I keep forgetting to put these up. Possible topics for discussion: La Niña is expected to continue into the winter. This is definitely not what southern U.S. states, such as Texas, want – after a summer of intense drought, the drying effect of La Niña on that area of the world won’t bring any relief. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘education’
Another Sporadic Open Thread
Posted in Open Threads, tagged AGU, climate change, communication, education, environment, global warming, la nina, richard alley, science on October 1, 2011 | 13 Comments »
What Does the Public Know?
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged climate change, democrat, economy, education, environment, global warming, independent, media, politics, republican, science, tea party, united states, urban planning on September 15, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Part 4 in a series of 5 for NextGen Journal Like it or not, a scientific consensus exists that humans are causing the Earth to warm. However, the small number of scientists that disagree with this conclusion get a disproportionate amount of media time, particularly in the United States: most newspaper articles give the two [...]
Wrapping Up
Posted in Research Blogging, tagged cesm, climate change, climate models, cosmos, education, gfdl, global warming, hadley, IPSL, max planck, met office, model E, nasa giss, ncar, science, UVic on August 16, 2011 | 10 Comments »
My summer job as a research student of Steve Easterbrook is nearing an end. All of a sudden, I only have a few days left, and the weather is (thankfully) cooling down as autumn approaches. It feels like just a few weeks ago that this summer was beginning! Over the past three months, I examined [...]
Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand
Posted in Reviews, tagged climate change, communication, cook, denial, education, environment, global warming, hansen, postmodernism, science, skeptic, skeptical science, venus, washington on August 11, 2011 | 17 Comments »
I recently finished reading Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand by Haydn Washington and Skeptical Science founder John Cook. Given that I am a longtime reader of (and occasional contributor to) Skeptical Science, I didn’t expect to find much in this book that was new to me. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Right from [...]
Who are the Skeptics?
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged antarctica, climate change, credibility, debate, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenland, IPCC, lindzen, media, michaels, politics, s. fred singer, science, skeptic, skeptical science on August 4, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Part 3 in a series of 5 for NextGen Journal Adapted from part of an earlier post As we discussed last time, there is a remarkable level of scientific consensus on the reality and severity of human-caused global warming. However, most members of the public are unaware of this consensus – a topic which we [...]
Learning Experiences
Posted in Research Blogging, tagged aerosols, cesm, chemistry, climate change, easterbrook, education, global warming, ncar, physics, programming, science on May 31, 2011 | 13 Comments »
I apologize for my brief hiatus – it’s been almost two weeks since I’ve posted. I have been very busy recently, but for a very exciting reason: I got a job as a summer student of Dr. Steve Easterbrook! You can read more about Steve and his research on his faculty page and blog. This [...]
Thoughts
Posted in Musings, tagged climate change, earth, education, environment, global warming, science, sustainability on May 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
My presentation went very well. The church group was full of kind, educated, and passionate people. It was nice to have an audience that wasn’t full of high school students who thought science was boring! After the presentation, a woman in the group shared something with me that she found at a conference in Australia [...]
What Can One Person Do?
Posted in How Science Works, Media and the Public, Mitigation and Policy, Science Lessons, tagged agreement, canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, communication, CRU, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hansen, ice age, IPCC, journalism, media, politics, republican, risk management, science, skeptic, sustainability, united states, youth on May 5, 2011 | 23 Comments »
Next week, I will be giving a speech on climate change to the green committee of a local United Church. They are particularly interested in science and solutions, so I wrote the following script, drawing heavily from my previous presentations. I would really appreciate feedback and suggestions for this presentation. Citations will be on the [...]
Where Activism Fails
Posted in Media and the Public, Mitigation and Policy, tagged climate change, communication, democracy, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse gases, journalism, media, north america, politics, powershift, risk management, science, united states, vote, youth on April 20, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal This weekend, 10 000 young people converged in Washington, D.C. and protested the American government’s inaction on climate change. Students stood in front of government buildings wearing green hard hats, holding signs saying “Make Polluters Pay, Not the EPA”. Students stormed the House of Representatives and sang a song about climate [...]
Climate Change Communicator of the Year Award
Posted in News and Reports, tagged climate change, communication, education, george mason university, global warming, naomi oreskes, scott mandia, skeptical science on April 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
There’s just over a week left to vote in the Climate Change Communicator of the Year awards, run by the Centre for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. There are several familiar names among the nominees, including meteorology professor and frequent ClimateSight commenter Scott Mandia, the ever-brilliant Naomi Oreskes, and the growing organization of [...]
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