Archives for February 11, 2013
BBC Gets Climate Change Correction Story Wrong(ish)
Posted by Greg Laden on February 11, 2013 I already told you about this. In a BBC/David Attenborough special on Africa, this specific statement was made: That part of the African continent had warmed by 3.5 degrees. This was corrected by Leo Hickman. That datum is invalid. Africa has indeed been affected by climate change, but that specific factoid is incorrect. Now, the…
Forward On Climate Blogathon
Posted by Greg Laden on February 11, 2013 Today, a new Climate SOS Blogathon starts at the Daily Kos. I’ll be contributing a post tomorrow, which I’ll let you know about. The other contributors include an amazing list of bloggers, scientists, policy experts, and at least one federal level elected official of which I’m aware. The first blog posted is: Keystone XL pipeline…
CO2 and Ocean Acidification
Posted by Greg Laden on February 11, 2013 This graphic is from GRID-Arendal, a Norwegian Foundation collaborating with the UN Environment Programme. It shows CO2 concentrations in the ocean going up over a period of 20 eyars, and the corresponding drop in pH over the same time period. Ocean acidification is a serious effect of climate change. There are more climate change related…
Charles Darwin, Geologist
Posted by Greg Laden on February 11, 2013 
Everyone knows that Darwin was a biologist, and in many ways he was the first prominent modern biologist. Though Darwin scholars know this, many people do not realize that he was also a geologist. Really, he was mainly a geologist on the day he stepped foot on The Beagle for his famous five year tour.…
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