HARDKNOTT PASS
Hardknott Pass in England’s north-west Lake District is, technically, the most direct route from the central Lake District to West Cumbria, but it’s so steep and …
RESOLUTIONS FOR OUR WORLD 2022
It is now 2022, so I thought it would be appropriate to revisit the “Resolutions for our World” that I published on January 3, 2021. …
ROMAN CONCRETE
Roman concrete made the Colosseum possible. Inside the Colosseum, visitors have ample space to picture the roaring crowds of more than 50,000 that once thronged …
THE ISLAND OF FOULA
The Island of Foula is the most remote part of the Shetland Islands, which themselves are remote enough for most tastes. Foula is also the …
ANCIENT WATER GARDENS
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka’s ancient water gardens are located at the base of a 200ft ancient rock fortress and former royal palace, which date back to …
180 MILLION YEAR OLD FOREST
New Zealand’s 180-million-year-old forest in Curio Bay was once part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. The petrified remnants of that forest is one of …
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. Considered …
NORTHERN WHITE RHINO
Re-creating the Northern White Rhino sounds a bit like science fiction, but we have already cloned a sheep successfully and, if reports are to be …
WELSH MADE BUDWEISER
Welsh made Budweiser seems like a joke, but it’s a reality that may be on the forefront of technological advancement. Wales is about to get …
CONTRAILS ARE NOT BENIGN
Contrails are not benign. Those wispy white contrails that criss-cross the skies are far less benign than their fluffy patterns might suggest. Until now, …