislature. Neither is it employed in Australia’s public service. It is definitely Australian, but it is not a contributor to our discussion on this blog, so it would be vexatious to suggest any of our local identities.
I’ll wait to see what our readership comes up with, before revealing the identity.
New Theory for ‘Mountain Growth’
WASHINGTON – The Andes Mountains may have growth spurts, doubling their height in as little as 2 million to 4 million years, US researchers reported on Thursday.
Their findings suggest that current theories about plate tectonics — the process that creates and moves continents, giving rise to mountain ranges — may need updating…
Garzione proposes an alternative theory — that delamination causes the root to heat up and ooze downward like a drop of thick syrup, abruptly breaking free and sinking into the hot mantle. The mountains above, suddenly free of the root, then spring up…
Read more here: http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/48697/story.htm
Story from Planetark via Reuters. Reporting by Maggie Fox; Editing by Will Dunham and Xavier Briand
Changing Attitudes to GM Foods: Craig Cormick on ABC Radio
“We have long known that concerns about a new and unknown technology diminish over time, and in regard to gene technology and biotechnology we’re now seeing that played out in the public’s minds…
“The second factor was a perception that genetically modified crops could be of benefit in helping to address a range of new concerns in people’s minds, which included drought, climate change, rising salinity levels and fuel shortages…
“Now this is going to present a challenge for many environmental groups who will be overjoyed to know that the public are increasingly concerned about the environment, but will be less overjoyed to know that the public strongly support gene technology as a possible solution to environmental problems, when many environmental groups are not particularly supportive of gene technology.
“I suspect that many of these groups might need to reconsider, or update, their positions and at least consider that the mantra of ‘all gene technology is bad’ should be re-examined carefully and modified to a more realistic statement of ‘some gene technology is bad, but some gene technology is good.’ …
Read more here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/stories/2008/2259355.htm#transcript
Of course there is already an environmental group that recognises the benefits of technology: The Australian Environment Foundation.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.