Managing the Menhaden

The Seed Cathedral

A TED video. Thomas Heatherwick of Heatherwick Studio talks about several projects including the Seed Cathedral, built for Britain as part of the recent Chinese Expo, and a bridge that opens by curving back on itself.

Museo Subacuático de Arte

Some photographs and a video of Jason deCaires Taylor's Museo Subacuático de Arte. Large concrete sculptures submerged off the coast of Mexico, with the dual purposes of providing a place for new coral reefs to grow, and reducing damage to natural reefs by luring tourist away from them. It is planned to eventually contain over 400 permanent life-size sculptures.

La Evolución Silenciosa

Ed Burtynsky - Oil

A set of photography's of the Deep Water Horizon oil spill by photographer Ed Burtynsky. The photographs accompany this article on guardian.co.uk. Following the link to the photographs is a video on Burtynsky's exhibit Oil that was at the Corcoran Gallery of Art last year.

Deepwater Horizon: Drilling deep, drilling dumb

Edward Burtynsky: Oil from Corcoran Gallery of Art on Vimeo.

Louisiana Bird Rehabilitation Center

Video from C-SPAN's visit to the Louisiana Bird Rehabilitation Center.

Louisiana Bird Rehabilitation Center

The Big Burn

Here is Timothy Egan discussing his newest book The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America. I think I preferred his previous book, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl. The most interesting aspect of the new book is to see how the arguments in politics today are almost exactly the same as the argument that went on in the past. If you are into the genre of natural disaster books, both of these books are worth reading.

North Atlantic Oscillation

OK, So this is why it is so cold. Although I do remember some colder days from last year, when I stood for hours to see Obama when the temperature was 16.

North Atlantic Oscillation blamed for cold spell

Strawberry Crab

New crab species discovered in Taiwan.

Cap and Trade

This is from last August's issue of the Smithsonian Magazine, but I just got around to reading it. This is the best explanation of Cap and Trade that I have read.

The Political History of Cap and Trade