Methane hydrate, the so-called monster, lies beneath the sea floor. In sediments on the ocean bottom, microorganism remove oxygen making conditions lower down anoxic. Here, methanogens produce methane that is trapped as the notorious gas hydrates. In practice, rather than theory, there is a catastrophic difference between the increasing summer melt of Arctic Ocean sea…
My family and friends used to paddle down the Ipswich River. We’d load up canoes, pull in hands and feet, put paddles out, to follow watery bends and turns down the river. In May, high water carried us over river banks, through trees and out onto flooded fields by the Topsfield fairgrounds. We floated outside…
We are the Jerry’s Pond Preservation Society God save red-tailed hawks, black ducks, and goslings We are the Great Blue Heron Appreciation Society God save song birds and all the different varieties Preserving the pond life from being abused Protecting the wildlife, for me and for you What more can we do? We are…
Recently, nearly five hundred long-finned pilot whales have stranded themselves on sand spits in the waters off of Macquarie Heads on Tasmania’s west coast. A place much like Wellfleet in Massachusetts Bay, this is a tidal area with shallow shoals of sand and mudflats. Marquarie Heads is a known hotspot for pilot whale stranding. More…
In the efforts to slow the ravages wrought by Climate Change, the hare may have beaten the hybrid car while munching on grass. The real winners are non-fertilized green lawns and permaculture. The hare was just stimulating the plants to action. First, it is paramount that we reduce the burning of fossil fuels and reduce…
Thank you for lending your voice to this worthy endeavor. Please share with friends and associates. Encourage them to join with us in speaking out in our own words. Got something to say? Send us photographs and we’ll post on the state page where plastic pollution is happening. Walk the talk with a donation of $3,…
Thank you for lending your voice to this worthy endeavor. Please share with friends and associates. Encourage them to join with us in speaking out in our own words. Got something to say? Send us photographs and we’ll post on the state page where plastic pollution is happening. Walk the talk with a donation of $3,…
Thank you for lending your voice to this worthy endeavor. Please share with friends and associates. Encourage them to join with us in speaking out in our own words. Got something to say? Send us photographs and we’ll post on the state page where plastic pollution is happening. Walk the talk with a donation of $3,…
