Why don’t plant-eating lizards like iguanas grow as large as meat-eating lizards, such as the humongous 10-foot-long, 150-pound Komodo dragons?
A recent discovery at the University of California, Berkeley, shows that at least some herbivorous lizards did grow that large during a warmer era 40...
A Hooters ball girl fielded a live ball in March, tossed it into the stands and the Internet mocked her accordingly. So in the interest of fairness, we have to point out when major league player makes the same boneheaded move.
Here's the situation: It's the top of the eighth inning in...
I just wanted to know if I should be as worried as I am?
There is this guy I know , he is 30 years old and a police officer. I found out from someone else ( yes through the grapevine so it's not 100% reliable). He has been going to church for a very long time.. And apparently he went to court...
go outdoors? The end is near!
No joke, look at the signs!
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take...
...or conspiracy? I get that reaction from many conservatives all the time. "I don't believe in global warming, iot's just propaganda." Propaganda for what purpose exactly. Scientists already discovered global warming as evident far before Gore released his documentary on it, so it's not to...
Peter Gleick has been cleared of faking a key memo. Who is Peter Gleick, and what is this memo of which we speak? Here is a refresher of events over the last 3 1/2 months:
You will recall that last February 14th, we were all given an interesting Valentine's Day present: A cache of...
Global Warming is the Real Thing, but "Global Warming" is not the real problem
As is the case with most things that are important, we as a society have done a very bad job of developing an effective conversation about Global Warming. The vast majority of electronic and real ink that I see...
At the moment, the Wandering Albatross of the Southern Ocean is getting a free ride; Changes in wind patterns due to Global Warming seem to enhance the efficiency of foraging of this pelagic bird. However, as Global Warming continues, this rare case of a positive benefit of anthropocentric...
The following is a short version of the litany of global warming denialists' current rhetoric:
"Current pause in global warming"
"lack of global warming for well over 10 years now."
"There is no credible (statistically significant) data that says global warming is occurring"...
Over the last few weeks, there has been quite a bit of discussion on the Blogosphere about certain global warming related issues. Denialists have come on strong with two major and widely disseminated distortions of scientific reports and consensus, and scientists and those interested in saving...
The Wall Street Journal has published one of the most offensive, untruthful, twisted reviews of what scientists think of climate change; the WSJ Lies about the facts and twists the story to accommodate the needs of head-in-the-sand industrialists and 1%ers; The most compelling part of their...
Yes, and it is caused by humans. But if you have friends, colleagues, relatives or readers of your blog or facebook feed bothering you about this, telling you that Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) is a hoax or a false claim or a lie, you may want this tool:
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w00t! My blog post on Urban Heat Islands has won the prestigious Editor's Selection Award from ResearchBlogging.org News!
See the awarding blog post here, and the awarded blog post here.
Thank you Sarah Kendrew.
Two other posts won the award as well: Ovarian Cancer at...
Urban areas can be warmer than surrounding non-urban areas because there is a lot of combustion, pavement and other structure can collect solar heat and retain it for a while, and other factors. It is not uncommon to look at a weather map where conditions for precipitation are marginal, and...
...I'd like to talk about an observation I made while writing for a now defunct monthly rag about global warming back in the early 1990s, and have always wanted to pursue formally, as a research project. Since I've not gotten to it yet, I thought it might be fun to outline the idea more...
My first job as an archaeologist in Boston (having moved there from New York) had to do with Deer Island, the northern of two islands that separate Boston's Inner and Outer Harbors. The actual archaeology was uninteresting but the historical research was fascinating. Among the things I learned...
presently our society is broken, the young people are disgusting and the old people are rude and shameless. Young people have no future prospects and not much chance of entering into a home owning democracy as house values are incorrect. why then are we focusing so much on global warming when...
There was a poll.
On climate change, 69% of respondents said that they believe that "there is solid evidence that the average temperature on earth has been getting warmer over the past few decades," with 26% saying that they did not believe it, 2% volunteering that there is some or mixed...