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Envoronment
November 7, 2009
Tomorrow's Table
And so, driven on ceaselessly toward new shores I am traveling now far away from home towards a large lake in Zurich. What a perfect time to receive this poem from Jan Visser. Le Lac (written in 1820 by Alphonse de Lamartine) Ainsi, toujours poussés vers de nouveaux...
Stoat
First Look at Carbon Capture and Storage in a West Virginia Coal-Fired Power Plant? So says Sci-Am. The article is high on pic and low on facts. Only a small percentage of the CO2 is captured - 1.5% - but that is OK, it is only a demo plant. The key question, of course,...
November 6, 2009
Stoat
Wadhams on sea ice Nothing new, but M pointed me at Greenman on sea ice which has a quote from Wadhams (starts around 5:00, quote around 5:20 I think) that is the "the arctic will be ice free in summer in 20 years" or...
The World's Fair
The Challenge of Eating Sustainably: College Edition Is It Possible to Eat Sustainably at the University of Virginia? Four students try going vegetarian, going organic, eating under "The Six Dollar Limit", and going local.
Eruptions
New eruption overnight at Piton de la Fournaise Piton de la Fournaise put on a brief show last night, producing two lava flows after a small earthquake hit the volcano earlier in the day.
Highly Allochthonous
Earthquakes within plates: we don't know when, and we may not know where For intracontinental earthquakes, the seismic past and present may not help when predicting future hazards
A Blog Around The Clock
Josh Jones Studied Whales and Dolphins in The Garbage Patch (video)
Neuron Culture
Gorgeous thing of the day: Sky's-eye view of the Maldives & other islands It was in this unique archipelago that Alexander Agassiz found the evidence he felt proved beyond doubt that Darwin's theory of coral reef formation was wrong, dead wrong.
November 5, 2009
A Few Things Ill Considered
"On vacation" open thread, play nice! So I will be in Fiji for a one week stop over on my way home from Tasmania to Vancouver and I do not expect to have much internet access and/or time. I think I will schedule a few "Climate...
Tomorrow's Table
Plants and Bacteria 'Talk' to Thwart Disease In plant and animal innate immunity, like many of the dances of life, it takes two to tango. A receptor molecule in the plant pairs up with a specific molecule on the invading bacteria and, presto, the immune system swings...
Eruptions
SI/USGS Weekly Volcano Activity Report for 10/28-11/3/2009 New images of Kilauea from space, Soufriere Hills' pyroclastic flows and lahars and things settling down at Anak Krakatau, all in this week's USGS/SI volcano update.
Eruptions
The rifting of Africa Africa is breaking up! Alright, its not new news, but you'd think we had no idea if you read all the media lately.
Highly Allochthonous
Earthquake hazard mitigation the Iranian way Capital city in danger of being flattened by earthquakes? Move the capital city
November 4, 2009
Stoat
Tiljander, again Tiljander and od^4 refer. Over the past few days, it has become clear to me that the entire issue of "flipping" or "upside-down-ness" of the Tiljander proxy is a red-herring. Here's why: Imagine a climate proxy, accurate over the last...
The Island of Doubt
Bjorn Lomborg launches campaign against logic (Pseudo)-Skeptical Environmental Bjorn Lomborg advises in the Wall Street Journal that spending money on anti-malarial campaigns makes more sense than, and by implication is morally superior to, spending money on cutting carbon emissions. But to make his case, he has...
Framing Science
AGU Workshop on Communicating Climate Change: Media, Dialogue, and Public Engagement Insights from social science on public engagement and communication...
A Blog Around The Clock
Tweetlinks, 11-03-09 Follow me on Twitter to get these, and more, in something closer to Real Time (all my tweets are also imported into FriendFeed where they are much more easy to search and comment on, as well as into my Facebook...
Eruptions
Mystery Volcano Photo #11 A new Mystery Volcano Photo for your best guesses!
Framing Science
Andrew Revkin and Katie Couric on Gore's Choice Gore disputes the recent Pew survey on climate change...
Uncertain Principles
A Question About Frost It's November now, which means we're edging into winter, and my morning ritual has been expanded to include scraping the frost off the cars when I get back from walking the dog. I've had to do this half a dozen...
Framing Science
AU Documentary Film Professor Helps PBS Put a Human Face on Climate Change A spotlight on the Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Eruptions
Send me your questions for Dr. Boris Behncke on Italian volcanism Send me all the burning Italian volcano questions you have and maybe Dr. Boris Behncke will answer it!
A Blog Around The Clock
New and Exciting in PLoS ONE There are 14 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services...
November 3, 2009
Stoat
Corbyn again Its fish in a barrel time, but Corbyn seems to have had his International Conference. It doesn't look very exciting. As RB says: Did the meeting live up to its billing of "refuting, totally, the CO2 theory of warming"? Hardly....
Framing Science
Gore's Brilliant "Wall" Advertising Strategy and His Back Stage - Front Stage Problem The Goracle's communication challenge...
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“There's a big difference between informed skepticism and stubborn denial. If the price of not accepting something is the increased likelihood of disaster, then you're not longer being skeptical, you're being foolish.” Phyllograptus on Why I believe...
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Hurricanes
As the 2009 hurricane season picks up speed after a remarkably mild beginning, we look to the ScienceBlogs archives for the science behind the storms.
The Island of DoubtJuly 25, 2006
The real story of the hurricanes
Neuron Culture September 11, 2008
Hurricanes & Climate Change: A Round-Up Says Maybe More, Definitely Hotter
Corpus Callosum September 12, 2008
