“during the last century the North American capitalism shifted as much sediment as would be moved naturally in between 700 to 3000 years.”
Human impact on surface geological processes
“The World is an ever weaving tapestry”
“no thread can be pulled without destroying the integrity of the cloth.” Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd
Investment Success for Orbital Marine Power
In less than 1 week Orbital Marine Power Ltd exceeded £1million on its investment crowdfund.
Creating a Pollinator Corridor: B-Lines
B-Lines is a response to the decline of bees and other pollinating insects, a plan for how to reconnect our wild places by creating a network of wildflowers across our landscapes.
Securing the Future of Critically Endangered Delacour’s Langur
“While the aim is, first and foremost, to help secure the future of this species, the initiative also has importance for tropical limestone forest biodiversity more generally. “
Noise Pollution and the Protection of Wildlife
New research led by Queen’s University Belfast has found that man-made noise changes the signals of animals, hampering their communication with each other.
Recent Bird Sightings in Stronsay
“There was a typical mixture of unusual species in late Autumn, spread across most areas of the island, but with bird-watching somewhat curtailed this year there are bound to have been several we did not see or hear of. “
It Doesn’t Have To Be Big…..To Be A Garden…
” I was walking up the main street in Stromness, when I saw this….”
Beavers v Wolves: Rewilding Wetlands
A recent study by researchers in the USA has looked at how the interaction between beavers and wolves in the wetland habitat affects that ecosystem.
“It all depends on what we do next”- The Implications of Habitat Loss
Mammals, birds and amphibians worldwide have lost on average 18% of their natural habitat range as a result of changes in land use and climate change.
