Times (UK) Eureka! Mag all about oceans, not very cheerily either. Plus other climate big-picture stories.
“Beyond Copenhagen” is the theme for the third issue of the Times’s (London) new monthly, Eureka. The issue’s lede story by Frank Pope : Losing Nemo: Is there time to save the seas? however is more narrowly focussed than that – much of it being on the ocean and, as the editorial at the front declares, “its desperate plight.”It’s a detailed piece, crafted to scare, and it is alarming. But it fits the general tenor of recent marine research. We find plankton in upheaval, doomed coral gardens, even the way the ocean smells in prospect of big change. Acidification and warming, plus general pollution and an aside on clownfish and their chemo-navigation that makes the Nemo reference more than a metaphor. It’s a crusading, essaying, heavily reported alarm of a story. Not much that is new and different for those who follow ocean science, but bracing.
A few other notable Times – Eureka headlines:
- Alice Fishburn: Climate change may be real, but it’s still not easy being green ; How do we convince our inner caveman to be greener? We ask some eminent social scientists what is holding us back ;
- Christine Loh: Great Minds: China will do its bit in fight against global warming / China is the biggest carbon emitter but its reduction policies – and Western help – could make it a model of efficiency ;
- Robin Pagnamenta, Leo Lewis, Tristan McConnell, Rhys Blakely; Jane Macartney ; Flying the flag for non-carbon energy ; Five Times writers visit six countries with very different approaches to securing a clean, green energy supply ; It’s unclear whether these writers are freelance or salaried to the Times, but this is a big package. The link leads to further links to the individual stories on Nukes in France, biofuel in Brazil, palm oil in Malaysia, geothermal in Kenya, solar in India, and wind in China. I only scanned them, so can’t say much other than that this is a lot of on-scene reporting.
For more, Main Eureka Page ;
- Charlie Petit
