Daily Archives: November 9th, 2007

Climate warming and beetles

A paper came out this week on climate change and the potential ability of diving beetles to deal with it:
Thermal tolerance, acclimatory capacity and vulnerability to global climate change. Piero Calosi, David T. Bilton & John I. Spicer.  Biology Letters. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0408
“We demonstrate a positive relationship between upper thermal tolerance and its acclimatory ability [...]

Thank You Mister Policeman Officer Sir.

I now have a 45 mile commute from my house out to my new job, all through 2-lane rural roads. I was completely zoned out and speeding on one of the few straight spots with no deer, and got pulled by a cop.
Mr. Policeman was extremely suspicious of me, and in retrospect, I can see [...]