The BBC reports that the Russian government is working to divert an asteroid that has a 1 in 250 000 chance of hitting the Earth in 2036. “People’s lives are at stake,” Mr Perminov reportedly told the radio service Golos Rossii (Voice of Russia). “We should pay several hundred million dollars and build a system [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Remind You of Anything?
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged asteroid, climate change, global warming, psychology, risk management on December 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What Comes Next?
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged china, climate change, copenhagen, global warming, greenhouse gases, politics, united states on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m not really sure how I feel about Copenhagen. In a way, I was pleasantly surprised that anything happened at all. I had been following the feeds from DeSmogBlog and U of T throughout the conference, and it was after midnight on the last evening before any agreements were actually made. Obviously, Copenhagen didn’t progress [...]
Michael Tobis Takes Part 3
Posted in Media and the Public, Other Advocates, tagged climate change, climategate, credibility, CRU, global warming, media, science on December 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was going to write a Science and Communication, Part 3 post that examined what ClimateGate actually tells us vs what the popular press says about it, and why this chasm between the two exists. Then Michael Tobis wrote a brilliant post discussing that very topic: What Was Actually Revealed a rehash of a well-known [...]
Science and Communication, Part 2
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged climate change, credibility, denial, global warming, media, science on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I like to think of science and communication as a bridge. On one side of the bridge are scientists, who are studying and discussing and debating their respective fields together. On the other side of the bridge is the public, who watch the scientists from a distance to get a sense of what’s going on. [...]
A Thought
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged climate change, copenhagen, global warming, greenhouse gases, politics on December 19, 2009 | 15 Comments »
If our world leaders cannot cooperate enough to stop dangerous climate change in the scant time we have left…..how do they expect to be able to cooperate enough to adapt to the kind of world they’re committing to with their inaction? If we can’t figure this out, how do we expect to able to get [...]
Science and Communication, Part 1
Posted in Reviews, tagged climate change, debate, global warming, greenhouse gases, ice age, IPCC, media, politics, science on December 16, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Usually books about climate change take me some time to read. As fascinating as they are, they’re not the kind of literature I would read to relax. They take far more energy to get through than something like Twilight. This wasn’t the case for Science as a Contact Sport, the new book by Stephen Schneider. [...]
More Peter Sinclair
Posted in News and Reports, tagged canada, climate change, climategate, copenhagen, credibility, CRU, debate, denial, global warming, media, politics, republican, science, skeptic on December 12, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Peter has created a second video regarding the CRU emails, this time discussing the allegations that climatologists suppressed skeptical views. Enjoy.
Peter Sinclair When We Need Him
Posted in News and Reports, tagged climate change, climategate, copenhagen, credibility, CRU, debate, denial, global warming, hockey stick, IPCC, media, politics, science, skeptic on December 7, 2009 | 26 Comments »
At last! Peter has released his new video regarding the CRU hack. Off to go email it to everyone I know.
A ClimateGate Video
Posted in News and Reports, tagged climate change, climategate, credibility, CRU, debate, global warming, hockey stick, IPCC, media, science on December 6, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Potholer54 just posted a video investigating whether or not the CRU emails actually show faked data/deliberate manipulation/a socialist conspiracy. Enjoy. If you’re interested in an explanation of all the papers and theories the CRU emails are discussing, RealClimate does a great job. I hear Peter Sinclair is also working on a CRU video – I’ll [...]
Climate Cover-Up
Posted in Reviews, tagged canada, climate change, credibility, debate, denial, global warming, IPCC, media, politics, republican, science, skeptic, Stephen Harper, united states on December 3, 2009 | 23 Comments »
I’m fairly new to the issue of climate change, and even newer to the politics surrounding it. I’ve spent the past two years reading about climate change causes, impacts, projections, myths, media blunders, and public misconceptions. I knew that vested interests, such as the fossil fuel industry and political lobby groups, had played a part [...]
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