Oregon-Washington Dead Zones: Global Warming and Anoxic Oceans

[dead crabs washed up on the coast here in Oregon]
This is what’s happening to the coasts off of Oregon and Washington (as well as oceans around the world).  The oceans are becoming more and more acidic, in a process called acidification.  And that bodes poorly for creatures who are sensitive to rising acid levels (most).
There [...]

The Anthropocene: Our New Geological Era

Because of the increasingly powerful changes to the planet by human causes, Nobel laureate atmospheric scientist Paul Crutzen suggests we start calling the current era The Anthropocene.

What Whitey Likey

Canada, apparently.

Election 2008, The Race Card vs. The Gender Card: What’s a White Male to Do?

The Democratic race for the Presidency is now down to only two candidates: Barrack Obama, a black man; and Hillary Clinton, a white woman.
I was listening to NPR’s Talk of the Nation the other day while they were having a special on Barrack Obama and how race is impacting his candidacy. At one [...]

Gore Won’t Endorse Obama … Nor Hillary

TNR makes the case. Gore won’t risk losing out on the chance to be a part of a pro-climate-change administration (or is that bad wording? Maybe the current administration is pro CC?).

Clinton vs. Obama Debate

Film Gordon takes on the highlights
Each candidate stressed their pre-existing friendship and their intention no matter what to unite against the Republican Party. While Clinton clearly does better in a debate format than Obama, he bested Clinton in four of the six categories that we used to judge the contest. Let’s go to the scorecard [...]

New Ant Species Discovered in Malaysia and Fiji

A new ant species, a member of the genus Lordomyrma, discovered.  Not the sexiest creature, but kinda cool none the less.  And there’s more.
It should not be surprising to learn that additional Lordomyrma remain to be described, as members
of the genus are small and inconspicuous, maintain colonies of modest size and tend to be shy [...]