Robert Scott Thayer posts

AI Predicts Dire Climate Warming Effects in 10 Years

01/31/2023

Greetings! The science world has another dire prediction on the effects of climate change and you could see these within the next 10 years! By using AI forecasting, the study said, “The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in...

Half of Globe’s Glaciers Gone by End of Century

01/12/2023

Greetings! Clearly, it’s very sobering news to hear from a new study that “Half of the world’s glaciers are doomed to disappear by the end of the century due to climate change.” This study was published in the journal Science it “made projections on the...

Nurdles are Now Consuming the World!

12/06/2022

Greetings to you! In this blog, I’d like to talk about a fairly new word in the climate change and plastic pollution research areas. The word is “Nurdle.” Do you know what a plastic nurdle is? According to the Plastic Soup Foundation here’s the definition, “Nurdles, or plastic ‘pellets’,...

Kobee Manatee’s History

11/30/2022

Greetings! Here’s something I thought you might find interesting. I’d like to talk about the background of the award-winning Kobee Manatee® Children’s Educational Picture Book series. I’ve been writing and working on the series for the past 12 years and I’d like to show...

Celebrate the Manatee Every Day in November!

11/20/2022

Greetings! It’s that special time of the year again when we celebrate manatees because November is Manatee Awareness Month! Yes, as the temperatures are now cooling down, all manatees begin seeking the naturally warmer spring waters in Florida. And these springs stay at 72 degrees Fahrenheit...

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...