I haven’t written a blog in a while, and really I only tend to think about writing posts when something in particular irks me or catches my attention. Even then, nine times out of ten I forget about it and don’t…
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TV Biologist Demonstrates All That’s Wrong With Public Relations and Science
Tagged with: Animals, BBC, Blogs, Channel 4, Conservation, Dangerous, Endangered, Environment, Extinction, Green, Media, Meteorite, Modern Science, Nature, News, Politics, PR, Public, Rant, Science, Snakes, Species, Sunday Brunch, TV, Wildlife
Posted in Being Green, Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Media
Posted in Being Green, Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Media
US and Russia embarrass UK and EU in Polar Bear trading fight.
The UK media, which is normally fairly vocal in its support for species protection, remained fairly quiet over the Christmas period with regards to emerging news that the UK government has as of yet failed to back plans to make…
Tagged with: Ban, BBC, CITES, Climate Change, Conservation, EU, Extinction, Green, Hunting, Nature, News, Poaching, Polar Bear, Politics, Russia, UK, USA, Wildlife
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Crime
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Crime
London 2012 – Is it really the ‘greenest’ ever olympics?
The current hot topic – the London 2012 Olympics. The games return to the UK for the first time since the summer of 1948 and it’s safe to say that there was certainly some excitement about it when it was…
Tagged with: 2012, Aquatic Centre, Athletics, BBC, Carbon, Carbon neutral, Construction, EIA, Environment, Environmental Management, Green, London, London 2012, Low Carbon, Nature, Olympic Flame, Olympic Park, Olympic Stadium, Olympics, SEA, Sport, Stratford, Sustainability, Wildife
Posted in Being Green, Sport and the Environment, Uncategorized
Posted in Being Green, Sport and the Environment, Uncategorized
When it rains, it pours.
It’s been a while since I last posted anything on here, the best part of six months in fact.I have a valid reason, I’ve been fully focused on completing my masters in Environmental Science. Now that’s done, and whilst I…
Tagged with: Birds, Britian, Conservation, Drought, Endangered, Environment, Extinction, Green, National Trust, Puffin, Rain, Species, UK, Water, Weather
Posted in Climate Change, Ecology, Uncategorized
Posted in Climate Change, Ecology, Uncategorized
‘Probably the best in the world’ climate change risk assessment falls short of headline news
So yesterday (Thursday 27/01/12) saw the release of what was probably one of the largest and most important pieces of research carried out on the impacts of UK climate change. The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2012 It was the…
Tagged with: 2012, Agriculture, Broadsheets, Buildings, Business, Climate Change, DEFRA, Environment, Forestry, Future, Government, Health, Impacts, Infrastructure, Media, Natural Environment, News, Tabloids, UK, UK Climate Change Risk Assessment, Well being
Posted in Climate Change, Environmental Media, Uncategorized
Posted in Climate Change, Environmental Media, Uncategorized
The baboon ‘too smart for its own good’
If you’re yet to see this Channel 4 documentary, then give it a watch. It’s a fascinating insight of how a baboon’s body works and how this particular ‘urban dweller’ has adapted to survive in a human dominated landscape. This…
Tagged with: Animals, Baboon, Conservation, Documentary, Environment, Environmental Crime, Euthanasia, Green, Inside Nature's Giants, Monkey, Nature, Poll, Primate, Wildlife
Posted in Ecology, Environmental Crime, Uncategorized
Posted in Ecology, Environmental Crime, Uncategorized
A reinforcing spiral: Blogging and the environment
I am currently undertaking a research project for my masters dissertation entitled ‘How are new social media making scientific controversies public?’. As part of this project, I am currently doing a review of the literature in this area. One article…
Tagged with: Blogging, Environment, Filtering, Media, News, Polarization, Politics
Posted in Environmental Media, Uncategorized
Posted in Environmental Media, Uncategorized
That Little Red Light
Firstly, many apologies for my silence over the Christmas period, I have been very busy travelling back and forth between various family members and have only just returned to a ‘state of work’… Secondly, I’d like to wish everyone a…
Tagged with: Beneficial, Energy, Environment, Financial, Green, New Year, Resolution
Posted in Being Green, Uncategorized
Posted in Being Green, Uncategorized
Ecocide – making environmental damage an international crime.
I came across this topic earlier and felt it would make a great starting point for my first environmental related blog post. Let me know what you think about my style of writing, the content of the post, and any…
Tagged with: Ecocide, Environment, Environmental Crime, Habitat protection, Law
Posted in Environmental Crime, Uncategorized
Posted in Environmental Crime, Uncategorized
Entering the blogosphere.
As it’s the Christmas holidays, and I have nothing better to do (other than my coursework…), I have finally decided to succumb to this blogging malarky. So over the next few days there is likely to be much learning on…
- It's the small things that matter – when insects shaped today's natural world
- New study examines the causes and consequences of the 2015 Wimberley floods
- Plastic in the Oceans Increasing Risk of Disease in Coral Reefs
- University of British Columbia wearable technology could change the way athletes train
- NOAA research holds promise of predicting snowpack before snow falls
- The Scent of the City
- New study reveals how icy surface ponds on Himalayan glaciers influence water flow
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