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!
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3 comments:

Unknown said...

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

30 September 2010 at 09:06
Caroline Gill said...

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

30 September 2010 at 13:07
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!

1 October 2010 at 10:42

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