Thursday, April 28, 2016

175 Nations Sign Paris Climate Agreement on Earth Day - What It Means

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"We are in a race against time. The era of consumption without consequences is over.  The poor and most vulnerable must not suffer fur...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Surreal Case of Sarah Palin vs. Bill Nye the Science Guy

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Among the many interesting climate-related activities this past week was one that qualifies as surreal. Former half-term Governor and 2008...
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Thursday, April 14, 2016

A Consensus on Consensus

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"Warming of the climate system is unequivocal." "Anthropogenic drivers...are extremely likely to have been the dominant cause...
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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Science Communication - How to Deal with Trolls on Facebook

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While all science is done via peer-reviewed research papers, scientific conferences, and active communication with other scientists, ther...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Antarctica is Melting and Attorneys General are Going After ExxonMobil

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Two major stories rise to the surface this week in climate news. A new study warns that melting in Antarctica could raise sea levels subst...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

James Hansen and Catastrophic Ice Melting - What it Means

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Unless you've been living under a rock (or perhaps the ocean) this week you've noticed a new paper by climate scientist James Hans...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Climate Change in Ireland

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"Top o'the morning to you!" Or since that is never actually said in Ireland, "Lá Shona Fhéile Pádraig!" (Happy St....
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Arctic Sea Ice Continues to Decline at Record Pace

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The decline of Arctic sea ice extent continues to decline at a record pace. As noted here two weeks ago, January sea ice extent was the lowe...
Thursday, March 3, 2016

Spotting Climate Deniers on the Internet

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More than 100 years of peer-reviewed published climate science has demonstrated that human activity is warming our climate system. And yet...
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

What is Happening to the Arctic? How to Read the Graphs

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As 2016 starts off even hotter than the record-breaking heat of 2015 because of man-made climate change, one of the fastest warming areas of...
Thursday, February 18, 2016

January is Hot, And the Supreme Court Just Got Interesting

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January 2016 set the record for being the hottest January recorded . It follows on the heals of the hottest year ever recorded (2015), which...
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 ...