Actually, Abdel, I don't think you have that quite right. When we are
considering radiation coming FROM the sun, a photon is either absorbed or
reflected. If it is not absorbed by a gas molecule in the atmosphere, it
will be absorbed (or reflected) at the earth's surface. Either way, if it
is
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
program at the University of Puerto-Río Piedras (UPR-RP) aims to train
Ph.D. students in interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to
environmental problems in urbanizing, tropical landscapes. The program is
based in the
Christian,
I assume your arguments here are intended to promote science, or at least
to present why science should be promoted and to the exclusion of religion.
However, I think that your characterization of science, in addition to
being somewhat misleading, does more to hurt that cause than to
Merran,
It appears that a few clarifications are in order. My arguments came from
a purely secular perspective. I'm not saying that everything good in
religion comes from god, nor am I saying that one must be religious in
order to have a sense of ethics.
On the first point, I wasn't really
Richard,
I live in a very religious area and I often hear some of the arguments that
you have made. In particular, the idea that all bad things in religion
come from man, who is imperfect, and that all good things in religion come
from god, who is perfect. Of course, you have to be willing to
Good Afternoon.
I recently moved to Chile and I'm courious if anybody could recomend some
good field guide aplications for ipad/iphone.
I have seen app like this, for North America, specially birdwatching app,
and they have worked quite good!
Appreciate any recommendations.
Regards,
Felipe
Sarah,
I think you can readily attribute the subjugation of women in those
countries to the Abrahamic religions that dominate their cultures. It is
not necessarily a question of fundamentalism on the part of the populace as
it may the fundamentalism of the regime or those who influence those
See: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/issues/view.php?sf=68
Comment on how biofuels produce more energy at the point of use than required
for their production.
Comment on the effects of biofuel plantations on ecosystems.
WT
