Wednesday 29 September 2010

Coming Back

A report that one third of 'extinct' Mammalian species are eventually (sometimes 100 years later) should not raise too many hopes (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/29/plant-species-face-extinction ). It is also predicted that 1 in 5 plants face extinction and that will accelerate the rate of animal extinctions. Talking of extinctions, I retire from University on 30th September. I will continue to exist in the Blogosphere!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Happy retirement, Paul! Very glad that you are not retiring from blogging though. Michele

Caroline Gill said...

With all good wishes, and we look forward to more blogposts.

Paul Brain said...

Thanks for your good wishes- I suspect that the blog might actually get more attention. I have certainly no intention of watching cricket or golf on TV!

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