May 19 News: NOAA warns of rapid, 'unprecedented' ocean changes; Your lawn's planetary impact; Turning waste heat to electricity

Great seed, CB!

Great question, C B, current research leads us to believe that the advent of "Global Climate Change" can in fact be a
stimulus for a evaluational "mutation in the species: "Homo-sapiens As long as there is some ability to "shade" living areas, and access to water, as well as the ability to "ventilate" humans can and will "survive" a fairly significant increase in GMT (Global Mean Temperatures) The major factors would be: rate of Temp increase. availability of fresh water, access to appropriate shelter, and other things having to do with the ability to "counteract" at least on the short term the demands that the increase in temp. places on the humane physiology. This is why many people in a wide verity of scientific fields think that major wars to be fought in the very near future will center on access to water, rather that oil, gold, or other things we think are "valuable" today. If humanity can survive long enough, the exposure to ever increasing temps. will "force" genetic changes in our biological makeup that allows us to survive. But, we have an example in what happens to "people" in the disappearance of the "Anasazi People" who seem to have died off almost completely, and possibly due to an inability to quickly deal with a cataclysmic "drying" of their environment.

Interesting seed Colorado Bob.

Its good to notice that people are aware of ocean issues, and how we as humans effect the ocean with pollution and water runoff. The watershed is where much sea life life really begins, and Chemlawn ain't helping out too much.

Dr. Lubchenco does carry the corporate ENGO message of multi use of the oceans, and truth is Obamas Ocean Policy is bought and paid for by some mighty big corporations that really do not have the environment at the forefront of interest.

Lubchenco, before becoming NOAAs administrator, was an EDF environmentalist. I question DR Lubchencos motives.

EDF is supportive of biosolid application in the production of food crops, and hydrofracking for gas development. Not exactly earth friendly, depending on what you read. Her performance in the Gulf was less than stellar, favoring sweeping many issues under the surface, as it were.

I have some opinions of multi use of the oceans that do not include industrialization favored by many of the ENGO supporting corporate contributors.

As far as overfishing goes, that is no longer a US issue as overfishing officially ended this year, according to a NOAA press release.

Not quite sure when the article was written but yesterday, Lubchenco was in Gloucester with Gary Lock, apologising to fishermen and promising to get people back to harvesting our resource, and attempting to do a lot of damage control caused by the NMFS, exposed in an Inspector General investigation.

http://www.fishtruth.net/

Good seed Colorado.

It looks like the human species will evolve soon. That or die out from its destruction of its environment. The behavior of the past when we were relatively isolated pockets of population are over. There is no place to migrate to that is not already occupied. And not by cultures that are technologically less advanced. A population crash to about a billion people worldwide is not unlikely.

Hi guys,
I thought you'd like this link about Sir Walter lawns, & enviro impact.The video is quite interesting.
:)

http://www.loveyourlawn.com.au/lawn-care-videos/environmental-issues-videos/60-environmental-benefits-of-a-healthy-sir-walter-lawn

Excellent article. The cantilevers sound promising. I hope we pursue that idea.

I have a lot of breathing problems and just speaking for myself, it is so much easier to breathe cold air than hot humid air. I have more energy in winter although I get tired of snow sometimes.

Our culture isn't being very kind to Mother Earth. A while back, I read an article on the trees being salvaged at the bottom of Lake Michigan with huge growth rings. These trees are leftovers from deforestation a hundred years or so ago.

I really like the idea of mowing the yard less. A friend of mine built a house out in the forest. The builders wanted to cut down all the trees surrounding the home. She said: "No Way". She didn't have to mow very often because the trees shaded the ground and kept the grass from growing so fast and so tall. The trees provided a wind barrier during storms, home for little critters, and were beautiful to boot.