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Category Archives: Environment
Lustful Sighing
Musicians and activists Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno, on their latest album, Liminal, have expressed hope for a tortured and exhausted world in their piece Ringing Ocean. Whenever I listened to the piece (regardless of the unrelated visualizer) I had … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Environment, Germany
Tagged Beatie Wolfe, Brian Eno, Earth Overshoot Day, Humpback whale
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How Does a Yellowhammer Sing?
About two years ago, I had blogged about a rare concert by Brian Eno and friends and family members at the Acropolis in Athens which took place under very concerning circumstances. So far unseen wildfires had approached the outskirts of … Continue reading
Top Environmental Policy Adviser’s Nomination Withdrawn
It comes somewhat as a surprise that climate change denier Donald Trump has finally withdrawn the nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White as environmental policy advisor, a climate change sceptic. White has got her academic degrees in humanities and religion at … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Environment, USA
Tagged climate change denier, climate change skeptic, Donald Trump, Kathleen Hartnett White
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Whale Watching in Tromsø
Last week’s whale watching safari in the Kaldfjord of Kvaløja/Troms was unfortunately unsuccessful. We booked Northern Sailing, responsible whale watching on an oak shooner as it is known that Northern Norway may be the last resort for these beautiful beasts. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Norway
Tagged Humpback whale, Kaldfjord, Killer whale, Kvaløja, NorthernSailing.no, orca, Tromsø, whale watching
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Climate Change is a Fact
That the currently observed climate change is man-made is still disputed, in particular by president Trump who calls global warming “weather.” Scientists are not denying that Earth is undergoing glacial periods for billions of years, and the development and spread … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Environment, USA
Tagged climate change, Donald Trump, global warming, Homo sapiens, ice age, insect decline, mass extinction
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