climate change
tfk | September 7, 2011In the last few weeks, and at tonight's Republican debate, lots of national politicians have been asked their views on evolution, and lots of politicians have answered embarrassingly.
We should bear in mind, as I pointed out before:
Like the Miss USA contestants, most politicians (excluding those on local school boards or state boards of education) will have little opportunity to influence how evolution is taught. In answering questions about evolution during campaigns, their goal is rarely to indicate a clear conception of how science works and why evolution is central to modern biology.…
illconsidered | September 5, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Climate Disruption News Sipping from the Internet Firehose...September 4, 2011 Chuckles, COP17+, Horn of Africa, Keystone XL Action, The Conversation, Wagner Monnett, Kirby et al., WikiLeaks, Bottom Line, Free Science, Thermodynamics, Cook Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy Melting Arctic, Megafauna, Methane/CO2, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Food…
tfk | August 31, 2011On twitter, journalist Dave Roberts wrote:
Evolution is not a free-floating "theory." It underlies all of modern biology & ecology. Similarly for climate change: it's a foundation.
I wrote back:
I agree (hence @NCSE's work on both). But AGW is less foundation than integrative and crucial knowledge, built on other foundations
As NCSE shifts to combat attacks on climate science in classrooms, I've been thinking about the similarities and dissimilarities of these sciences, as well as the denialisms surrounding both.
Evolution is foundational to modern biology because all life evolved. That…
illconsidered | August 29, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Global Warming News Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsAugust 28, 2011 Chuckles, Horn of Africa, Hsiang et al., Keystone XL Action, Kirby et al. Monnett, East Coast Nukes, Shell, ConocoPhillips, Subsidies, Cook Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy, Fukushima Talk Melting Arctic, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Food Riots, GMOs, Food…
illconsidered | August 22, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Global Warming News Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is notWisdomAugust 21, 2011 Autobahn Chuckles, COP17+, Horn of Africa, Keystone XL Protest Monnett, Chen et al., Shell Leak, Conoco Leak, Cook Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy Melting Arctic, Walrus, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Agro-Corps, Food Prices, Food Riot, Food vs Fuel…
dr. dolittle | August 16, 2011
The winner of our Summer Photo Contest is "Dip in the Pool" (above) submitted by Amanda Byrnes. The photo was taken this summer in Massachusetts. This particular photo was chosen because it exemplifies how frogs, which are ectotherms, can cool off in the heat of the summer. Congratulations Amanda! As the winner, she will receive a fabulous "What's new in comparative physiology" t-shirt from The American Physiological Society!
Honorable Mentions:
There were so many excellent entries that choosing a winner was a very difficult decision. Therefore I would like to share the top choices from our…
illconsidered | August 15, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Climate Disruption News Information Overloadis Pattern RecognitionAugust 14, 2011 Autobahn Chuckles, Horn of Africa, Monnett, NEON, Nigeria, North Sea, arXiv, Cook Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy Melting Arctic, Kay et al., Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Food Prices, IP Issues, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, Monsoon, GHGs,…
illconsidered | August 8, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Global Warming News Sipping from the Internet Firehose...August 7, 2011 Autobahn Chuckles, COP17+, Horn of Africa, Monnett, Shell & Nigeria A Good Question, Cook, Post CRU Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy, Fukushima Talk Melting Arctic, Funder et al., Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Food Prices, Land Grabs, Food Production Hurricanes,…
illconsidered | August 1, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Climate Disruption News Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsJuly 31, 2011 Chuckles, COP17+, Horn of Africa, DeChristopher, Monnett, BTI, Black Subsidies, Cook, Post CRU Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy Melting Arctic, POPs & Toxics, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Corps, Food Banks, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs, GMOs, Food Production…
gregladen | July 29, 2011Relying heavily on the excellent resource known as Dr. Jeff Master's Wunderblog and a few other sources, I've compiled a quick list of a few of the highlights of weather events related to global warming in the news these days, in preparation for this weekend's radio show "The Science of Global Warming: Science V Denialsim" on Atheists Talk #126, with Kevin Zelnio and John Abraham.
Here goes:
In recent months we have experienced the largest fire on record in Arizona, the largest fire in the history of New Mexico, the most extreme precipitation in the US ever, the hottest day in hell aka the…
illconsidered | July 26, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Climate Instability News Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is notWisdomJuly 24, 2011 Autobahn, Chuckles, COP17+, Horn of Africa, BBC Trust, Geoneutrinos Bottom Line, GFIs, Open Access, Cook, Post CRU Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Fukushima Talk Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Methane Food Crisis, Food Prices, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs, GMOs, Food Production…
illconsidered | July 22, 2011Did you ever wonder just how it can be possible that the same, thousand times debunked, climate "skepticisms" keep re-emerging, month after month, year after year? Obviously, there are those individuals (like Singer and Soon), organizations (like HeartlessLand), and media outlets (like Faux News) who deliberately lie and misinform with no concern for scientific or journalistic ethics whatsoever, but how is it they are so successful?
Well, it seems simple human nature, of the sort the most earnest and conscientious of us all possess, lends itself to being deceived by whomever yells loudest,…
illconsidered | July 18, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Climate Disruption News Information Overloadis Pattern RecognitionJuly 17, 2011 Chuckles, COP17+, African Famine, WikiLeaks, Death Threats Bottom Line, Subsidies, Cook, WESS Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy, Fukushima Talk Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Food vs. Biofuel, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, Carbon Cycle,…
hrynyshyn | July 15, 2011Way back when I was just a novice environmentalist, Greenpeace seemed like a good idea. It published a decent newsletter, was drawing attention to otherwise neglected issues, and, while understandably suspicious of technology, seemed to have more than a grudging respect for science as a tool to preserve those things worse preserving. It was one of the few NGOs that received what little I could afford to donate to charitable causes. I don't regret supporting them in the 80s, and not just because I shared the group's desire to save the whales.
I still want to save the whales. I no longer…
illconsidered | July 11, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Climate Disruption News Sipping from the Internet Firehose...July 10, 2011 Chuckles, COP17+, Australian ETS, Coal Sulfur, WESS, Phoenix Bottom Line, Costing Nature, Cook, The Conversation Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Fukushima Talk Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Food Prices, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, Monsoon, GHGs,…
illconsidered | July 7, 2011I have been remiss in not bringing this excellent resource to the attention of AFTIC readers earlier. From the invaluable Skeptical Science website comes a brilliant interactive history of climate science.
Any comments on the choices for classification? I think it over counts skeptic and neutral papers.
illconsidered | July 4, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Climate Disruption News Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsJuly 3, 2011 Chuckles, G20, State of the Climate, Threats, The Conversation Bottom Line, Subsidies, GFI, Psyche, Cook, Post CRU Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy, Fukushima Talk Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Food Prices, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs,…
illconsidered | June 27, 2011 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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skip to bottom Another week of Climate Disruption News Sipping from the Internet Firehose...June 26, 2011 Chuckles, Bonn, COP17+, G20, IPSO, The Conversation, Threats Bottom Line, Subsidies, Psyche, Cook Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy, Fukushima Talk Melting Arctic, Fauna, Geopolitics Food Crisis, Agro-Corps, Prices, Riots, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs, GMOs, Production…
illconsidered | June 26, 2011Let's see if we can avoid letting the last post completely derail. This thread is open for any topic, but started specifically for responses to Neil.