By Joshua S Hill •
November 13, 2007
Awhile ago I got to write on the new initiative by Greenpeace, entitled the Great Whale Trail. It was initiated in direct response to Japan’s strongly held views that they must kill numerous whales each year for what they called “scientific research.”
Greenpeace, rightfully so, disagreed hotly with this theory, and went about setting twenty satellite tags on humpbacks migrating out of New Caledonia and the Cook Islands. They worked in conjunction with scientists in the area, from the [...]
By Joshua S Hill •
November 11, 2007
It is unarguably the world’s most picturesque and glorious continent, and one of the last places on Earth where man has not been able to achieve dominion. But that doesn’t mean Antarctica isn’t feeling the effects of mankind. In fact, for the first time in 1,800 years, its temperatures are beginning to rise.
Northern Thinking
The world is very much split in to two halves. The Northern Hemisphere contains approximately 90% of the planets human population and the majority of the landmass [...]
By Joshua S Hill •
September 29, 2007
Over my short but ultimately enjoyable tenure here at Green Options (a tenure which I hope to hold on to for a long time to come…), I have had the opportunity to write often on the recent scientific observations taken from the Arctic: that the Arctic ice sheet suffered its largest drop in recorded history. In fact, if you haven’t heard of it here at GO already, you no doubt will have heard
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