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Science, policy, and politics. Focus on science communication and climate change. The Dake Page offers news, analysis and book reviews.

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Supreme Court Temporarily Stays Clean Power Plan - What it Means

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President Obama and the EPA released the Clean Power Plan in August 2015. On February 9, 2016 the Supreme Court issued a stay on implement...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future by Donald R. Prothero

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Periodically we review books relevant to science communication and climate change. Today is the book "Reality Check: How Science Deni...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

El Nino and the Hottest Year on Record - Trend vs Variation

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The announcement that 2015 was the hottest year on record came as the mid-Atlantic region of the United States began digging itself out of ...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

2015 Smashes Record for Hottest Year

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As anticipated for many months, 2015 was the hottest year ever recorded. And not just the hottest by a slim margin...this was no "by th...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Of Sputnik and Climate Change - Science in the State of the Union in an Election Year

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"Sixty years ago, when the Russians beat us into space, we didn’t deny Sputnik was up there." So said President Obama in his fi...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Parsing the Arrogant Ignorance of Climate Denial

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Once in a while on this page we parse the comments of climate deniers. This instructional tool gives honest people insight into the mind of ...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Climate Change Year in Review - 2015

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Paris, Denial, Climate. Things heated up in climate science in 2015, and they are about to get even hotter. As The Dake Page predicted a y...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Christmas 2015 - The Hottest Climate Year on Record

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It is altogether fitting and proper , so it seems, that much of the United States and Europe is experiencing ridiculously balmy weather for ...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

4 Things to Know About the Paris Climate Agreement

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December 2015 will go down in history as one of the most important beginnings in history. This was when 196 nations came together to alter...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Yes, Some Scientists....and Politicians...Are Dishonest

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But very few, and that is the biggest fact here to remember. The "oversight hearing" held by Senator Ted Cruz on Tuesday, Dece...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

What You Need to Know About the Paris Climate Change Conference

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Paris has been in the news a lot lately, but right now the big event is the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) presente...
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Thursday, November 26, 2015

Discussing Climate Change Over the Thanksgiving Turkey

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Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving, along with Christmas, are a time for families and good cheer. And football. But they can also be a ...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Book Review – Earth: The Operators’ Manual by Richard B. Alley

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Richard Alley is a climate scientist.   While many may not have heard of him before, some will have seen him give a demonstration of ...
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The goal of The Dake Page is to communicate science to other scientists, policymakers, the media, and the public. The primary contributor is David J. Kent, an award-winning career scientist with 35 years of scientific experience.
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