Robert Scott Thayer posts

World Oceans Day Breaches Rising Tide of Unsettling News

06/08/2022

Greetings! World Oceans Day is a time to celebrate the seas, which make up more than 70% of our planet. While it is a time to admire the beauty that lies beneath the waves, it is also a time to be very concerned with...

Kobee Manatee’s Climate Change Wins Prestigious IBPA Silver Ben Franklin Award!

05/09/2022

Kobee Manatee’s Climate Change Wins Prestigious IBPA Silver Ben Franklin Award! Greetings – I have some great news for you! We recently won the prestigious IBPA Silver Ben Franklin Award for our newest installment: Kobee Manatee® Climate Change and The Great Blue Hole Hazard. Who is...

Harness Solutions for Combating our Greatest Threat – Climate Change!

04/21/2022

Greetings to you! On April 22nd I celebrate Earth Day! EARTHDAY.ORG is the world organizer of Earth Day. It’s theme for Earth Day 2022 will be “Invest in Our Planet.” The organization explains, “Earth Day 2022 is focused on accelerating solutions to combat our greatest threat, climate change, and...

IPCC Scientists Issue Grave Warning on Climate Change

04/07/2022

Greetings to you! I’ll continue talking about climate change and its sobering warming effect on our planet. You’ve heard this before – climate change is responsible for extraordinary droughts, record breaking temperatures, rising sea levels, and extreme weather events. On Monday, April 4, 2022,...

Grab the Kiddos – Read a Children’s Book Today For International Children’s Book Day!

04/02/2022

Award-Winning Kobee Manatee Children’s Books shown on a gift shop display. Greetings to you! It’s time to celebrate International Children’s Book Day! So, what exactly is defined as a children’s book? According to the Library of Congress, “Children’s Literature is defined as material written and produced...

Climate Change Harbors Anxiety Crisis

02/03/2022

Greetings to you! It’s no surprise that the effects of climate change baked the Pacific Northwest during the summer of 2021, smashing older heat records. Surveys of British Columbia residents reported that, “heat in some places soared above 120 degrees Fahrenheit – suggest this disaster caused a...

Sizzling Oceans Reached their Hottest in 2021!

01/12/2022

Greetings to you! In this blog, I’d like to continue talking about climate change and its devastating warming effect on our planet, especially our oceans. In recent report in the Advances in Atmospheric Sciences says, “Thanks to the relentless pace at which humans are adding greenhouse gases to the...

Climate Change Doomsday Glacier Could Cause 6 Foot Sea Level Rise!

01/06/2022

Greetings to you! In this blog, I’d like to continue talking about climate change and its devastating warming effect it can make the Thwaites (Doomsday) Glacier unstable. Recently published research discusses what could happen if this Antarctic glacier the size of Great Britain melts. And the very sobering...

Awesome Christmas Fun Facts!

12/21/2021

Greetings to you! I’m sure you’ve heard the Holiday song, “It’s beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” With only a few days until the Christmas celebration, I thought I’d give you some awesome fun facts about Christmas. Let me start with this song! It...

Dr. Tracy Fanara aka Inspector Planet Uncovers Extraordinary Science Nuggets!

12/19/2021

Dr. Tracy Fanara, NOAA Scientist is at the top of her game, doing what she does best – Environmental Science Research. Greetings to you! In this blog, I’d like to introduce you to my friend and colleague, Dr. Tracy Fanara. Tracy’s current position...