Richard Zurawski

As I scan the wires for the latest science news, especially as it relates to climate change, something ominous has increasingly been catching my attention. And that is how complicated, entwined and linked are the oceans and the atmosphere of our planet. If you tweak one the other, in some way or another, also gets [...]

The leaves on the trees are all but off and we have headed into the nether season of short daylight hours and colder weather. The long hibernation is about to begin and many Canadians begin to look to the south longingly and hoping in some way the winter weather will be shorter and less protracted [...]

It now appears that we have a Conservative government that is hellbent on making a deal regarding the environment with the new president-elect Obama. Both are touting their commitment to the environment and are said to be anxious to put in place a deal that will reduce carbon dioxide levels to 20 per cent below [...]

I read in the papers and hear on the news that world economic order is disintegrating. Major companies are failing and the banks are asking for government bailouts and talk of recession and even depression is on everyone’s lips. Even the plummeting cost of oil in the wake of the economic downturn does little to [...]