Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Happy about the pope's climate encyclical? Not so fast.

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In his encyclical on protecting the planet, Pope Francis pushed the idea that climate change is all about industry, selfishness and greed....
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Where the heat went

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People who make a living by pushing the idea that climate change (AKA global warming) is a fantasy are getting a bit of pushback from the ...
Friday, July 11, 2014

You, hamburgers and the climate: a tale of woe

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If climate change disturbs you, as it should, then do one simple thing: stop eating meat. The evidence is in: Analysis of data received ...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Carnivorous humans causing climate change

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I've been waiting a long time for someone to say this : Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy and transportation sectors currently...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

More polar vortex talk

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Last night, in honor of the bone-chilling temperatures afflicting the US, I watched "The Day After Tomorrow". What can I say? Wa...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

A strange possibility lurks out there

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The sun is quiet . Too quiet. The surface of the sun has been surprisingly calm of late—with fewer sunspots than anytime in in the las...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

The scope of the coming apocalypse

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An abrupt halt to fossil fuel use at current levels would limit the period of future climate instability to less than 1,000 years before...
Monday, July 15, 2013

The not-so-great outdoors

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I live in a suburban/rural region with lots of trees and occasional areas that can still be called a "forest". I remember explor...
Monday, June 3, 2013

As tornadoes rock the US, Germany is drowning

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Climate change is happening everywhere, not just in the U.S. This season, Germany is learning that it is not immune. After the "darkes...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Sending heat back where it came from

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This scientific advance seems shocking. These days, we're used to seeing solar panels covering the roofs of buildings. Although this...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Lemmings march to sea, pick up pace

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Some days it's hard to blog because I'm bone-tired. Not because of anything I've done, but because the world is at least as st...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Weird weather across the globe

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This Christmas proved to be one of weather extremes across Europe. In neighboring France, summer-like temperatures of 24.3 degrees drew ...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The wisdom of Jan Brewer

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Arizona's GOP governor on climate change: Everybody has an opinion on it, you know, and I probably don’t believe that it’s man made. ...
Saturday, June 9, 2012

No more Winter? Hardly

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Just when you thought it was safe to toss your snow-blower in the trash, s cientists say not so fast : "A lot of times people sa...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Over 80 degrees in NY tomorrow

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I can't believe I'm using fans in the house. It should be almost cold at this time of year, out here in the woods where I live in ...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

I don't remember tornadoes killing so many people

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An article in the LA Times today reports that nearly 200 people died in the 24- to 36-hour span during which tornadoes pummeled the South. ...
Friday, December 17, 2010

I guess we're lemmings

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We look at the well-worn image of lemmings running off a cliff and say, "How could they do such a thing?!" Yet we don't notice...