tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post3430819779412189367..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: Rapid RuinGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-10905780608338853252012-06-22T11:57:28.099-04:002012-06-22T11:57:28.099-04:00Unregulated growth in an organism is cancerous.
...Unregulated growth in an organism is <i>cancerous.</i> <br /><br />After Growth Culture, <a href="http://youtu.be/D_2E6Zh4BU4" rel="nofollow">The New Native Americans</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-48778331821393904262012-06-21T08:40:18.490-04:002012-06-21T08:40:18.490-04:00Thank you for your comment Lewis. I think you sho...Thank you for your comment Lewis. I think you should be able to paste a url so even if it isn't a direct link I could copy it. But yeah, blogger is flawed, for sure!<br /><br />I did write one post about insects, don't know if you saw it: http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2012/02/little-things-that-rule-world-from.html<br /><br />Going now to look for the Guardian article. I kinda think that we already have major permanent losses to the biosphere, in fact we humans have been driving species to extinction and destroying habitat ever since we could stand up. We'll never know about total destruction of course, because we'll be gone before then.<br /><br />Anyway, I agree...fight on!<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />GailGail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-69785318815645265052012-06-21T07:56:47.136-04:002012-06-21T07:56:47.136-04:00At last, some formal recognition of the scale of t...At last, some formal recognition of the scale of the impacts - but this blame fool comments system doesn't allow pasting of URLs - so have a look at the Guardian Environment section and its article on new (!) pollutants.<br /><br />One of the bits still missing from debate is ozone's impact on the insect life that forms a large part of the basis of the ecology's food chain. I'm hoping a focus on this will recruit the very potent pretty-birdies lobby, who've generally been clueless on overarching issues until they see how the birdlife is being hit.<br /><br />Also, I've been meaning to post what seems to me the only useful response to your fine post "What's the point?" -<br />which is that major permanent losses, let alone total destruction of the ecosphere, are still far from certain, <br />- so, IMHO, we fight on because we know it's worth doing and that its a fight we must win, however bitter the losses along the way.<br /><br />With warm regards,<br /><br />Lewis CleverdonLewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-87988181473280376832012-06-19T20:31:32.722-04:002012-06-19T20:31:32.722-04:00It All Fades.It All <a href="http://youtu.be/8mSUmAWgFDQ" rel="nofollow">Fades</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-71032439610027751302012-06-19T13:52:38.284-04:002012-06-19T13:52:38.284-04:00Thanks again for you efforts with another fantasti...Thanks again for you efforts with another fantastic blog post. This one was particularly interesting to me being that I live in the PNW as well, north of Seattle in Vancouver BC. It is a bit startling to hear that you think the decline here has been precipitous since your last visit a few years ago. <br /><br />I first noticed the excessive tree deaths in summer 2009, as I've mentioned here in the comments before. Since then I've watched year after year as the same effects are noticed each spring and summer. <br /><br />That being said I have assumed that it must be getting worse with each passing year but it is difficult to quantify when you live here and see the same areas every day. <br /><br />To hear from someone that hasn't been here for a few years that it has gotten far far worse is saddening to me, but I believe it. I wish I had documented pictures for myself so I could see just how much it has changed. I think a lot of standing dead trees are often removed so that it tends to make things appear better than they are, or makes it much harder to quantify just how much have died.<br /><br />Your observations are confirmation enough for me that things have gotten far worse. <br /><br />On a side note I wanted to mention something interesting I observed while at a plant nursery with my mother a few weeks back.<br /><br />We both noted that this particular nursery had what appeared to be extremely healthy plants relative to others in the area. Very little yellowing of leaves or die-back like I've become accustomed to these days.<br /><br />When we were at the cashier checking out the lady unloading our cart of plants began to tell us about the requirements of the different plants we had bought. <br /><br />She mentioned that the ornamental millet would "perk up" once we got it home and into direct sunlight as the nurseries greenhouse employs a UV filter, which apparently this particular plant is not so fond of.<br /><br />It made me wonder though, how much increased UV ratings might be affecting the plants? I've heard that some years ago it was quite unusual to see UV ratings much higher than 11. Now it is not uncommon to see ratings as high as 17 in some parts of the world. <br /><br />It might be interesting to do an experiment and see how much a UV filter would help greenhouse plants.<br /><br />Please don't take that as an argument against the ozone evidence you've compiled. I think you are correct about that beyond the shadow of a doubt. I just wanted to add that observation I had as I wonder if UV increase is contributing, since we've undoubtedly screwed up our atmospheric shielding as well.<br /><br />Thanks again for all you've done on this topic, which I feel is almost surely the most important problem in our world right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-11607894067545050112012-06-17T13:47:37.022-04:002012-06-17T13:47:37.022-04:00Large economies don't look so hot once Natural...Large economies don't look so hot once Natural Assets are factored in.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/17/large-economies-dont-look_n_1603587.html?utm_hp_ref=business<br /><br />catmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-91796146247251251602012-06-16T00:48:32.463-04:002012-06-16T00:48:32.463-04:00Solving problems of chemical waste: 596 chemicals ...Solving problems of chemical waste: 596 chemicals end up in fracking fluids pumped into many hundreds of thousand gas wells. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phCibwj396I&feature=relatedPLoveringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04027992777731735792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-55084815691137136312012-06-15T21:42:55.628-04:002012-06-15T21:42:55.628-04:00Tokyo Professor: Deformities in cedar trees may be...Tokyo Professor: Deformities in cedar trees may be from Fukushima radiation — Sex abnormalities, malformed branches <a href="http://enenews.com/tokyo-professor-deformities-in-cedar-trees-may-be-from-fukushima-radiation-sex-abnormalities-malformed-branches-photos" rel="nofollow">[PHOTOS]</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com