facing the fire

A lot of news stories are starting to come out referencing studies going into the next IPCC assessment of climate. This is the same report t...

I never know what browser to use. I don't use MSIE. Not just because I don't use any MS products (really, not even Office... can you...

So you've probably seen this already, but you just have to read the quotes by Barbara Bush: [ LINK ]. I won't make comments, as it i...

Just a heads up to everyone: The "National Center for Policy Analysis" is a right-wing, pro-big-business propoganda machine. It i...

Ouch, that is a rough headline. Chris Mooney [ LINK ] has an op-ed in the LATimes today [ LINK ] about the FDA railroading science to instea...

The current issue of Science has an article about tropical cyclones in a warming world. It can be found on the Science site [ LINK ], or on ...

I hope the developers of this resort [ LINK ] have taken sea-level rise into account. Otherwise, the whole thing will be under water in 50-1...

Because of the increasing number of spam comments on this blog, I've activated the word verification system provided by blogger. This wi...

A story in The Register [ LINK ] (and a lot of other new sources today) reports NASA is about to "lay out its plans" to send astro...

Today we can take a break from worrying about humans causing climate change. Instead, let's take a look at humans poisoning themselves a...

Because they hire "the father of the internet" to a made up position called Chief Internetevangelist [ LINK ].

A story in the LATimes [ LINK ] by Peter G. Gosselin and Alan C. Miller tries to blame changes in Washington, D.C. beauracracy for deemphasi...

On Weather Underground (wunderground.com), Dr. Jeff Masters writes a short piece on the politics of natural disaster preparedness [ LINK ]. ...

Gerard Baker writes in TimeOnline.co.uk, "the intellectual looters have busied themselves with plundering half-truths and false analyse...

I know, I know, the western front has been quiet all too long. In fact, I've had two failed posts recently, and never corrected the prob...

Honestly, I didn't know there was any real controversy about whether the tropospheric temperature was rising or not. I'm sure I'...

CNN has an article about the same old debate that I've blogged about before: does global warming affect tropical cyclones? [ LINK ][ old...

Reports from India are pointing to an intense Indian monsoon this year [ Indian monsoon death toll soars ], saying "the rain on Tuesday...

Briefly looking at the news today, you will almost certainly have missed the announcement that the USA, China, India, Australia, South Korea...

I saw this link on the front page of the BBC news website today: BBC NEWS | Africa | Polygamy no fun, admits Ethiopian I'm not go...