Entries with the tag: ‘Global_Warming’
A new report landed on my desk at the end of last week: The World Risk Report 2011, by a team of researchers from the United Nations University. It came to my attention in a newsletter that I receive several times a week which carried the headline: Malta – the safest place on Earth? Now, […]
“Seven Days in May” was a 1964, Oscar nominated, film staring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, and Frederic March with Ava Gardner adding the “female” interest. It tells the story of how US military leaders, (led by Chief of the Defense Staff, Burt Lancaster), plot to overthrow an increasingly unpopular President, (Frederic March), because he supports […]
These two terms are often used interchangeably although they have quite distinct meanings. The world’s weather patters are a dynamic system which is in a constant state of change and flux. In the past the world’s climate has changed due to natural causes, but more recently the term “climate change” has been used to refer […]
Making predictions can be a difficult business. Predictions can expose the self-proclaimed prophet to the possibility of praise and admiration as an oracle, a seer like Nostradamus, or ridicule and scorn. Prophecies of doom and destruction, in particular, can result in comparisons to Cassandra, the daughter of King Priam who predicted the fall of Troy.
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