Chris Mooney is a freelance writer and the author of two books, The Republican War on Science and Storm World.
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June 30, 2007
Category: Books
UPDATE JUNE 30: So. I've finished reading The Assault on Reason. I must say, it's not what I expected. My ultimate takeaway feeling is that this is a very powerful book, whatever flaws it may have. But that's getting close...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 8:30 AM • 53 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 28, 2007
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
There's some more new stuff on the book front: * Andrew Freedman did a very thoughtful review of Storm World over at the Weather Channel website Forecast Earth. * Next week, I am going to be guest blogging about the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:53 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Hurricanes
Cyclone 03B (or Yemyin) making landfall in Pakistan on Tuesday. Note the well defined structure, including a cloud filled central eye region. When do international politics interfere with protecting vulnerable people from hurricanes? Possibly when India has to provide...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 4:38 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Travel
The Baobab in Messina ProefPlaas: I sat under a great baobab at dawn and shared with him stories of humanity since agriculture began. I spoke of our music, art, literature and the great discoveries and conflicts of modern times. He...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 10:20 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 27, 2007
Category: Miscellaneous
My recent Harper's piece, on how to fix the mess Bush made of science policy, is now readable for free here. And the cool website Treehugger.com just interviewed me about Storm World and Speaking Science 2.0. You can read the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:32 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
Kruger National Park June 27, 2007...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 2:04 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Speaking Science
On June 4, more than 120 people turned out for the Mooney/Nisbet Speaking Science 2.0 talk at the New York Academy of Sciences. The talk is now part of their online content, including an E-briefing summary along with the powerpoint...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:15 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 26, 2007
Category: Personal
This is pretty cool--there is a concordance of Storm World available on the Amazon.com page for the book. These are the top 100 words: 2004 2005 2006 activity air another atlantic atmosphere basin between called came cane category center central...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 3:09 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conservation
Humans are born naturally curious creatures. As youngsters, our world is mainly governed by what's within reach - or even better - fits in our mouths. For most of us, that changes as bigger folks start telling us to stop...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 10:37 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
I just posted over at Huffington post--I'm not the first to pile on, but I thought it important to contribute to the utter dismantling of this truly clueless op-ed that ran in the Washington Post yesterday by Emily Yoffe. You...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 7:30 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 25, 2007
Category: Skepticism
Pardon me while I breathe some fire for a minute. You see, I was looking for a good movie to go see over the weekend and instead ran across this obnoxious one: 1408. The plot: "Renowned horror novelist Mike...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:30 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Updates
Darksyde, over at Daily Kos, has been a really great supporter over the years. I can't thank him enough for this recent, very appreciative review of Storm World, which includes this paragraph (I'm not worthy): "The book manages to...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:57 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 24, 2007
Category: Hurricanes
Infrared Arabian Sea image, June 25, courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. As I suspected, this doesn't look good. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has just put out an advisory on the remants...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:41 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
I've arrived in South Africa. The Southern Cross is visible and the moon is spectacularly bright from where I sit. Seasons and skies are backwards here. On June 24, it's the start of winter and 6 hours into the future....
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 4:30 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Hurricanes
Sea surface temperatures in the North Indian tropical cyclone basin as of June 22, courtesy of Accuweather. Is a repeat of Cyclone Gonu--now estimated to have caused $ 6 billion in damage to Oman and Iran (actually much less...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:03 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 23, 2007
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
One of my first interviews about the new book can now be heard online by clicking here (MPG). I recently spoke with Bob McDonald of the CBC's Quirks and Quarks about the science, politics, and policy implications of the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 10:05 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
