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  • Do you ever get that sinking feeling?

    I am afraid I do when it comes to climate change and, as a result, don't always switch off lights when I leave rooms, don't always say no to unnecesssary plastic bags when I buy anything and will happily (and this could be the worst damage of all) jet anywhere in the world either for business...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-02-2008

  • Can I have those coconuts, please?

    This article, by David Strahan, author of The Last Oil Shock, says that it would take three million coconuts to power one flight from London to Amsterdam on 100% biofuels. Some of the comments posted at the end of this excellent article, first published in the New Scientists, agree with Strahan that...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008

  • The danger of bogus science

    Believing what you want to believe (or pretending to believe in something because it's in your commercial interests) has always been a problem. But the stakes have never been higher than in the case of climate change. To yet again refer to the excellent New Scientist magazine, their editorial from...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-22-2008

  • Even the goldfish will get it

    Another great article in The New Scientist talks about a new system for mapping much more precisely the impact of climate change on eco-systems. Designed by The Nature Conservancy , the system - linked with Google Maps - will enable conservationists to work out expected changes in precipitation and sea...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008
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