Author: bbloper

It took me 50 years to be able to listen to complete Wagner opera.

Coffee & Climate Change ↑OR↓ The Cold Truth

How climate change threatens coffee production | DW Documentary / 2024 / … #dwdocumentary#documentary Climate change could halve the amount of land suitable for coffee production by 2050. In a bid to save one of the world’s most popular drinks, many people are busy experimenting with more resilient coffee varieties and sustainable growing methods. In… Continue reading Coffee & Climate Change ↑OR↓ The Cold Truth

Slime Moulds | In Our Time

BBC Radio 4 – Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss slime mould, a basic organism that grows on logs, cowpats and compost heaps. Scientists have found difficult to categorise slime mould: in 1868, the biologist Thomas Huxley asked: ‘Is this a plant, or is it an animal? Is it both or is it neither?’ and there… Continue reading Slime Moulds | In Our Time