Our world is teeming with microbes, those organisms so small that we can only see them with the aid of … More
Category: Nature
Are we due for another Ice Age?
Imagine your neighbourhood covered in ice, hundreds of feet thick. At the height of the last ice age, roughly 20,000 years … More
Farming for a future
When a cyclone hit Madagascar in March 2017, the effect was felt in ice cream shops and bakeries around the … More
Solving a puffin puzzle
From May to August the Atlantic Puffin leads a bold and highly visible life. Summer breeding grounds, like Machias Seal … More
Protecting our skin and the planet
We all know that applying sunscreen to our skin will protect us from the sun’s harmful rays but did you … More
Weather, wet and wild
The word ‘weather’, in Old English, means wind or breeze, but if you look closely at it you can find … More
