BIRD ISLAND
This blog is about Bird Island, the most northerly island in the Seychelles. It has been described as a paradise with too many palm trees …
POWERED BY COOKING OIL
A flight powered by cooking oil has taken place in the U.K. for the first time. You might expect such an announcement would be followed …
BUMBLEBEES HAVE A BALL
My other two blogs this week are a little heavy, so I thought I would lighten the publication with “Bumblebees have a ball”. Yes, there …
POLLINATORS
Bees, birds and bats, and other similar pollinators, affect 35% of the world’s crop production. They also increase the yield of 87 leading food crops …
SPACE ROCKS
Space Rocks. An attack on planet Earth conjures up images of Martians, alien empires such as those in the film “Independence Day”, and a whole …
A 24-7 OPERATION
Fishing in international waters has become a 24-7 operation. A single country has accounted for about 80 percent of the fishing in the international waters …
ACEQUIAS
“Acequias” is a system of water management known as “sowing water”. The word is derived from the Arabic word “as-saquiva”, which means “water conduit” or …
KARAKALPAKSTAN
Most people have never heard of Karakalpakstan and, no, I didn’t spell it wrongly, even though my spell checker thinks I did. It’s a vast, …
LONELY TOILET
A lonely toilet is the southern-most building in the British Isles. You might expect the southern-most building to be a crumbling castle, built to repel …
MOSQUITO
The publication “Gates Notes” is celebrating “Mosquito Week”, although celebrating is hardly the right word to describe the animal that kills more human beings each …