Did you know that the Dalai Lama works closely with scientists, and calls for the withdrawal of any Buddhist beliefs that contradict scientific evidence? Neither did I! For your Friday viewing pleasure, a great video of the Dalai Lama’s recent lecture at UC San Diego, where he discusses the need for humanitarian values and universal . . . → Read More: TGIF: The Dalai Lama on Climate Change
By Dr. M, on  June 3rd, 2012 Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Opinion & Editorial gay, global warming, homosexual, LBGT, North Carolina, satire, Sea level Journal of the Global Draining Society Letters, B (2012) 2(1):12-15 doi:10340824.xadflk Sea Level Rise Is Tied to Prevalence of Homosexuality Dr. M* *National Institute of Ocean Fluctuation Research, Deep-Sea News Way, Suite 100, Timbuktu 20501 Introduction Although only two years old and previously unrecognized by the scientific establishment, Global Draining (GD) has now become a . . . → Read More: Sea Level Rise Is Tied to Prevalence of Homosexuality
Hat tip to Climate Adaption, a wonderful source fo climate change related news and thoughts on Tumblr.
By Dr Bik, on  January 12th, 2012 Climate Change, Scientist! climate change, global warming, Jane Lubchenco, NOAA, ocean, Public, Science Communication, UC Davis My second week at UC Davis, and I’ve already met Jane Lubchenco. Last night the NOAA administrator gave a public lecture to a packed auditorium here on campus. Although her talk wasn’t particularly beefy, I captured a few interesting tidbits: It was refreshing to hear a government official state her steadfast optimism, and urge scientists . . . → Read More: Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientists
By Kevin Zelnio, on  November 6th, 2011 Climate Change Antarctica, climate change, Climate Contrarianism, glacier, global warming, graphs, ice sheet, IceBridge, Independent Media Centre Australia, NASA, Pine Island Glacier A new addition to my Confronting Climate Contrarianism series, much too long in waiting. Found this interesting animated gif on Andre Nantel’s G+ stream. He found it with no attribution on Reddit (UPDATE: graph from an excellent post on Skeptical Science). Gernot commented on that stream with a link to a Sydney Morning Herald piece . . . → Read More: Confronting Climate Contrarianism III: Data Realism and the Rabbit Hole
By Kevin Zelnio, on  July 31st, 2011 Climate Change, Conservation & Environment Atheists Talk, Chris Monckton, climate change, denialism, global warming, Greg Laden, John Abraham, Mike Haubrich, radio This morning I had the great pleasure of being a guest on Atheist Talk Radio, hosted by Minnesota’s AM 950, along With John Abraham and Greg Laden, hosted by Mike Haubrich, discussing global warming science and denialism. Greg and Mike already posted wonderful background for the show, so go read them there. The program is . . . → Read More: Global Warming Science and Denialism
By para_sight, on  June 9th, 2011 Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, New Research, Weather amoc, Atlantic, global conveyor belt, global thermohaline circulation, global warming, Gulf Stream, oceanography, RB Editor's Selection, South Atlantic I’ve been in Brazil for the past week for some research coordination meetings. This has involved a number of different folks in several forums, but the whole process was pervaded by a patent anxiety on the part of many people I spoke to with regards to climate change. This is not new of course, but . . . → Read More: The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth over
By Archie Teuthis, on  January 19th, 2011 Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Opinion & Editorial, Scientist!, Weather carbon dioxide, climate change, denier, fossil fuel, global warming, IPCC, John Tyndall, NASA, Scientist In Residence, skeptic I thought it a good time to lay down a primer on how to talk with a climate skeptic, especially when they’re trying to swindle you. First, it’s good to know that most skeptic arguments begin with a fact. At best, this fact is taken out of context. At worst, this fact (or data . . . → Read More: Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Confronting Climate Change Skeptics
By Kevin Zelnio, on  November 8th, 2010 Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Education, Environmental Sciences Best of Zelnio, carbon dioxide, climate change, Climate Contrarianism, CO2, communication, From the Editor's Desk, global warming, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication In 2007, there was a peer-reviewed article published by Arthur Robinson, Noah Robinson, and Willie Soon titles “Environmental Effects of Increased Carbon Dioxide.” Just focusing on the title, what is the first that comes to your mind? Do you think this is an article describing the latest research on how human-generated carbon dioxide emissions . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Confronting Climate Contrarianism
If the impending coral death in the Caribbean didn’t make you nauseous… International marine scientists say that a huge coral death which has struck Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean reefs over recent months has highlighted the urgency of controlling global carbon emissions. Many reefs are dead or dying across the Indian Ocean and into . . . → Read More: Worst coral death strikes at Southeast Asia
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