And the Colorado rocky mountain high / I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky / I know he’d be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly / Rocky mountain high John Denver Since March, the Midwestern United States has been pummeled with heavy rainstorms which, coupled with melting snow, caused rivers […]
To travel is to see Tswana Proverb From Jo’burg, I traveled to the Okavango Delta in Botswana via Maun (20oS, 23.5oE), a town that is the gateway between the lush Delta to its north and the arid Kalahari Desert to its south. As we flew over the Kalahari, I got an appreciation of the vastness
The UN proclaimed March 3rd as World Wildlife Day and this year the emphasis is on “Life below water: for people and planet”. Marine and freshwater ecosystems across the world are undergoing rapid and drastic changes from a multitude of human activities. Pollution and accelerated climate change are threatening the collapse of these habitats and
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I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to observe diverse ecosystems and their denizens in different countries over the past few years. These eco-travels also offered real-life lessons in physical geography, ethno-botany, and native culture – ecosystem relationships. When life gets hectic as it often does in the concrete jungle of this capital city,
Biomimicry is getting quite a bit of attention these days. It generated nearly 2.2 million links in Google Search, and more than 6000 results in LinkedIn. One of our graduate students, Nicholas Villani, did an excellent Master’s project on “Using Biomimicry to Improve Energy Efficiency and Energy Production.”
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The detrimental impacts of noise pollution stemming from human activities on human health have been clearly established. Pharmacological intervention is required in some cases to cope with these impacts which have been shown to include increasing incidences of heart disease, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, vascular dysfunction, oxidative stress, and higher levels of cortisol (stress hormone) (Ref 1,2).