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30 October 2015
Wow! Moment as Scientists Discover What’s Really Decimating The Cod Fishery
No doubt that overfishing has decimated the Cod fishery, but the extreme restrictions put on the Cod catch has done little or no good, and the numbers are now down to 3-4% of a sustainable fishery. Apparently, what was really happening has been staring us in the face for over a decade, and it’s not good news. To put it in science denier terms- “It’s the warming oceans stupid!” A …
9 January 2013
King Tide Is Holding Court
The World’s oceans will rise up considerably higher than usual this week due to an effect called “King TIdes”. The tides are a result of the gravitational forces of the Sun and the Moon of course but when the Moon is full or new we are “lined up” and the gravity from both act in concert with each other. It may seem that a full moon would act opposite but …