Dendrogyra cylindrus, a multi-turreted castle on a Caribbean reef. Photo © Paul Humann/Corals of the World. It’s hard to miss, standing tall above the general canopy height of corals on a Caribbean reef, looking somewhat like an ancient castle with… Read More »Homage to pillar corals, Dendrogyra cylindrus.
Two oceanic systems have been in the news recently – el Nino and AMOC. One oscillates on an approximate 2 to 7 year cycle, the other is far more stately but appears to be slowing due to climate change. Both… Read More »Climate change – It’s decidedly non-linear. There will be surprises.
It’s Earth Day and ur beautiful but fragile home seen in crescent phase behind our lifeless moon reminds us we must take better care. Current trends in emissions and warming show no effect of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. I… Read More »Update on the state of the planet
Here we are, February 2026 and I am back on the Big Island of Hawaii ready to visit Pele once more. She had been putting on quite a show when I was there last year. And frequently during the intervening… Read More »My latest visit with Pele
Are other animals aware, even self-aware? An easy question, but difficult to answer. And yet, as we learn more about other creatures there is lots of evidence that leads to the likely conclusion that it is not only us, our… Read More »They Share This Planet, They Are Wonderful, And They Are Not a Bit Like Us – Learning to Respect the Others that Populate our World.
Reminiscences of my interactions over the years with two Hawaiian akua, Kanaloa and Pele and my love affair with Hawai’i.
COP30 finished two weeks ago without much fanfair or much accomplished. Perhaps global inequality and rampant capitalism is to blame? I remember when Naomi Klein’s book, This Changes Everything, came out in 2014. It was an impressive book about the… Read More »COP30 is over – now what? Is inequality the problem?
I comment on the way in which humans use the planet and the problems that has created. Climate change is just one, but with COP30 here tomorrow we can hope for some progress
In this post I dive into the issues of social media and AI, highlighting how they affect human behavior and understanding. I reflect on the irrationality of people’s decisions driven by emotions rather than facts, and worry about the growing… Read More »Why am I writing about social media?