I am back again from my latest trip to the Orcas in Norway. Unfortunately the weather was far too warm again, which meant rain and lots of wind. All the clouds made the light conditions particularly difficult for underwater...

Bad news for whales. The Japanese whaling fleet wants to carry on killing Minke Whales and now even Fin Whales for supposedly scientific reasons. Must the Japanese eat whalemeat? An online article in the Spiegel collects the...

My Mola Mola photo has been chosen as Picture of the Week on www.Wetpixel.com. I took the Mola Mola pictures on the Azores in June of this year. You can find more of the photos on my homepage. Here is the link to my photo on...

The best-selling US author Jared Diamond writes about vanishing resources, climate change, overpopulation and ecological damage in his book Collapse. His description of the downfall of a culture on Easter Island is a clear...

via Handelsblatt Weblog

When I look at the quarterly reports of HSBC or Citibank, I find this article very amusing. Comparing even a quarter's profits of HSBC with the value of a German bank from Frankfurt takes your breath...

In the last few days, Nikon has presented its new camera model, the Nikon D200 D-SLR.

Its distinguishing features are:

1. Solid and advanced control.

2. Joining the newest technology with the advanced functions of the D2X....

Funorama Verlag from Berlin will be selling some panorama postcards of my pictures. The first two can be ordered here.

That may be the case, but the head of Goldmann Sachs, Henry M Paulson, has a much more optimistic view of Germany - check out his interview in the Spiegel from 22.10.05. He particularly praises German firms for doing their...

T-shirts with my logo can now be ordered. You will find the details here.