sduford on Oct 13 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Science
By Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
October 12, 2008
Chytridiomycosis — a fungal disease that is wiping out amphibians around the world — has jumped across the Panama Canal, report scientists writing in the journal EcoHealth. The news is a worrying development for Panama’s rich biodiversity of amphibians east of the canal.
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sduford on Jul 30 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Science
An interesting article on the geological origins of Panama.
(ScienceDaily) July 29, 2008
Contrary to previous evidence, a new University of Florida study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely formed by a Central American Peninsula colliding slowly with the South American continent through tectonic plate movement over millions of years.
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sduford on Mar 19 2008 | Filed under: Miscellaneous, Science
One of my biggest heroes, Arthur C. Clarke, died yesterday at age 90.
As a writer, Arthur C Clarke stood alongside Robert A Heinlein and Issac Asimov as one of the fathers of the science fiction genre. Although best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, famously adpated for film by Stanley Kubrick, Clarke had the prolific [...]
sduford on Mar 13 2008 | Filed under: Politics, Science
I think the geo-political mayhem that has been forecasted by many, and for a multitude of reasons, is beginning to appear much sooner than anyone had predicted. A combination of overpopulation, overfishing, pollution, climate change, high oil prices, and the folly of biofuels is pushing up the price of staple foods at an alarming rate.
I [...]
sduford on Feb 01 2008 | Filed under: Politics, Rant, Science
Maybe I should create a series on Stephen Harper and his striving to imitate Bush. It seems like not a week goes by these days without Harper and his government doing something appalling.
Now he’s decided to take another page from Bush’s book and censor scientists from Environment Canada so they will not say anything that [...]
sduford on Jan 27 2008 | Filed under: Politics, Rant, Science
Our little bully of a Prime Minister is continuing to do his best to imitate the big bully to the south of the border. This time he has, just like Bush did before him, decided to kill the National Science Advisory office.
Harper, just like Bush, has obviously no need for a reality-based Science Advisor who [...]
sduford on Jan 23 2008 | Filed under: Science
There is no bounds to the level of dishonesty that religious leaders will use to pull the wool over their follower’s eyes. Recently, there’s been a renewed push for “Biblical Science” (yes, that is an oxymoron), where religionists advance the argument that the Bible is the most advanced science book around.
This is an astonishingly ridiculous [...]
sduford on Jan 17 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Science
Amazing: scientists have just discovered four new species of anole lizards in less than 24 hours.
They were found in the Serrania de Tabasara, Panamanian highlands that top at 6000 feet above sea level, making the new anoles residents of the cloud forest.
They also discovered a new specie of salamander and two more species of anoles [...]
sduford on Jan 10 2008 | Filed under: Politics, Science
Chris Mooney, someone I have a lot of respect for, just wrote a blog post explaining the tensions over at DeSmogBlog regarding Barack Obama. Here’s an excerpt:
There’s a big gap between what science says the climate needs, and what politics can presently deliver. Some Democrats are promising big–far beyond what’s currently possible politically–and yet even [...]
sduford on Jan 10 2008 | Filed under: Politics, Science
Since my last post on Barrack, DeSmogBlog has retracted their award and apologized. I still think his policy on Global Warming is too little too late and gives him the option of stalling as his targets would be well beyond his term.
However, I think he is probably the best candidate on the environment. Unfortunately, given [...]
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