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February 10, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
Is climate change is a leftist scientific conspiracy to destroy America? According to Rick Santorum, it is. Strange. Brad Johnson has context and analysis here. I think Rick Santorum is trying to destroy America....
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Just in Time for Valentine's Day: The Science Behind the Kiss It's both funny and remarkable how some of the most simple and natural acts we do each day are teeming in science.
February 9, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
Wild Mississippi A new multi-part special, Wild Mississippi will be first aired on February 12 at 6 Central on National Geographic Wild. I can't watch this when it is on because I don't get the channel on my TV, but I copped a review copy and...
February 8, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
Has Global Warming Stopped? The following is a short version of the litany of global warming denialists' current rhetoric: "Current pause in global warming" "lack of global warming for well over 10 years now." "There is no credible (statistically significant) data that says global warming is occurring" "fifteen years...
Greg Laden's Blog
Melting Ice and Sea Level Rise If all the water currently trapped in all the glaciers across the entire world melted, the sea level would rise far more than most people imagine. Almost everyone living anywhere in the world at an elevation of below about 500 feet with a direct drainage...
Greg Laden's Blog
Global Warming Affects Albatross Ecology At the moment, the Wandering Albatross of the Southern Ocean is getting a free ride; Changes in wind patterns due to Global Warming seem to enhance the efficiency of foraging of this pelagic bird. However, as Global Warming continues, this rare case of a positive...
Greg Laden's Blog
So What's A Teacher to Do? There is a guest commentary by Genie Scott at Real Climate: Imagine you're a middle-school science teacher, and you get to the section of the course where you're to talk about climate change. You mention the "C" words, and two students walk out of the...
February 7, 2012
denialism blog
The Great UN Conspiracy to (gasp) increase green space! You heard me. There is a shocking conspiracy, directly from the nefarious leaders of the one world government at the...
February 6, 2012
Aardvarchaeology
My Autumn's And Winter's Work I haven't actually said much about what I've been doing in my study these past months.
Class M
If you're reading the Wall Street Journal, you're part of the problem For reasons that can only reflect poorly on the paper, the Wall Street Journal recently decided it was a good idea to publish an op-ed that recycled some the of the most soundly discredited notions associated with the climate change...
February 4, 2012
Class M
Calling it like it is Two examples of why blogs are better than mainstream news coverage, when it comes to confronting reality and doing something about it, one from the climate wars, one from the front lines of women's health. First, Andy Revkin, a former...
Class M
Tea Party shenanigans As if you needed another reason to lament the state of American politics: Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve energy. They...
February 2, 2012
Dynamics of Cats
Planetary Habitability Laboratory The University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo has a very interesting facility that has put out some fun stuff...
February 1, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
Minnesotan Republicans Disrupt Attempts to Save Civilization From Itself State Legislator Ellen Anderson is an energy expert, who authored seven energy related bills one of which became a national model, all of which were signed into law by a Republican Governor. She was recently appointed by Governor Dayton to the Public Utilities Commission. Republicans,...
Greg Laden's Blog
William M. Briggs has misunderstood a high-school level data graph And I suspect he's done so willingly. Well, you know what they say about statistics and liars. Here's the story. The Wall Street Journal and the Daily Mail independently published highly misleading and blatantly idiotic pieces on climate change. We've covered this extensively already over...
January 31, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
Actual Scientists Respond to Fake Scientists at Wall Street Journal It starts like this: Do you consult your dentist about your heart condition? In science, as in any area, reputations are based on knowledge and expertise in a field and on published, peer-reviewed work. If you need surgery, you want a highly experienced expert in...
Greg Laden's Blog
Meteorologist Exposed as Scientific Fraud (And a really cool graphic) Brad Johnson at Think Progress has written a piece on Meteorologist Mark Johnson, of ABC's WEWS-TV in Cleveland Ohio. Johnson has apparently purposefully misrepresented data that was previously pre-misrepresented by the Daily Mail to make the statement that the earth has been cooling since 1998....
Greg Laden's Blog
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars Michael Mann, famous climate scientist, has released a book called The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines (also available as a Kindle edition). I've not read it yet but I thought you'd like to know about it. Michael Mann is...
Greg Laden's Blog
Unless you really know what you are doing stay off the ice! The following is a fictionalized version of a true story recently told to me by two of the people involved. All the names of those still living have been changed. Please do not let this happen to you....
January 30, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
Global Warming Is Ruining The Minnesota Winter I suspect that the complexity of global climate change is under-appreciated. If you live in a cold climate and I tell you that things will get warmer, you may see this as good news and look forward to a future where you no longer have...
January 29, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
New British Studies Confirms Climate Change Consensus, Daily Mail Gets It Totally Wrong Since the Daily Mail is a British thing and the latest form of entertainment in Britain is Libel Tourism, I won't say to you that the Daily Mail is a rag full of lies and deceit. Instead, I'll let you be the judge. These studies:...
Greg Laden's Blog
New British Studies Confirms Climate Change Consensus, Daily Mail Gets It Totally Wrong Since the Daily Mail is a British thing and the latest form of entertainment in Britain is Libel Tourism, I won't say to you that the Daily Mail is a rag full of lies and deceit. Instead, I'll let you be the judge. These studies:...
January 28, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
Will Coral Reefs be Gone by the End of the Century? Quiet possibly. Ocean acidification caused by the same CO2 that causes global warming is causing them to die. You might think you can take solace in the idea that coral reefs have been with us forever even when ocean chemistry changes, that there must be...
January 27, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
Two incontrovertible things: Anthropogenic Global Warming is Real, and the Wall Street Journal is Political Rag UPDATED The Wall Street Journal has published one of the most offensive, untruthful, twisted reviews of what scientists think of climate change; the WSJ Lies about the facts and twists the story to accommodate the needs of head-in-the-sand industrialists and 1%ers; The most compelling part of...
Greg Laden's Blog
"Lord Lawson should name funder of climate sceptic think tank, judge told" An anti-science climate denialist "think" tank (the word "think" clearly does not actually applyl here) is said to have received a big chunk of money from some anonymous source, and an effort has been made to find out who that source is. This is all...
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