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Why caves need protection
Because we are still finding previously-unseen creatures in them: GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Amateur cave explorers have found a new family of spiders in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon, and scientists have dubbed them Trogloraptor — or cave robber — for their fearsome front claws … Entomologists there say the spider — reddish brown […]
Whiskey is for drinking, but water is for fighting
July 10, 2012
Florida has 19 million people living in it. Every single one of them needs water. Where it’s going to come from is a major issue that has no easy answer, in part because these water “needs” often include things that aren’t, strictly speaking, actually necessary, like watering a giant suburban lawn or maintaining a golf […]
The value of trees
June 8, 2012
Wealthier cities and neighborhoods have more trees than poor ones – so much so that you can apparently see the difference from space. The existence of this disparity isn’t news, exactly – the basic research on tree disparity between rich and poor neighborhoods was done a few years back. According to Tim De Chant at […]
The meaning of dry caves
May 22, 2012
The caves in Hernando County, Florida are drying out. Hernando County is about an hour north of Tampa. It’s definitely cave country. But it’s also been losing its rural character and becoming more and more suburban over the last fifteen years or so. And that’s most likely part of the reason the caves are drying […]
Mapping the underground
May 7, 2012
When I see a hole in the ground, my first instinct is not to go crawl down into it. I have a number of friends who would love nothing more than to do exactly that. Cavers belong to a subculture that is compelled to explore the damp, dark limestone tunnels beneath our feet. They’ll eagerly […]
The tragedy of your unsustainable dinner
April 30, 2012
Earlier this month, Whole Foods announced that they’ll no longer be selling seafood considered to be unsustainable. Commercial fishing is an incredibly competitive business, which means that near-constant improvements in efficiency are required in order to stay profitable. That basically means catching more fish, more quickly, which is a practice that can’t be sustained over […]
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August 21, 2012
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