Tag Archives: wildlife

Redirecting floodwater into aquifer

Posted on August 22, 2022 by borderslynn

For some years now the pattern of drought followed by flooding is experienced in many countries. Serious reduction in water levels in aquifers causes drinking water shortages. It is therefore necessary to build a system which directs flood waters into … Continue reading →

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Will we be Fishless?: Part X

Posted on March 17, 2021 by borderslynn

Humans have thought themselves so clever when using their brains for scientific endeavour. Indeed, we marvel at what chemical inventions have taken place, creating products which were meant for human consumption without any thought that they might be harmful. The … Continue reading →

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Wildlife of Africa and the links to wildlife of South America

Posted on May 22, 2019 by borderslynn

When South America split from Africa (see previous blog) it became, for much of the past 130 million years, an island continent, and on it organisms evolved in “splendid isolation.” Mammals, especially, evolved into forms not seen anywhere else. The … Continue reading →

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The Jaguar of the Americas and implications for its origins: part two

Posted on March 9, 2019 by borderslynn

Nature dominates and rules our lives. No matter how much material wealth we may have, we cannot buy Nature and all its myriad of miracles. We do try to emulate Nature and today we call this study Biomimetics. Wikipedia re: … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged biomimetics, chavin, deity, environment, jaguar, mayan, olmec, protection, reverence, shamanism, South America, wildlife, worship | 2 Comments

The Jaguar of the Americas and implications for its origins: Part one

Posted on February 17, 2019 by borderslynn

Panthera onca is a genus within the Felidae family that was named and first described by the German naturalist Lorenz Oken in 1816. The British taxonomist Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as comprising the species lion, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged early life origins, endangered species, genome, jaguar, North America, oceans, panthera onca, South America, wildlife | 2 Comments

Destruction of the Garden

Posted on August 14, 2017 by borderslynn

Humans thrive when nature provides them with fertile land where they feel safe and can develop skills. This was such a place, between less abundant and often hostile lands, it was a place humans would target and fight to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged arable land, bronze age, dam technology, ecology, Farming, fertile crescent, habitat, irrigation, pre neolithic, water, wildlife | 2 Comments

Bees and Wild Flowers

Posted on May 28, 2013 by borderslynn

The last few days of May, 2013 included a Bank Holiday. Friday through to Monday was glorious; hot sun beating down. Monday turned to rain but quenched the dry ground. I had to remove a few ticks from my dogs, … Continue reading →

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Spring Equinox

Posted on March 19, 2013 by borderslynn

In the last week of February our single snowdrop plant, bearing about 8 stems of flowers, appeared outside our room window. The nearest other snowdrops to be found are 5 miles from our cottage. They grow in abundance where the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, Equinox, Farming, Global food security, Hunter-gatherer, Jericho, March, Snow, Spring, wildlife, world population | Leave a comment

Climate Change and Tree Deaths

Posted on January 8, 2013 by borderslynn

I was reading an article in the ScienceDaily.com dated December 2012 entitled : “As Climate Warms, Bark Beetles March On High-Elevation Forests” As Scotland has mountain slopes upon which are many pine plantations, I was naturally interested. Here I quote … Continue reading →

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Fungi, Lichens and Mosses

Posted on November 30, 2012 by borderslynn

We have endured heavy winds and rain here in the Scottish Borders for a few days. All is calm tonight, with a bright moon lighting up the fells around us. The Forestry gamekeeper will be out looking for deer to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged acid rain, alga, bog, fungi, lichen, mire, mosses, nature, peat, wildlife, yinyang | Leave a comment

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