A Few Things Ill Considered
Archives for October, 2010
Massive stretches of weathered oil spotted in Gulf of Mexico
Posted by coby on October 26, 2010 Like rumours of Mark Twain’s death, the claims of the disappearance of BP’s oil spill have been greatly exagerated.
Another week of GW News, October 24, 2010
Posted by coby on October 25, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup
Water Dance
Posted by coby on October 22, 2010 From the “just because it’s beautiful” department, have a look at the image sequence below. Thanks again to APOD!
University of Virginia Continues to Stand Up to Ken Cuccinelli’s Politically Motivated Attack on Climate Scientist
Posted by coby on October 21, 2010 The sorry saga continues…
If all else fails, follow instructions!
Posted by coby on October 19, 2010 Okay, what with the “made in China” phenomenom and the boom in Japanese electronics long before, we are all familiar with bad translations in our product packaging and instructions, but this goes a bit beyond that!
Tit for tat
Posted by coby on October 19, 2010 Readers here are probably already familiar with the Wegman report “strange scholarship” scandal but if not read up on it a bit at Eli Rabbet’s place. The mess goes much deeper, but the relevant aspect is an ongoing plagarism investigation into Wegman by George Mason University. The GMU investigation was pushed forward by a formal…
Experts Debate Climate Change Science, Policy
Posted by coby on October 19, 2010 If you have a spare couple of hours, I am sure the YouTube below is well worth the time. I don’t, so I can’t comment on anything but my expectations and the approval of Dessler’s performance from Eli Rabett and Deltoid.
CCW – Extinction: It’s not just for Polar Bears anymore
Posted by coby on October 18, 2010 Okay, so this one is a bit of a tear-jerker and I usually like to avoid mixing sentimentality with environmentalism, but it is very informative and interesting if sad. It is greenman3610′s Climate Crock of the Week from about three weeks ago and as usual well worth watching.
2000 words
Posted by coby on October 18, 2010 No, not how much I will write now, but the approximate value of the two pictures I will post, using standard conversion rates.
Another week of GW News, October 17, 2010
Posted by coby on October 18, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup