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Category Archives: Climate
Casual Friday
Luckily, I don’t wear a hat… Continue reading
Global climate change — the risk management approach
Here’s another interesting take on climate change — and it doesn’t even require any background in climatology (although around here, you really have no excuse for that):http://view.break.com/381084So, what do you think about this approach? Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Communicating science
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Blog carnivals du jour
This week’s crop of good sciencey blog carnivals… Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Climate, Communicating science, Humanity, Space
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Blog carnivals du jour
Today’s a holiday in the U.S., but that doesn’t mean folks don’t want a little “sciencey” reading to go along with their hamburgers and potato salad (and of course, folks in other countries need a break from their daily labors as well). Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, Climate, Communicating science, Geology, Space
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Everybody loves a carnival…
And you’ve got plenty to choose from this week. Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Climate, Geology, History, Physics, Space, Technology
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The week in carnivals
As usual, you’ve got a good selection of science-related blog carnivals for your reading pleasure this week… Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, Climate, Humanity, Physics
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If only it were this easy
Brewster Rockit: Space Guy deals with global warming Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Humor / Just for fun
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Episode 2 — Climatology Basics
A few weeks ago, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) released the executive summary of its fourth assessment report (FAR). Since (at least in the U.S.) this will soon be the core of a number of political arguments, but many folks probably don’t study climatology in their spare time, I thought a little background would be helpful. So this episode is devoted to the basics of climate science, as well as a very brief history of the field… Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Foundations of science, History, Podcast episodes
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Good "Sciencey" Blog Carnivals
There are some good blog carnivals available for your reading pleasure this month, I thought I’d take a moment to talk about them…For those new to the idea, blog carnivals are like traveling road-shows of blogging goodness — each has a given subject area, and each moves from blog to blog on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis. This gives readers a bit more variety in their “fodder” than they’d normally see, and it gives bloggers a chance to show their work before a variety of new (to them) readers… Continue reading
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