Extreme marine heatwaves and ‘worlds’ so near yet so far apart
JULY 2023 was confirmed as the global hottest air temperature month at 16.95 degrees Celsius breaking the previous record of…
Browsing: Nature Matters
Heralding a new age – greener oceans and rising temperatures
MANY will know that our Earth’s 4.5-billion-year-old existence has been split up into geological epochs, each spanning millions of years.…
All the buzz about a magic metal known as lithium
LITHIUM (Li) is the relatively new ‘buzz’ word as we all have such batteries in our mobile phones, laptops, and…
A strange weather phenomenon in Kuching
ON June 13, 2023, a good friend of mine sent me a series of photos of a phenomenon that he…
The Father of Biogeography – Alexander von Humboldt
WHO has heard or learned of this scientist? One might cast one’s mind back to one’s schooldays when the Geography…
An El Nino event is impending
IMPOSED on the ever-rising temperatures caused by climate change there is a periodic weather event known as the El Nino…
Our oceans’ most intelligent mammal — the dolphin
AS an adolescent, the word ‘dolphin’ meant one of two things to me in the harbourside town of Penzance in…
In the sea and on land – our mega carbon storers
WE often read about the demise of forests and the effect it has upon increasing the carbon dioxide content of…