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Let’s Call a Denier a Denier
***Update – In a huge win for everyone who isn’t a doofus, the AP has now officially changed the language it will use to refer to people who don’t accept modern science. From the AP blog: To describe those who … Continue reading
The Heartland Institute: Comically Ignorant Poop Factory or Greedy Lying Dumbasses?
Ignorance is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. In many ways it should be the main one, seeing as it is ignorance that is the root cause of so much of the evils assigned to the better-known four. I am not of … Continue reading
Why we do so little about climate change
As I’ve discussed in earlier posts, the evidence showing that humans are causing climate change, and that the change will be bad for our society, is well-established, overwhelmingly accepted in the scientific community, and to a first-order, not too difficult … Continue reading
Lava all up in your face
Ever wondered what it was like to have a volcano explode in your face, but were too chicken to find out? Here come the drones! A friend from graduate school pointed me towards this one, enjoy!
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Teaching Climate Change – part 3, online resources
This is part 3 of a multi-post series on my experience teaching about climate change. To read part 1 which deals with my overall course philosophy, click here. To read part 2, which deals with the external readings and discussions … Continue reading
Posted in earth hazards, earth science, science and society, teaching, Uncategorized
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SoCal Shakeout 2008
When I TA’d introductory geology for my adviser, he’d always have an assignment early in the course that focused on earthquake safety. My graduate school was in Northern California (read “the chosen land”), in an area that straddles one of … Continue reading
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Eocene Farallon Lithospheric Chalupa
Also see my second post relating to the Farallon Plate here. This past Friday I was talking with some of the people in my research group and we ended up discussing our favorite published figures. This is easy for me, … Continue reading
Amory Lovins and Technology
I had a chance recently to see Amory Lovins speak. Lovins (not McLovins, as I found myself saying) has a rather impressive resume, but he is bet known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute … Continue reading
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Congratulations IPCC
Just wanted to send a blogospheric congratulations bouquet to the folks at the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for receiving the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. The IPCC has been a reliable source of climate related information for quite … Continue reading
Posted in earth hazards, science and society
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Tambora, Frankenstein, and Darkness
One of the things I’ve been most impressed with in my new department is the number and quality of invited speakers we have. Almost every week we have a new person visit for two days, culminating in at least one … Continue reading
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