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Author Archives: gymnosperm
Pope Misguided the XXXXXXXXIX Preaches Crusade Against Carbon
In an action that betrays all the more clearly the religious roots of the Carbon crusade, the Pope continues a long and sorry tradition of involving the church in matters best left to science and individual conscience. From Galileo a … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Carbon Theology, Climate, Ethics
Tagged Carbon Crusade, Pope
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Lamarc Col, Muir Pass, Mt. solomons, Charybdis, Mt. Goddard, Echo Col, December, 1976
We had fallen in love with the moonscape of Muir Pass and the improbable hut there while hiking the John Muir Trail in 1966. No vegetation besides hardy buckwheats and lichen can be seen in any direction from this … Continue reading
GRBaV, The Vector, Which Mite It Be?
At a recent UC extension course, “Current Issues in Vineyard Health”, an impressive group of researchers presented their work. Dr. Brian Bahder revealed evidence of a second variant of GRBaV, commonly called red blotch virus, that seems to have invaded a block … Continue reading
Hold and Haul, The Surprising Result of a Careful Analysis of Sustainability
The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the “sustainability” in terms of fossil energy use between localized wastewater treatment at a sewage treatment facility and “hold and haul” trucking to the EBMUD cogeneration facility in Oakland for a new … Continue reading
The end of the Hollowscene
The concept of the Holocene epoch is a 19th century notion developed when the preceding “ice age” was thought of as a monolithic block of ice extending back to the end of the Pliocene. In this context it made sense … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropic interglacial, Anthropocene, Climate, Geology, Holocene, Paleoclimate
Tagged Anthropic interglacial, Hollowscene, Misanthroposcene
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GRBaV, A Null Hypothesis
As one contemplates the panoramas of red vineyards and walks rows to find disturbingly few completely asymptomatic plants, it is easy to consider a null hypothesis suggested by early notions that red blotch has been around a long time masked by similar symptoms … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, GRBaV, Red Blotch Disease, Wine
Tagged Red Blotch, Red Blotch Disease, Red Vein Virus
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The Myth of Stasis
As one gets on a bit in years it is a comfort when customary things like the dental floss and shoes stay the same, but the sad fact is that most often they do not and it is necessary to find available … Continue reading
GRBaV, An Hypothetical Model for Disease Progression
It’s not like we really have a firm understanding why some plants typically produce brilliant red foliage before dropping their leaves and others do not. It has been suggested that anthrocyanins are produced as a sun screen as chlorophyll is … Continue reading
Satellites and Thermometers
In a recent blog discussion with some unusually astute folks who are still concerned about human warming, the thread came to a dead-end at satellites and thermometers. It became clear that the real crux of the climate debate between well-studied … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Climate Change, Global Warming, Mount Whitney
Tagged GISS data adjustments
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Virus and Veins
Whether Ebola infects the blood tube walls directly or causes an immune response that damages them, one of the advanced symptoms is leakage of blood from the tubes or vessels. We know even less about the red blotch virus that … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Extinctions, Microbial Dark Matter, Red Blotch Disease, RGBaV
Tagged Red Blotch, Red Blotch Disease, Red Vein Virus
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