Category Archives: environment

Holy Cow! (The Poop On Poop)

An Overview of Eating Meat Once I was talking to some farmers, and they made a joke about how many bushels of corn a person eats in a day. At first, I did not understand. I thought to myself, “Maybe I eat an ear of corn a day on average.” So, I prodded them further about [...]
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Eastern Ribbon Snake

The Eastern Ribbon Snake’s preferred habitat is wetlands. They are quite often found along streams and ponds. Frogs and other amphibians are their primary sources of food. The Ribbon snake is an adept swimmer and will pursue it’s prey which it eats live. The Ribbon snake rarely bites humans and will attempt to escape any [...]
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Invasion Of The Cuckoo Wasp

“Take the Hogweed which related to the true story in the press at the time about how the plant – Giant Hogweed – imported from Russia in Victorian times had become rampant thru the British countryside.” – Paul (on Peter Gabriel & Genesis) Well, I’ve mentioned several such concerns in the [...]
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Invasive Species, Growing Seasons, Life Cycles and Global Warming

Introduction Climate change changes the climate. What effects does the change in climate have upon life? Plants, animals and insects are impacted in a variety of ways. As the globe warms, growing seasons my be extended further north in the northern hemisphere and further south in the southern hemisphere. This allows some plants to migrate and [...]
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Ozone Know Zone

Q: What can I do to help with the ozone problem? A: There are many actions you can take. First, it helps to understand the “double wammy” ozone problem. 1. Stratospheric ozone depletion 2. Tropospheric ozone creation “Stratospheric ozone depletion is a concern because the ozone layer in the stratosphere keeps 95-99% of [...]
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The Trees Canopy Collapse

Foliage Spoilage and the Trees’ Canopy Collapse 1. Overview It would appear that there is a complex chaotic system in play that is resulting in the deforestation of the Earth. There are many factors contributing to situation; however, low level ozone appears to be the leading cause of destruction. Following is an abstract from a study started [...]
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Tropospheric Ozone = Low Ozone = Bad Ozone

EEK! – Our Earth – Ozone Action For Children: Good Ozone, Bad Ozone How ground-level ozone affects plants and animals (including you!) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources The atmosphere of the Earth is divided into layers. Each layer is a little different. Stratospheric ozone is found in the stratosphere, a layer of air way up in the atmosphere. [...]
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