Comments on: Reading Planet Earth, part One.

By: The Greatest Lie Ever Told « Lack of Environment

The Greatest Lie Ever Told « Lack of Environment — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:02:39 +0000

[...] In centuries long past, if you upset someone in China they might well have cursed you by saying, “May you live in interesting times” and to be sure, today, we do indeed live in interesting times. These are Strange Days on Planet Earth (National Geographic). [...]

By: Paul Handover

Paul Handover — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:35:31 +0000

Jean and I watched the film Home last night (as featured on Joining the Dots post yesterday) and the way that food is being produced, and the oceans denuded, was truly frightening. What a strange race we are!

By: Martin Lack

Martin Lack — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:59:02 +0000

You’re somewhat late to arrive at this particular Party (or is it a Wake?) but welcome nonetheless.

I guess I do not need to ask for your opinion ofthe latest deveopments on the synthetic life front (with which I am sure I would agree – as I think it is meddling in stuff we should not – like playing God).

However, despite all the bravado, I am very much a pragmatist and, as such, tend to consider each new scientific development on its merits… As such my only gripe with GMOs was the tendency for their deployment to be mainly in the interest of multi-national corporations rather than the farmers (i.e. similar to my objection to the marketing of powdered baby milk to perfectly healthy mothers). Compared to this, stem cell research – although a much greyer area – does seem to have some very appealing potential benefits (although playing God is a very clear danger there too)… Discuss.

By: pendantry

pendantry — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:48:14 +0000

A slight tangent, but anyone who claims that GM foods are nothing to worry about would do well to watch this. As we’re so blatantly incompetent at handling the species that do exist, anyone who suggests that a created species can possibly be ‘safe’ is talking complete and utter nonsense.

By: Reading Planet Earth, part Four « Learning from Dogs

Reading Planet Earth, part Four « Learning from Dogs — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:01:54 +0000

[...] first episode plus the introduction can be seen here, the second episode can be seen here while the third can be seen [...]

By: Martin Lack

Martin Lack — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:38:12 +0000

In Storms of my Granchildren, Hansen laments long an loudly over NASA’s failure to invest (20 years ago) in appropriate satellite development that would by now have plugged this gaping hole in our knowledge – namely the cooling effect of sulphates, aerosols and particulates in the atmosphere.

By: Paul Handover

Paul Handover — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:36:55 +0000

Thanks. P.

By: PerfectStranger

PerfectStranger — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:20:03 +0000

Here is a link to my next blog on … “The Global Dimming Effect”

http://dogsofdoubt.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/global-dimming-its-causes-and-effects/

By: Paul Handover

Paul Handover — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:47:40 +0000

PS, thank you for that clarification. I’ll wait for your Post to arrive here and perhaps refer to it when I ‘introduce’ the final video on Friday. Paul

By: PerfectStranger

PerfectStranger — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:40:55 +0000

Paul, NO! all the dots are not yet connected, so far you have only noted two global effects caused by our abuse of the environment:

Global Warming and Globalization of the species.

But there are two other great dangers which must also be understood, only then will people have a complete understanding of the issues affecting us all. All in all, four gargantuan and totally different global effects which may yet turn out to bring us something akin to the the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

One more blog coming up tonight.