'Climate' Category
If only it were this easy
Brewster Rockit: Space Guy deals with global warming
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…
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…
