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Category Archives: Climate
Paving It Won’t Save It (The Planet, That is)
The oceans are the energy bank for the planet. They receive energy to great depth from the sun. Continents cool the planet. Daedalus suggested in jest that if we increased the area of the continents 5%, we could reverse the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Geography, Geology, Global Warming, Plate Tectonics, Serpentine
Tagged Eocene, Prescribed Pavement, Proterozoic
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Science and Government
We have become so accustomed to science by public institutions of higher education, and publicly funded science at private institutions , we easily forget that a century and a half ago this practice was unheard of. Charles Darwin was a … Continue reading
Posted in Beggaring Science, Climate, Government Industry
Tagged Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Peer review, Science as government industry, The Voyage of the Beagle
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The Dinosaurs Died for our Sins
The original sin, secondary, tertiary, quaternary sins. Hurricanes, tornadoes are upon us. Quick! Find a witch to burn. Well, at least he saved the weed eater. Not to minimize the tragedies, just the sensationalism. Nobody wants their house trashed and … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Biology, Climate, Climate Change, History of Life
Tagged Mount Etna, sensationalism, The original sin
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YGBFkiddinme, Low Emissions Grass?
From Nature Magazine this pearl of pulchritude: “The solution, says Michael Peters, an agronomist at CIAT and leader of the team that has developed the low-emissions grass, is to encourage ammonium to persist in the soil for longer, by suppressing microbial … Continue reading
Dude, It’s Not About Carbon Dioxide
We know a lot about Carbon dioxide in a jar. We know the wavelengths it prefers to absorb and emit photons. We know it tends to mix efficiently with other gasses. We know it has a nearly magical affinity for … Continue reading
I Deny
“Denier!”, in the tone of apostasy. Well, call me the apostate, because I deny. I deny that there is any reasonable scientific evidence that Carbon dioxide will cause catastrophic global warming. I deny this as a naturalist and serious student … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Carbon Cycle, Carbon Dioxide Loves to Swim, Carbon Prohibitionists, Carbon Theology, Climate, Climate Change, Global Warming, Global Warming Denial, Religion
Tagged Carbon, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Carbon Management, Carbon Prohibitionism, Carbon Prohibitionists, environment, Global Warming Denial
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A bit About Adiabatic, (Without the Devil)
Air does basically two things; either it warms and rises , or it sinks and cools. Winds follow the pressure gradients that emerge between these regimes. Ironically, cold air masses are warming and rising and warm air masses are sinking … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Carbon Theology, Climate, Climate Change, Global Warming, History, River
Tagged Air mass, El Diablo, global warming, Jet stream
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The Duty of Truth
Those who work at public institutions owe the public, their patrons, a duty of truth. Private citizens are free to engage in any foolishness that suits them, but public servants must be held to a higher standard. The graph above … Continue reading
Here’s the Beef, Or the World Economy Explained by a Billion Cows
Grasses coevolved with ungulates (we can call them cows). About 30 million years ago due to declining temperature, humidity, and atmospheric Carbon dioxide a bunch of plants including grasses evolved a more efficient form of photosynthesis called C4. This allowed them … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Climate, Climate Change, Economics, Geography, History, History of Life, Paleoclimate, Salvation from Cows
Tagged Africa, Cattle, Sahara
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