Category Archives: Nature

Politicization of Global Warming Reaches Canada

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ryan | Permalink 0

Science should dictate politics, not the other way around. But this is the real world, and in the real world things don’t work the way they should. Particularly [..]

Nature canada, carbon tax, climate change, Conservatives, global warming, politics, science, sustainability

Boy Birds Look Like Girl Birds To Get Some Tail

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

Adult male (front), juvenile (behind) and adult female (back) This was the finding in a paper published online today in Biology Letters entitled “Adapative Significance of Permanent Female [..]

Nature avian, biology, biology letters, birds, france, harrier, nature, research, science, sexual mimicry, Western Marsh Harrier

Depressing…

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

The 7-day forecast for Calgary. Kill me now.

Me, Nature calgary, canada, forecast, me, sad, weather

Road Trip!

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

It’s been awhile since I’ve taken a real vacation. I mean, I love going home for Christmas but those trips always end up being more tiring than work; [..]

Me, Nature blog, blogging, calgary, kelowna, me, road, science, Social Networking, trip, twitter, vacation, Vancouver, victoria

Elephant and Crocodile Photographed in a 'Tug of War'

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 0

In a series of photos, a battle between and elephant and a crocodile showed up on the BBC website today. The photos were taken in Zambia’s Luangwa National [..]

Nature africa, attack, crocodile, elephant, nature, photography, river, science, zambia

Best Wildlife Photos of the Year

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 2

The winners of the 46th annual Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 competition, run by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine, were announced a couple of [..]

Nature animals, aurora, baboon, crocodile, insects, lights, mammals, nature, northern, photo, photography, picture, pictures, science, wildlife

The Hungary 'Sludge' Spill From Space

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 0

About 8 days ago, a waste-retaining pond at an alumina oxide (aluminium ‘rust’) plant in Hungary broke and released about 700 000 cubic meters of toxic sludge into [..]

Nature, News Hungary, nasa, news, photography, satellite, sludge

Sorry Creationists, Radiometric Dating Still Works

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 2

About a month ago, there was a story about scientists from Purdue University claiming that they have measured changes in decay rates of certain isotopes. The changes, they claimed, [..]

Astronomy, Nature, Skeptic astronomy, creationism, neutrinos, news, radiometric dating, research, science, scientist, Skeptic, skepticism, sun

Priorities…

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 0

I haven’t laughed out loud at a political cartoon in awhile. But when I saw this one posted on The Intersection, I emitted a kind of laugh mixed [..]

Nature, News cartoon, change, climate, funny, global warming, nature, news, political, science, scientist

'Tis the Season…for Ozone Depletion

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 0

Around this time each year in the Southern Hemisphere, the winter turns to spring. This brings with it warmer temperatures, but also the infamous ozone hole. The direct sunlight [..]