KEEPING CLIMATE CONCERN
St Cuthbert’s Island, off Lindisfarne, Northumbria.
An islet under threat from rising sea levels. The islet
has been adopted by Eco-Verses as
a symbol of the global risk to low-lying places.
We fossils do not kindly take
the way that you frequently break
us up into bits
to be fuel that is s**t.
Leave us be, and go green, for Your sakes
In July 2009, The Smithsonian Magazine ran a fascinating illustrated article about an Illinois Coal mining operation where there is evidence of a whole carboniferous forest in the roof of the mine. This article is still available (July 2024) and can be accessed at
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worlds-largest-fossil-wilderness-30745943/
Here’s a picture of the mine
Find more about the thinking behind the growing collection of CLIMERICKS HERE
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