Even if you live more than 1,000 miles from the nearest large city, it could be affecting your weather… Continue reading Cities affect temperatures for thousands of miles
Day: January 27, 2013
Heat from North American cities causing warmer winters, study finds
“Researchers say extra heat generated by huge cities explains additional warming not explained by existing climate models.” Continue reading Heat from North American cities causing warmer winters, study finds
Shale gas boom now visible from space
The flaring is a result, in large part, of the low price of natural gas in North America, which can make it uneconomic to build pipelines and tanks to handle the gas released by oil production. Flaring is often the safest way to dispose of it.” Continue reading Shale gas boom now visible from space
Barack Obama: ‘I go shooting all the time’
“President Barack Obama has claimed that he goes shooting “all the time”, while attempting to reassure American gun-owners that he respects their rights to use firearms.” Continue reading Barack Obama: ‘I go shooting all the time’
Shock study: Chemotherapy can backfire, make cancer worse by triggering tumor growth
Well, no a really a “shock.” Scientists have known for decades that chemotherapy drugs are carcinogens themselves. Continue reading Shock study: Chemotherapy can backfire, make cancer worse by triggering tumor growth
Stephen King: NRA Should ‘Clean Up Blood, Brains and Chunks of Intestine’ After Next Massacre
From his new essay entitled, “Guns.” Continue reading Stephen King: NRA Should ‘Clean Up Blood, Brains and Chunks of Intestine’ After Next Massacre
NYTimes on Gun Research: What We Don’t Know Is Killing Us
Do we really need more junk science from Robert Kellerman? Continue reading NYTimes on Gun Research: What We Don’t Know Is Killing Us
NYTimes: Enjoying Snow, While We Still Have It
“In general, he says, there has been an “overall decline in snowfall.” Continue reading NYTimes: Enjoying Snow, While We Still Have It
Beijing smog: When growth trumps life in China
New Yorker: What Nate Silver Gets Wrong
“Can Nate Silver do no wrong? Between elections and baseball statistics, Silver has become America’s secular god of predictions. And now he has a best-seller, ‘The Signal and the Noise,’ in which he discusses the challenges and science of prediction in a wide range of domains, covering politics, sports, earthquakes, epidemics, economics, and climate change.” Continue reading New Yorker: What Nate Silver Gets Wrong
Wente: Whatever happened to global warming?
“So far, global warming policies have probably done far more harm to the planet than global warming has.” Continue reading Wente: Whatever happened to global warming?
NYTimes: Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel
The global aviation industry could shutdown today and forever, and it would make scant difference in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Continue reading NYTimes: Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel