Op-Ed: Seriously, Will Nature-Deficit Disorder Turn Fatal?

Michael van Baker — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:39:52 +0000

Is it courageous for a 3-year-old to stand her ground against a lion? Is it brave for the boy in this video to say "kitty kitty"? It seems a fairly culturally specific reaction. As an adult, knowing what I do about both Plexiglass and lions, I'd probably still step back from this lionness because I recognize this behavior is (in other, non-Plexiglassed circumstances) very dangerous.

Global Warming as Seen from Cooper Island

Michael van Baker — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Now, he's watching their population crash. Global warming has caused the retreat of even multi-year ice, and the cod that the black guillemots feed on have been retreating with the ice. The open water brought a proliferation of krill that Divoky hoped might keep the cod offshore, but the cod left.

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Op-Ed: Seriously, Will Nature-Deficit Disorder Turn Fatal?

Global Warming as Seen from Cooper Island