Great excerpt from a book on the fate of polar bears, including a super-thoughtful discussion of why even highly reputable scientists turn to melodrama, in the under-appreciated Pacific Standard. Called: The Fuzzy Face of Climate Change. Highly recommended. Speaking of excerpts, here's a couple. The set-up question: Are polar bears threatened with extinction? Actual dataContinue reading “Why we melodramatize the fate of polar bears: Zac Unger”
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Condors recover, feast on roadkill near Ojai
In an Earth Day editorial this past Sunday, the Star noted that the captive breeding program that brought the California Condor back from near extinction has become so successful that condors in Ventura County are no longer even newsworthy: It was 25 years ago this month that the last free-flying California condor was plucked fromContinue reading “Condors recover, feast on roadkill near Ojai”
Love and extinction
An amazing true story, via poet Kimiko Hahn and Daily Poetry. Hahn's new book, Toxic Flora, was inspired by science stories in The New York Times. Xenicus Longipes The four known species of bush wren in New Zealand are, by now, endangered or extinct. Possessing trifling tails and wings, none fly far— instead they hopContinue reading “Love and extinction”
Closed Minds — Libertarian and Religious — Think Alike
Often on the right hand side of the political dial I hear claims that environmentalism is "a religion." I guess by this it’s meant that some people, maybe including me, think the earth is sacred. Horrors! Instead of contesting this, I’m beginning to think enviros should agree, and point out that to many on theContinue reading “Closed Minds — Libertarian and Religious — Think Alike”
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