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Some More Housekeeping
Posted in Musings on November 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
New Theme!
Posted in Musings on November 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Any thoughts on the new theme, “Pilcrow”? I chose it because it’s the most customizable you can get without paying WordPress.com to edit CSS. The custom photo header, which I’ve wanted for a long time, is of a gorgeous mixed forest along the Ottawa River in the fall, just outside Parliament.
Slight Changes in Comment Policy
Posted in Musings on October 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’ve made some tweaks to the comment policy – like all aspects of this blog, it’s a work in progress – and I thought I would share them in a brief post. I’ll make changes in the sidebar, too. First and foremost, I’ve decided to stop replacing comments with [inflammatory] – instead, they will not [...]
Priorities
Posted in Musings, tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, communication, CRU, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, IPCC, journalism, media, politics, quote, science, swifthack on September 6, 2010 | 17 Comments »
I’m sick of all the politics surrounding climate science. I wish it could go back to just being science, the way it was in the 1970s, without all these people trying to sabotage it for us. I wish we could concentrate on the joy and fascination we feel when we learn about the climate system, [...]
The Best Cartoons Ever
Posted in Cartoons, Musings, tagged cartoonist group, climate change, climategate, communication, CRU, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, houston chronicle, humour, journalism, lee judge, media, nick anderson, swifthack on August 23, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Over the past year, I have seen far too many political cartoons on the editorial pages of newspapers accusing climate scientists of fraud. It amazes me what is allowed to be published without evidence in respected media publications. However, there are still some great cartoons about climate change, sans libel. Here are two of my [...]
A Quick Poll
Posted in Musings, Reviews, tagged climate change, communication, credibility, environment, global warming, IPCC, literature, media, science, weart on July 4, 2010 | 23 Comments »
I really enjoy books about climate change. When you’re as new to the subject as I am, they’re a great way to catch up on what is now common knowledge in the climate science community, and thus hasn’t been discussed recently in the peer-reviewed literature. I suppose I could also read the entire IPCC report [...]
If We Were Wrong
Posted in Musings, tagged climate change, communication, global warming, greenhouse effect, science, vonnegut, youth on July 2, 2010 | 12 Comments »
What if we were wrong about this whole climate change thing? What if global warming was actually nonexistent/natural/a global conspiracy? I, for one, would be thrilled. Yes, there would be humiliation, and all the effort we have spent on communication would be a waste, but that would be a small price to pay. For two [...]
Summer Plans
Posted in Musings, tagged climate change, climategate, communication, global warming, science, swifthack, youth on June 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Apologies for not posting last week. I am right in the middle of high school graduation events so things have been a little crazy. I start my B.Sc in the fall, and am hoping to continue posting at least once a week. However, I want to write as much as possible this summer, in case [...]
The Best Satire Ever
Posted in Musings, tagged al gore, climate change, denial, global warming, humour, IPCC, satire, science on April 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A few days ago we covered analogies, and Dan Olner pointed me to a great one that has sparked this post. It was written as an April Fools’ on RealClimate, and reads in part: A “consensus view” amongst climate scientists holds that the Northern Hemisphere will be warming this month, as spring is coming. This [...]
The Best Analogies Ever
Posted in Musings, tagged archer, climate change, energy budget, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, science on March 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
An analogy is a powerful tool in science communication. Here are two of my favourites to do with climate change. The first is of my own creation (although it isn’t too original) and came about after I had presented to high school students a few times. As anyone taking high school physics learns pretty quickly, [...]
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