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Archive for April, 2008

Giant squid dissection continues – the enormous eye of the Kraken wakes!

• Wednesday, 30 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Green Issues
Tags: Alfred, antarctica, colossal squid dissection, giant colossal squid, Lord Tennyson, New Zealand Museum, Pancake ice, rostral beak, sea ice, Te Papa, tentacles, the Kraken

The spectacular beauty of Antarctica – photo of the day.

• Tuesday, 29 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues
Tags: energy, environment, Green Issues, National Foundation's Office of Polar Programs, the Polar Year, the spectacular beauty of Antarctica, U.S. Antarctic Program

Giant squid dissected live on webcast by New Zealand Scientists.

• Monday, 28 April, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Green Issues
Tags: giant squid, live dissection, Museum of New Zealand, New Zealand

Anzac Day – a sprig of rosemary in rememberance.

• Friday, 25 April, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Politics
Tags: Anzac Day, Gallipoli, soldiers, war, WWI

Virulent fungal wheat virus – sifting fact from fiction, an update.

• Wednesday, 23 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Politics, World Economics
Tags: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Iran, Puccinia graminis, resistant wheat varieties, UG99, virulent wheat rust virus

President Bush calls for easing of environmental protection in face of gasoline price blowout.

• Wednesday, 23 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: carbon emissions, dependence on foreign oil, fuel consumption, fuel efficient vehicles, gas prices, President Bush, renewable fuels, sustainability, waivers to EPA requirements

Earth Day – celebrating in Australia!

• Tuesday, 22 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: Australia, Earth Day, Green Issues, My Country, the great southern land

Surface melt of Greenland’s Ice Sheet may not lead to sea level rise.

• Tuesday, 22 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues
Tags: Climate Change, Greenland's glaciers, ice loss, meltwater, sea level rise

Australia extends its continental shelf-more oil and gas exploration expected.

• Monday, 21 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Green Issues, Politics, World Economics
Tags: Australia's continental shelf, borders, Green Issues, oil and gas exploration, territorial claim, UN, United nations

Australia’s 2020 Summit-a nation’s vision for our future, a challenge for the Rudd Governement.

• Sunday, 20 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: 2020 Summit, education, energy, housing, science and t4e, social services, taxation