North Queensland wildlife and the environment
Climate Stripes This time last year we shared the Climate Stripes graphic, one of many visualisations of our warming climate. Its developers have now extended it to show changes in the atmosphere and the oceans, demonstrating that all of the earth’s systems are affected.
The deservedly popular picnic and camping grounds at Alligator Creek in the Cape Bowling Green National Park have re-opened, at least in part. They closed for renovations eighteen months ago to the disappointment, even anger, of locals. The day-use areas were officially re-opened on November 15, with new amenities, paths and boardwalks, and the walk-in … Continue reading “Alligator Creek re-opens”
About fifteen years ago I took on a reviewing role with our local newspaper. My motives were somewhat mixed, as were theirs, but there were enough benefits on both sides that the arrangement continued for five or six years. I have posted several of those reviews to Green Path under their original dates (examples here) … Continue reading “Dirt Cheap”
A news bulletin from Kiva: As you may know, Hurricane Matthew, a category 4 storm, made landfall in Les Anglais [Haiti] at the beginning of October [2016].* In the run up to the storm, our staff members told the community that they should charge their electronics soon as they would have to turn off the … Continue reading “What happens to a solar power microgrid in a hurricane”
The New Nature Writing Granta No 102, Summer 2008 Granta Books, $29.95 Granta, for those who don’t know it, is an English quarterly which publishes such luminaries as Lessing, Theroux, McEwan and Winterson. The editor of this issue, Jason Cowley, takes as his theme the notion that ‘economic migration, overpopulation and climate change are transforming … Continue reading “The New Nature Writing”
