Postcards from the edge

Guardian Unlimited | Life | Postcards from the edge: "Of course, a few refuseniks still don't accept that burning fossil fuels or any of our species' other bad habits are accelerating climate change, and one of the main strands of Cape Farewell is to gather more evidence about what is happening, why, and the implications for the rest of the planet. That means, as my bunkmate Dr Simon Boxall from Southampton Oceanography Centre puts it, 'we take highly sensitive and sophisticated monitoring devices, chuck them into incredibly hostile conditions, and pray they work'."