Exploring meteotsunami events
MOST of us are aware of tsunamis, large waves caused by submarine disturbances and land upheavals, such as volcanic eruptions,…
Browsing: Nature Matters
Darwin? Which one?
WHEN one hears the name Darwin, one immediately conjures up an image of an old man with a white beard…
Temperate rainforests
MENTION the word ‘rainforest’ and to most of us, it conjures up a vision of tropical and equatorial climates and…
Wildfires and pyrogeography
WILDFIRES have been commonplace events dating back to Palaeolithic and Mesolithic times and even before man in lightning flash fires…
Little known pioneers of modern meteorology and climatology
DAILY weather forecasts are often conversation topics comparing the probable reports in the media to the actual event, so unpredictable…
Donner und Blitzen
EVERY second, there are about 40 to 50 lightning flashes globally, adding up to 1.4 billion a year. These flashes…
Love’s labour’s lost
IN order for any species to survive it must be able to reproduce and in doing so produce a viable…
The shifting seasons
BOB Dylan’s recording in 1964 of his song, ‘The Times They Are A-Changing’, springs readily to mind when reading about…