Signs of Climate Change IfinkAdmin September 19, 2014 Climate Change, Uncategorized We hear about the impact climate change will have on our atmosphere, the diversity of our flora and fauna, but it also will have a direct impact on our lives - we too shall have to adapt. So here's 10 changes, ...
Meet the Climate Scientists IfinkAdmin September 19, 2014 Climate Change, Uncategorized The media have an odd relationship with science - to them it's a giant bundle of confusion (we feel their pain). Research is attributed as 'scientists say', instead of naming the specific scientist, or the grou...
Greenhouse Gases IfinkAdmin September 18, 2014 Climate Change, Uncategorized Our climate is warming, our sea ice is melting and the effect on humans will be catastrophic if we do not reduce our greenhouse gas levels. ...
The Facts about Climate Change IfinkAdmin September 10, 2014 Climate Change, Uncategorized You know those statements you hear that make you go 'oh, well that sounds plausible'. Yup, they're often a complete load of twaffle. Here's some of the usual suspects, except we've armed you with the real fact...
How to Spot a Climate Denier IfinkAdmin September 9, 2014 Climate Change, Uncategorized Climate change is hidiously complex and scientists are constantly collating data to fully understand and predict how our climate will change in the future. Having said that, there is an awful lot that scientis...
Crazy Earthquake Facts IfinkAdmin August 29, 2014 Geoscience, Uncategorized Magnitude of 9.5 = around 60 million tonnes of TNT 1. There are about 500 000 earthquakes a year. Only about 100 000 of these can be felt and about 100 cause significant damage each year, the rest are recorde...
Maths IfinkAdmin August 28, 2014 Big Science, Uncategorized “Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll was a fellow in mathematics at Christ Church college, Oxford....
Medical Science IfinkAdmin August 28, 2014 Big Science, Uncategorized It is ironic that in the same year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, some would have us ban certain forms of DNA medical research. Restricting medical research has very real human c...
Energy & Fuels IfinkAdmin August 27, 2014 Uncategorized We've embarked on the beginning of the last days of the age of oil. Embrace the future and recognize the growing demand for a wide range of fuels or ignore reality and slowly, but surely, be left behind. Mik...
Space & Astronomy IfinkAdmin August 26, 2014 Big Science, Uncategorized “From out there on the Moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitc...