A review of just came out this month in a trade magazine called Fish Farmer (June 2022 issue, page 25). Here is what they said: Steve Holloway’s debut novel is an impressively ambitious thriller set in the year 2066. Skilfully weaving back and forward in time and ranging across several continents, Pelagia tells the story…

“So, if the middle of the ocean is a desert, what do the tuna eat?” I was talking to a group of young people for the UK’s Potential Plus program for gifted kids. It was a great question If you happen to be herding schools of tuna through the South Pacific gyre, and a large…

Often for a few weeks in summer, along the Southern California coast, there is a ‘red tide’. This happens when there is a sudden bloom of plankton called dinoflagellates (Lingulodinium polyedra, the species often found in Southern California red tides). As the plankton multiplies, the water turns rust red. At night the presence of the…

On average, households pay 12-18% of their income for energy like electricity, gas, fuel for cars, etc. The percentage is much higher if we factor in the energy cost of producing food and the many goods and services we use. And, of course, nations struggle – even wage war – for access to energy for…