I was doing a little source based work on the impact of Global Warming on Antarctica and found out about these nasty looking pasties, called nematodes, they effectively recycle carbon in the soil, fixing it for other organisms. I was surprised to learn that there is more carbon in the world’s soil, than in all the vegetation in the world. Why the problem? The Dry Valley’s have seen a regional cooling, perhaps due to the increasing thickness of the ice sheet in the interior, this has resulted in the decline of the nematode population, less of them, more carbon dioxide not fixed, but released. Interesting article here.
If you’re stuck to the computer, or three in my case, you might be interested in the local cooling website. Here you can download a free application that reduces your computer’s energy consumption. The application comes with a little Stats counter, that can be integrated into a blog etc and tells you how much energy you have saved. Every little helps…
This is an interesting little project that could be used as a case study, one I need to investigate further. The idea of tree-nation is to plant eight million tress in the shape of a heart in the Sahara, with the aim of tackling desertification. Heart…mmm, this is not a charity but run as a business, people purchase a tree and dedicate it. I would like a little more environmental detail about the area to be used before I jump in!
On the Juicy Geography Google Earth Blog, there is an interesting little story about how insurgents tackled by British troops in Iraq. were found to have images of Basra from Google Earth, it has been suggested that Google Earth has not been updated with newer images of the region as a result. Noel is conducting a vote on the implications, if founded, of such a move by Google.
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