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.
Friday, 9 August 2024
Pembrokeshire's Proposed 'Space Attack' Protection?
Despite local opposition, 27 radar dishes are planned by the MOD for St David's peninsula in Pembrokeshire (Wales). This development would be part of an Aukus (the defence partnership between Australia, the UK and the USA) gound-based radars in the three countries. The Welsh component is termed the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (Darc). It's intended to monitor, track and identify objects more than 22,000 miles from Earth. It could, consequently, it's claimed, protect the UK from 'space warfare' (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/08/plans-deep-space-radar-site-wales-go-ahead). As traditional, proponents of Darc, claim it will secure valuable jobs in the area. Opponents, conversely, claim it will be "one of the most health-hazardous, tourism-ruining, skyline blighting military installations ever proposed anywhere in the UK". The 'valuable jobs' will, of course, be army jobs whereas the opponents are dependent on farming and tourism.
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Birder's Bonus 241
Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.
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Greater spearwort ( Ranunculus lingua ) has been used in traditional medicine to treat rheumatism, skin conditions and digestive problems.
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Green buckwheat ( Fagopyrum tartaricum ) is also called 'Tartar buckwheat'. It's a domesticated food plant, producing kernels. ...
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Daily shots of my fully compostable Oyster mushroom pot, received for Christmas. Omelettes ahoy!
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