Ocean Acidification – The Other CO2 Problem
By Jim Thrall The public is generally aware of climate change, or, as it is more commonly known, global warming. Despite the efforts of the climate deniers, largely funded by the oil, gas, coal and auto lobbies, rational and informed members of the public understand that the major cause of climate change is our continual addition of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere, through the use of fossil fuels to power our industrial society. As discussed below this increase in CO2 has two separate effects on the earth that we should be concerned about. One is climate change the other…
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Getting Those Damn Rats Out of Alaska No, not those kind of rats. And not really the whole state…but still, it’s a victory. I’m talking about actual four-legged, snaggle-toothed, beady-eyed, bird-killin’ varmints. The ignominiously named “Rat Island” appears to now be completely rat free. I’ve been following this story for a while, so I was glad to hear that the latest news was good. The down side to the rat eradication is that the poisoned pellets used to kill them also killed gulls and bald eagles in the process. Since Rat Island has been infested with rats for 230 years,…