Category Archives: climate change

Jamestown is drowning

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Roger Gosden

Historic Jamestown celebrated Archeology Day today with various events and demonstrations to make history seem more authentic. Artifacts discovered on the island in the past 30 years give glimpses of how the first English colonists lived before they moved to … Continue reading →

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Appreciation of James Lovelock (1919-2022)

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roger Gosden

Did you ever regret you hadn’t met someone after hearing it was too late? I did today. James Lovelock was one of my scientific heroes. He died on Tuesday at age 103. I knew people who worked with him at … Continue reading →

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Ride the King Tide

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Roger Gosden

I never saw water so high in Powhatan Creek. Living in Norfolk, Virginia, I occasionally encountered flooding in my neighborhood after exceptionally high tides or a nor’easter. I’d drive through inches of water to my driveway which rose to a … Continue reading →

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Male Alligators & Crocodiles like it hot

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Roger Gosden

I might live to see gators from North Carolina colonize our local swamps and creeks. Warmer winters from climate change will entice them and torrid summers push them north. Or maybe not. After recovering from overhunting for making leather handbags, … Continue reading →

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COP26 – Are we Hopeful or Cooked?

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Roger Gosden

I had first sight of Jane Goodall decades ago at Edinburgh University where an excited audience gathered for her seminar. Looking like a slim owl in brown plumage, she wore a signature ponytail even then, though not yet grey. She … Continue reading →

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