A Matter of Degrees
These are notes I took while reading Gino Segre’s A Matter of Degrees (2002) when it first came out. This …
Tag Archives: Climate Change
Snowy Owl in Florida
Not my photo … just whishin’ ….
Chasing Ice — A Movie, And Evidence, Not To Miss
We’d put Chasing Ice, a new documentary by Jeff Orlowski, on the second tier of movies-to-see over the holidays. But …
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and Power by Steve Coll
The London Review of Books [8 Nov, 2012] reviews Steve Coll’s new, indispensable volume, Private Empire: ExxonMobile and Power. Coll will be …
The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Brian Fagan’s The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations contributes another fine book to the growing …
Jared Diamond on The Most Important (12) Environmental Problems
If no video showing, click here. “We are working so hard for our children and grandchildren. All of us parents …
Climate of Denial — Al Gore
Al Gore has a very good article in the current Rolling Stone. Get it! Get 5 and leave them around …
Climate Change Measurement: Lend a Hand
Very useful article in the Sunday SF Chronicle Home and Garden about measuring budding time of local trees, as a …
Food, Floods and Drought
Krugman looks at Egypt, food prices and the fast changing world climate: We’re in the midst of a global food …
Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Fast
New research shows that 2010 set new records for the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, expected to be a …
GOP Wants to Withdraw from Climate Panel
The Republican Study Committee last week released a list of proposed budget cuts totaling $2.5 trillion, including a recommendation to withdraw …
2010 Wettest Year on Record – and Tied for Hottest
2010. What more can be said? Queensland, Australia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil are being swamped from unprecedented rains. In …