Everything has a day, and apparently June 22nd is simultaneously National Chocolate Eclair Day and National Onion Rings Day in the US, and Rainforest Day around the world. Tropical rainforests are the most astounding, important and magnificent ecosystems on our planet and here are a few ways you can get […]
From mountain tops to wadi beds. 2019 in 19 photos.
One week ago, I landed back in surprisingly sunny England after a month and half spent in the rainforests of Northern Borneo. We were continuing our previous work looking at how macheting vines could be used as a strategy for speeding up the recovery of heavily logged forests. For me, […]
Proof that one person really can make a difference in an age of extinction.
With the tapestry of life untangling at its fastest in the wildlife-rich tropics, purposeful adventures in rainforests have never been more important. I’m a big believer that the more people that get to experience the wonder of Earth’s greatest ecosystem, the more will choose to defend it. So whether you’re […]
In 1900, David Hilbert outlined 23 major mathematical problems he thought were crucial to solve in the coming century. His list provided a guiding beacon for focusing the efforts and brainpower of many mathematicians, such that by the turn of the 21st century, the majority of the problems had been […]
Another year, another species of orangutan, and another bunch of complete pillocks put in charge of biodiversity hotspots (pillock 1, pillock 2). Here are some of my favourite (and worst) moments of 2018, in no particular order. I supposed the biggest thing was graduating from Sheffield Uni with a Master’s […]
I’ve decided to stop feeling useless and start to do something about it.
A tropical rainforest, apart from being galalactically important, is also just a swell place to be. Sure it’s sweaty, sometimes there are leeches, and sometimes those leeches wriggle into places they shouldn’t. But for the most part a rainforest is one of the best places you can ever visit. Here […]
This is how Redmond O’Hanlan starts his fantastic book Into the Heart of Borneo: As a former academic and natural history book reviewer I was astonished to discover, on being threatened with a two-month exile to the primary jungles of Borneo, just how fast a man can read. Powerful as […]