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Stern indeed

Submitted by rickeyre on

Firstly, a declaration of slight personal regret today. I was unable to attend the Walk Against Warming in Sydney this morning because it was... er, too cold.

The fact is that I am still recovering from the effects of a rather aggressive little URTI earlier this week. Despite the weather there were still 10,000 people who did the march from Martin Place to the Botanic Gardens, which is great news. More demonstrations around the world on November 4 coming up.

Sir Nicholas Stern's costings of the impact of climate change are massive, yet I feel that they could still be an underestimate.

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GPS-Equipped Pigeons Enlisted as Pollution Bloggers

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GPS-Equipped Pigeons Enlisted as Pollution Bloggers - A project known as PigeonBlog is using birds carrying high-tech backpacks to create accurate, detailed urban pollution maps. Related projects are also taking flight. [National Geographic]

Now let me get this straight... National Geographic don't have a reputation for doing April Fools Day jokes in November, do they?

Which means that Pigeonblog is for real, too.

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Word of the day: Wetlands

Submitted by rickeyre on

wet·land (wtlnd)
n. A lowland area, such as a marsh or swamp, that is saturated with moisture, especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife
(Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition via Dictionary.com)

Unless, of course, you are in the U S of A where, it seems, the Department of Interior considers any wet lands to be wetlands.

Especially if they are water hazards on golf courses. Or even puddles.

The St Petersburg Times in Florida picks up the story, and check out the Department of Interior's official line.

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