Make your child understand Climate Change I have written a couple of posts on Global Warming and the effect it has on our climate. We are already experiencing climate change and slowly but surely a lot of people are waking up to this fact. The ice is melting and changing the habitat of a…
Is fashion a danger to our environment? These past years one has quite often heard of awful accidents in factories where clothes are made. These factories are in countries like Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, where working conditions are far below what we are used to in Western countries. Wages are not enough to…
Mother Earths needs help, time is running out Climate change and global warming are recent additions to our vocabulary. I think that by now most people know what they mean. Just to make sure you understand the differences between the two terms (as I understand them), too much carbon dioxide (CO2) contributes to…
Old fossil fuels reservoirs release Methane When permafrost is disappearing from the Arctic greenhouse gases are released. The difference between Carbon Dioxide and Methane Carbon Dioxide: When animals and humans breathe, carbon dioxide (CO2) is released. Whenever you burn something organic, carbon dioxide is made. Huge fires worldwide cause a rise in carbon…
800-Year-old trees are at risk, help save Tongass National Forest Do you know the name of the largest national forest in the United States? It is the Tongass National Forest and it is situated in southeastern Alaska, in what is called the Panhandle. Why am I asking you this question?. It is because…
The ecosystem of the Sahel is in serious danger Do you know where Senegal is situated? It is on the west coast of Africa. This country, just like most African countries with a coastline, is having serious problems with plastic waste. Plastic is invading their country and putting the ecosystem at risk.…
Climate Change is already visible in the Alboran Sea The Alboran Sea forms part of the Mediterranean sea and is situated in front of the coast of the south of Spain. Some years ago there was a small earthquake with noticeable effects inland where I live. One afternoon I was watching Spanish news at…
Our Environment Will Suffer and if We are not Careful it Might be a Real Disaster. Friends of the Earth I got an email from Friends of the Earth and the news they supply is not good. The environment, which we should take good care of as it is the inheritance we will…
Archaeological Sites in Malaga/Spain, Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante/U.S.A. Malaga Spain I have always been interested in old things be it furniture, buildings or archaeological sites. I love stones and fossils and with the metal detector, I have found a couple of interesting things during my life. Living in the south of Spain…
Genetics and Climate, is there a connection? Climate Change is altering the behavior of birds and even genetic changes can be observed. An article recently published in my Spanish newspaper Sur, really makes you think. No more seasons I have been living in the south of Spain since 1976 and I have observed…