How blue is the sky?
SOURCE: https://mykindofblue.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/sky-color-no-14/ WE look to the sky each morning to decide if an umbrella is needed and, instinctively, the degree…
Browsing: Nature Matters
Nature’s artistic patterns
MAY I ask the reader for the answers to two simple questions? Question 1: What have the following words in…
A primeval predator
MY first sighting of a biawak (monitor lizard) in 1999 happened by chance whilst watching hornbills roost along the Kinabatangan…
Detailing climate change
AT the beginning of this month, the very lengthy and detailed ‘Intergovernmental Panel Report on Climate Change (IPCC) 2014’ was…
The ‘Living Planet Report’
THE World Wildlife Fund (WWF) publishes, at two yearly intervals, its ‘Living Planet Report’. Now in its 10th edition, the…
Water music — Sounds and Sights
DURING my daily walks with my adopted hunting dog along the banks of a local river, under azure blue skies…
The shape of stones
Finding clues of the forces of nature
The tale of the twisters
SOME of nature’s most beautiful patterns are river meanders, especially when seen as sinuous curves while flying several thousand metres…