Category Archives: scholarship

Review of “No … increase of Carbon sequestration from the greening Earth”

Posted on 2 September 2019 by ecoquant

(As promised.) Introduction and Abstract This is a review, re-presentation, and report on the August 2019 article, Y. Zhang, C. Song, L. E. Band, G. Sun, (2019), “No proportional increase of terrestrial gross Carbon sequestration from the greening Earth“, Journal … Continue reading →

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1992 World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity

Posted on 6 January 2018 by ecoquant

Professor David Suzuki, as ever, reminds us urgent warnings about our `collision course with Nature’ are nothing new. This one came in 1992 … Introduction Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course. Human activities inflict harsh … Continue reading →

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miscellany

Posted on 6 October 2017 by ecoquant

This is an assortment of bits and pieces I’ve wanted to blog about, but, given the ever increasing Pile of Matter Important sitting over there in the corner, I probably won’t. Maybe I’ll come back to them. I have left … Continue reading →

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