Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The Pantanal, Brazil

It is nice to be back home, but Sally and I also had a wonderful time in the Pantanal of Brazil. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the World....10 times the size of the Everglades. Obviously we visited only a small portion of this, but had some wonderful encounters with Hyacinth Macaws, Jaguars, and Harpy Eagles.

Now how do we reconcile all the CO2 emitted by the aircraft we flew on? We donate generously to organizations that support positive climate action, like the EDF, NRDC, TNC and Seacology. 






GREENLAND - Will probably be the focus of near term sea level rise

Greenland is almost all covered by a very thick glacial ice cap. If all of Greenland's ice either melted or slid into the oceans, sea le...