Troy Media Thought Leader Geoff Carpentier

Why birds sing before winter weather breaks

Posted by Geoff Carpentier | Apr 6, 2021 | Environment, PREMIUM content

NATURE: As the days grow longer, environmental and behavioural changes ensue, and wildlife responds accordingly. Many species court and breed in the dead of winter (PREMIUM)

Differentiating truth from myth about snowflakes

Posted by Geoff Carpentier | Mar 22, 2021 | Environment, Lifestyle, PREMIUM content

NATURE: As you enjoy the winter climes, marvel at these seemingly simple structures that rely on all the forces of nature for their beauty, structure and endurance ($21)

Are owls wise, all-seeing and good luck – or harbingers of calamity?

Posted by Geoff Carpentier | Mar 9, 2021 | Environment, Lifestyle, PREMIUM content

GEOFF CARPENTIER: Owls have extraordinary sight. It was believed that people could gain better vision by making a potion from the ash of owl eggs ($21)

Strange weather, stranger words to describe it

Posted by Geoff Carpentier | Feb 21, 2021 | Environment, Lifestyle, PREMIUM content, Science

NATURE: In the odds and sods category, hunch weather is windy and drizzly, so much so that one has to hunch over just to walk ($21)

Strange weather and the words we use to describe it

Posted by Geoff Carpentier | Feb 7, 2021 | Lifestyle, PREMIUM content, Science

NATURE: Thousands of words describe weather. Some arise from folklore, some carry historical inferences and others are the result of superstition ($21)