Confronting Climate Contrarianism III: Data Realism and the Rabbit Hole
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By , on November 6th, 2011 10 comments   Climate Change   , , , , , , , , , ,  

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

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DSN Scientist in Residence Eric Heupel Revisits Gulf of Mexico Dolphin Mortality Event
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By , on April 15th, 2011 Leave a comment   Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Oil Spills   , , , , , , , , ,  

Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used to part of The Other 95% team along with me before we closed shop. You can find Eric tweeting as @eclecticechoes.   ——————————– Recently the deaths of bottlenose dolphins . . . → Read More: DSN Scientist in Residence Eric Heupel Revisits Gulf of Mexico Dolphin Mortality Event

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Confronting Climate Contrarianism II: Methane Accumulation in the Atmosphere
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By , on November 10th, 2010 7 comments   Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government, Weather   , , , , , , ,  

Confronting Climate Contrarianism looks into the claims made climate contrarians and how they (mis)use the scientific literature. —————————————————————– In a textbook example of climate contrarians misusing the primary literature for an anti-scientific agenda, Robinson et al. (2007) are seemingly flippant about decades of research showing how humans have affected the climate since the onset of . . . → Read More: Confronting Climate Contrarianism II: Methane Accumulation in the Atmosphere

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Zombies and Submarines
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By , on March 16th, 2009 Leave a comment   Carnivals & Link Love   , , ,  

One of my long time favorite sites is Graph Jam. The idea is graphs are presented that represent cultural norms, comedic concepts, etc. Of course, no description really gives this site justice. Spend some time over there to get the idea. Two of my recent favorites are below. . . . → Read More: Zombies and Submarines

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