Dano writes to Eli“I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.” – Blaise PascalTwo things the bunnies may have noticed about recent denialist complaining: the… [more]
This is the trailer for Years Of Living Dangerously, a nine part documentary about the impacts of climate change by James Cameron and a bunch of Hollywood filmmakers, working with some of the USA’s top TV journalists and a team… [more]
With the depressing by-election results in WA, we have reason for concern. The by-election handed over the balance of power to a government riddled with broken promises, doublespeak (eg. be careful if the PM wants to be your “best friend”)… [more]
With the depressing by-election results in WA, we have reason for concern. The by-election handed over the balance of power to a government riddled with broken promises, doublespeak (eg. be careful if the PM wants to be your “best friend”)… [more]
by Meghan Beamish
While reading through the latest IPCC reports – Working Groups II and III – one word kept popping out at me: rate. Specifically when I compared this phrase:
The overall risks of climate change impacts can be… [more]
SkS Highlights
Peter Hatfield’s video, The consequences of climate change (in our lifetimes), introduced by Rob Honeycutt, drew the most comments of the articles posted on SkS during the past week. Dana’s Climate contrarian backlash – a difficult lesson for… [more]
Cards may be purchased at PaperCards.com… [more]
6 things you need to know about reducing emissions
Climate change and desertification a threat to social stability
Climate concerns in a time of growing ‘climate fatigue’?
Costs of climate change may prove high for future
Drunken trees: dramatic signs… [more]
For the Easter of 2014, let me repropose my post on the dynamic modelling of the Easter egg hunt which, for some reason, has been the most successful post ever to be published (in 2012) on the former “Cassandra’s Legacy”… [more]
“Let it Shine” by Amory Lovins, via NewEnergyNews: Bell executives presented the first practical solar cell to the world at a press conference on April 25, 1954. At the time of Bell’s announcement in 1954, all the solar cells in… [more]
Cleaning up air pollution will provide immediate health gains as well as longer-term climate benefits, highlights New York University’s George Thurston… [more]
Cleaning up air pollution will provide immediate health gains as well as longer-term climate benefits, highlights New York University’s George Thurston… [more]
Posted without commentSo is the climate threat solved? Well, it should be. The science is solid; the technology is there; the economics look far more favorable than anyone expected. All that stands in the way of saving the planet is… [more]
Any given time series, say July average temperature in the Moscow region since 1881, might exhibit both short-term (more brief) and long-term (more lasting) patterns of change. The longer-term is certainly something worth knowing about. It might be increasing, or… [more]
Critical battle won against yet another Koch funded “think” tank. Significant because it involves the attempt too use the Freedom of Information Act as a bludgeon against free thought and inquiry. Rick Piltz has a good wrap with links at… [more]
[Heads up for the overly sensitive: I'm going to talk about pee, piss, taking a leak, and other euphemisms for urine and urination. But hey, you all do it.]
Man urinates in reservoir, “ruins” 38M gallons of water.
That was… [more]
A paper published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B by the University of Waterloo’s Qing-Bin Lu last year claimed that solar activity and human chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) emissions, not carbon emissions, could explain the observed global warming over the… [more]
The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 87
Table of Contents
Chapter 89
Chapter 88
Going North, June 15, 2060
I was worried about going North and leaving Edie alone while she was pregnant.
She had another opinion. “Don’t be… [more]
Aneto Glacier in the Pyrenees of Spain is listed as its largest glacier in a 1984 inventory. In 1984 the glacier had an area of 1.32 square kilometers and a length of 1.6 km (Serrat and Ventura, 2005). The glacier… [more]
I have collected a couple of interesting news articles and interviews over the past few weeks, and now it's time to share with those of you who haven't seen them. I'm posting what I found the most interesting excerpts, follow… [more]
ATI vs. Rector was the case where the American Traditions Institute sued UVa to gain access to Michael Mann’s Emails. In a surprising (to Eli) and sensible decision, the Virginia Supreme Court came down with a major decision for academics… [more]
by Simon Donner
Cherry trees blossomed in Vancouver in early February during 2009-10 El Nino
Long-term forecasts say El Nino could be on the way.
This periodic climate warming of parts of the equatorial Pacific Ocean can affect weather around… [more]
Kathryn Ryan’s interview earlier this week with Michael Eckhart, Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental Finance and Sustainability at the giant investment bank Citigroup was arresting. He was in New Zealand as a keynote speaker at the Wind Energy… [more]
William decided not to waste making a comment when he could write a post instead speculating on why the denialati do what they do, and I’ve decided to do the same.He thinks they’re incompetent at the science so they deny… [more]
My previous post Policy? trailed off in the comments in a variety of odd directions, as long comment threads are wont to. So I’ll offer you this quote:
For there are some people on the left who keep insisting that… [more]
Dr. Joe Romm reports on a new study that provides more detail on the drying of the western US, this winter’s Polar Vortex, and the “Warm Arctic, Cold Continents” paradox. As readers here know, the hottest debate in atmospheric science… [more]
EarthFamilyAlpha: In Austin, Texas, Austin Energy is poised such that by the end of next year, 1 in 3 Kwhs used by the customers of the 8th largest public utility in the country will be renewable. And when you include… [more]
Filed under: Crock of the Week… [more]
Neela Banerjee in the LATimes; Drilling operations at several natural gas wells in southwestern Pennsylvania released methane into the atmosphere at rates that were 100 to 1,000 times greater than federal regulators had estimated, new research shows. Using a plane… [more]
Amway is an American institution, one of the first and most profitable of the multi-level marketing schemes, where what is really being sold is participation in the scheme not so much the products and the focus is on motivation, but… [more]
