Category Archives: Nature

Horror movie caterpillars infest Amsterdam

Horror movie caterpillars infest Amsterdam, originally uploaded by Brianfit. Spinselmot or — I think — Willow Ermine (Yponomeuta rorellus). Until last night’s storm tore through most of the webs, the larvae of these black and white moths had engulfed whole trees, mostly willow, in the Rembrandt park and here, along the Sloterplas. I’ve seen pictures

A wish for the oceans

Every Ted winner gets to make a wish.  Sylvia wished we would all campaign for Marine Reserves.  I’m helping Sylvia. How about you?

Don’t it always seem to go…

Left: All the water in the world (1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it) including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc. Right: All the air in the atmosphere (5140 trillion tonnes of it) gathered into a ball at sea-level density. Shown on the same scale as the Earth. Thanks, Dan