This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Monday, 22 March 2021
Who Are You Calling 'Horrific'?
It's a bit rich calling the swarms of spiders fleeing into homes in order to escape the flood waters of New South Wales (Australia), 'horrific' (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/22/horrific-swarms-of-spiders-flee-into-homes-and-up-legs-to-escape-nsw-floods). Spiders had no role in climate change, unlike their hosts!
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