Friday, July 20, 2012

The promise of technology...(or, the elusive promise of technology...)

"We were able to guess from the nature of the croaking of frogs if there would be any rain in the near future," said Trilocha Pradhan, 63, who farms about seven acres of rice paddy in the mostly agricultural state of Odisha. "Such croaking is rare today," he added, blaming the effects of climate change. 

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Frish's VHEMT quote for today

"The future of coral reefs isn't a marine version of tree-hugging but a central problem for humanity." 
--
Frish