Blog Entries tagged 'Environment'

Insighter: Dallas Abbott

rsambandam@trchome.com — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Asteroids are space objects and sometimes they hit earth. Depending on their size they can cause great damage. Small asteroids can burn up when they enter the atmosphere. Larger ones can hit earth and cause damage directly and indirectly. The most popular reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago is asteroid strikes and the resulting global climactic changes. Okay, nothing new so far. Everyone can agree that asteroid strikes can have no to devastating impact. The ne [...]

Books: Guns, Germs and Steel

rsambandam@trchome.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond

Why did history unfold differently on different continents? Rather than point the finger at racial or ethnic differences to answer this question, Diamond focuses on environmental differences and proceeds to lay out a comprehensive case. Four sets of factors, he argues, contributed to the world as we see it today.

First, are the differences between continents in terms of the number of species of wild plant [...]