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Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine focusing in Neuroscience. He is due to graduate in 2032. He received a BS and a MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University -- where he spent most of his time drinking heavily and building vegetable catapults instead of learning information that would now be eminently useful. When he is not failing terrifically to perform his sworn duties, he enjoys watching bad movies, ethnic food, and running.
Pure Pedantry is a blog about science -- social sciences and otherwise -- as well as academic and scientific culture. No one can live on science alone, so I also like to dwell on pop culture, periodically explore the humanities, and indulge in other types of geeky goodness.
Jake is joined periodically by two wonderful guest bloggers: Kara Contreary and Kate Seip. See the About Page.
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Global Warming:
Happy Sizzle Day! Today numerous bloggers from ScienceBlogs and elsewhere will be reviewing a new movie Sizzle directed by Randy Olson of Flock of Dodos fame. Sizzle is a documentary/mockumentary/comedy partly about the science of global warming, but more in...
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Posted on July 15, 2008 5:04 AM • 2 Comments •
The NYTimes has an excellent article about the controversy concerning hurricanes and global warming: Perhaps the best known proponent of the idea that warming and hurricanes may be connected is Kerry A. Emanuel, an atmospheric scientist at the Massachusetts Institute...
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Posted on May 29, 2007 12:01 PM • 0 Comments •
You remember how in The Day After Tomorrow global warming leads to a shutdown of the Gulf Stream and catastrophic cooling of Europe. (This would be before the scene where the cold chases the kid down the hallway of the...
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Posted on May 16, 2007 9:02 AM • 2 Comments •
The Great Global Warming Swindle was a documentary that aired in March on UK TV organized by Martin Durkin of Wag TV. The documentary purports to debunk several of the claims made by climate scientists on global warming. (Just to...
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Posted on May 2, 2007 9:51 AM • 5 Comments •
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is out today, and I was shocked to discover that it is already being misreported. It was being mis-reported before, but that was just leaks. You can lie with leaks. They are easily...
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Posted on February 2, 2007 11:30 AM • 10 Comments •
The global warming debate has been going for a long time, and both sides have become deeply entrenched. Unfortunately, this polarization is beginning to impede the achievement of any reasonable solution. Further, the proponents of steps to fight global warming...
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Posted on January 16, 2007 11:38 AM • 10 Comments •
The Economist has an interesting article on ideas for cooling the planet directly -- in manners other than CO2 emissions reductions -- and how they are being received: This gloomy outlook has encouraged new interest in a technological fix. A...
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Posted on January 15, 2007 2:42 PM • 5 Comments •
The Stern Report -- a report by Sir Nicholas Stern, head of Britain's economic advisory panel -- that came out last month urged action on climate change in terms of future economic loss. I reported on people like Richard Tol...
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Posted on December 5, 2006 10:27 AM • 1 Comments •
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Massachusetts et al. v. EPA. In the case, several state governments are suing the EPA for failing to regulate CO2 as a greenhouse gas. There are many levels of legal conflict on...
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Posted on November 30, 2006 3:27 PM • 1 Comments •
I know this is kind of old news, but some people have taken issue with the Stern Report -- a report about the economic consequences of global warming. Some of the people taking issue are those who are still skeptical...
Posted on November 7, 2006 10:17 AM • 5 Comments •
Roger Pielke at Prometheus has some back of the envelope calcuations suggesting that the prospects for climate stabilization are rather bleak. His conclusions: 1. Serious thought and research needs to be given to the prospect of stabilization levels much higher...
Posted on September 12, 2006 11:52 AM • 11 Comments •
The Union of Concerned Scientists is running a cartoon contest for the best global warming related cartoon. Check them out here. See, humor is cathartic. Here is my feeble attempt at a global warming cartoon. Certainly not as witty as...
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Posted on September 7, 2006 10:30 AM • 0 Comments •
Gov. Schwarzenegger and Tony Blair are endeavoring to create a California and Great Britain global warming pact, to pool their efforts in lowering CO2 emissions: Britain and California are preparing to sidestep the Bush administration and fight global warming together...
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Posted on July 31, 2006 4:40 PM • 3 Comments •
Roger Pielke Jr. from Prometheus has posted his recent Congressional Testimony before the House Government Reform Committee. I am big fan of him simply because I think he is genuinely looking for solutions in a debate that is stuck in...
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Posted on July 23, 2006 11:33 PM • 2 Comments •
Several bloggers and columnists have been expressing skepticism as to the concept of energy independence, and I think they make some good arguments....
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Posted on July 9, 2006 10:40 PM • 1 Comments •
This could be very interesting: The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether the Bush administration must regulate carbon dioxide to combat global warming, setting up what could be one of the court's most important decisions on the environment. The...
Posted on June 27, 2006 12:57 AM • 0 Comments •
Polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea may be turning to cannibalism because longer seasons without ice keep them from getting to their natural food, a new study by American and Canadian scientists has found. The study reviewed three examples...
Posted on June 13, 2006 1:12 AM • 5 Comments •
