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January 3, 2017
A fascinating press release I want to pass along. At first I thought it was maybe good news in that rising sea levels would slow glacier drainage into the oceans but the affect is the opposite:
For the first time, researchers have closely observed how the ocean's tides can speed up or slow down…
July 25, 2016
"In order to save the dying heliocentric theory from the conclusive geocentric experiments performed by Michelson, Morley, Gale, Sagnac, Kantor and others, establishment master-mind Albert Einstein created his Special Theory of Relativity which in one philosophical swoop banished the absolute…
January 29, 2016
An illustrative graphic from Bloomberg.com arrived in my inbox. As they put it: "We just obliterated another heat record."
To view it, you'll have to head over to here: 2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record by a Long Shot
January 20, 2016
I will allow comments through by default for repeat commenters again, first time commenters will still need an initial approval.
I will however now be a more active moderator and delete things that are useless or unnecessarily personal from now on, except on this thread.
This is unavoidably…
August 24, 2015
August 13th was Earth Overshoot Day. The correct date, if calculated precisely, would come earlier and earlier each year, the current choice is just an approximation.
This year, the year 2015, by sometime around August 13th, humanity had consumed as much of what we require from the lands and seas…
August 19, 2015
A gentle reader recently asked for a "status of the blog" report. As the two week delay between ask and answer can attest to, things are rather slow moving around here at the moment and I am mainly just my own lurker. I do have some new content that I will offer very shortly and a post or two in…
April 13, 2015
I haven't seen this making the climate blog rounds (though I don't pay as close attention anymore as I used to...) so I thought supporters of science and detractors alike might like to know that the cat is out of the bag and the Global Warming Hoax has been exposed.
See below:
Continental drift…
January 2, 2015
Other original images can be viewed here. (No, they are not New Year's, but they are fireworks!)
December 25, 2014
Sorry, I don't know who to credit for that, I got it from a Facebook post...
November 13, 2014
Humankind has touched the surface of the solar system's most alien of objects.
Image taken from NAVCAM top 10 at 10 km – 10.
There are no words...
November 13, 2014
Very amusing and very rigorously constructed argument in favour of Net Neutrality:
Dear Senator Ted Cruz, I'm going to explain to you how Net Neutrality ACTUALLY works - The Oatmeal.
Ted Cruz is the Obamacare of put-downs via Obamacare association.
November 12, 2014
Dear Readers,
Find below an interesting press release I may as well share verbatim:
The rapidly melting ice sheets on the coast of West Antarctica are a potential major contributor to rising ocean levels worldwide. Although warm water near the coast is thought to be the main factor causing the ice…
September 12, 2014
I grew up in Calgary and a small bedroom community west of it called Bragg Creek. This event is not on a par with the flooding of a couple years ago, but it still qualifies as "freaky".
Freak Summer Snowstorm in Calgary Leaves 30,000 Without Power.
July 22, 2014
I have a sad announcement to make, further to my previous posting about a missing edition of A Week of GW News.
Harvey E. Taylor, aka het, died Monday, July 14, 2014 at his home in Portage la Prairie, a small town in Manitoba, Canada. All I know of it is from one brief online obituary and one more…
July 16, 2014
Filed under "data can be cool"
This is a graph of wind and air pressure at a weather station as a hurricane passes directly over. Notice the double spikes as each eye wall passes overhead.
July 15, 2014
Aside from the climate blogosphere, Paul Krugman's "Conscience of a Liberal" is my most regular blog visit. He does not usually have a lot to say on climate change (which is mildly disappointing) and I have seen only very shallow and casual dismissals of the, to me compelling, notion that…
July 13, 2014
Only In It For The Gold: Neither Optimist nor Pessimist, Just Activist.
"We must stop treating the natural world as something to exploit, and start realizing that it is our home. If we do that, we can thrive."
July 11, 2014
Just a quick note to regulars and those who like to visit the weekly GW News Roundup about its absence. Unlike past delays, this is not just me having more on my plate than usual. For the first time in very close to 7 years I have not received het's compilation of links, nor is it at his own site…
July 4, 2014
The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 98
Table of Contents
Chapter 100
Chapter 99
The Third Day, March 22, 2061
I had two classes Tuesday morning and was not able to watch the trial as it happened. I got back to my office in the early afternoon and, again in the privacy of my office, settled…
June 30, 2014
This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundupskip to bottom Sipping from the Internet Firehose...June 29, 2014 Chuckles, Snark, UNEA, Risky Business, Neonicotinoids, Energiewende Bottom Line, Subsidies,…
June 28, 2014
The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 97
Table of Contents
Chapter 99
Chapter 98
The Second Day, March 21, 2061
On Monday morning, I watched the second session of Jon's trial alone in my office at CCU. I didn't have a class until mid-afternoon, so time was not an issue.
Jon was led into the…
June 27, 2014
Consensus, Criticism, Communication | Planet3.0.
This is a well written and comprehensive discussion of the "97% consensus" message, have a look!
June 23, 2014
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
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Confronting a New Age of Consequences
Solstice Edition
June 22, 2014
Chuckles, COP20+, Ocean Summit, PIDF, G77, IOREC, GreenPeace,…
June 19, 2014
The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 96
Table of Contents
Chapter 98
Chapter 97
The Trial, March 18, 2061
Although I had resolved never to expose Edie and Anna to Jon's vitriol since the first call, I didn't have a lot of choice when it came to the trial. Unfortunately, I had a class at the…
June 16, 2014
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
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Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
June 15, 2014
Chuckles, COP20+, Globe, Mischief, EPA Carbon Rule, Wenju Cai, Warnings,…
June 11, 2014
The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 95
Table of Contents
Chapter 97
Chapter 96
Eco550 - The Oceans, November 14, 2060
After flying around the Arctic spring and summer, fall classes felt a little tame, but I must admit I was glad for the calm spell. All I had to do was explain Liebig's Law…
June 9, 2014
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Another Week in the Ecological Crisis
Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not Wisdom
June 8, 2014
Chuckles, COP20+, Globe, Singapore,…
June 6, 2014
The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 94
Table of Contents
Chapter 96
Chapter 95
Four Mouths, October 4, 2060
Having a baby in the house again was not at all the same as with Anna. This time I was not a curious bystander. I had duties. We took turns getting up at night, but sometimes I was…
June 3, 2014
This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundupskip to bottom Information Overloadis Pattern RecognitionJune 1, 2014 Chuckles, COP20+, Post WGx, Kohout, Weber, Warnings, Energiewende Bottom Line,…
May 29, 2014
The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 93
Table of Contents
Chapter 95
Chapter 94
Andrew, September 21, 2060
Edie woke me from a deep sleep.
"Luc. It's time."
It was 2:45 in the morning.
We had planned for several possibilities. I called a cab, then I called our next door neighbour, Bessie…