I don’t see what the problem is. These were ethical oil spills, weren’t they? Related posts (randomly generated) About those radical foreign interests opposed to the latest tar-sand pipeline [UPDATED]
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Mind of Dan: Resilience vs Yield: A Difficult Choice
Farming on the outskirts of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.One of the most densely populated agricultural areas on the planet The challenge of feeding the estimated 10 billion people by 2050 on an already stressed agricultural landscape without further degrading the state of the planet will be an enormous task.
Continue readingMind of Dan: Yet another study confirms global warming is human-caused
For the record no one here at Planet3.0 is surprised: Researchers averaged the results from a number of climate models, and compared that to global temperature records for the upper 700 meters of the ocean from 1960 to 1999. The temperature record is less complete for the deep ocean, and
Continue readingMind of Dan: Webcam art
A beautiful picture from the North Pole webcams (H/t the Arctic Sea Ice Blog) Related posts (randomly generated) Ice-free North Pole? What really happened to the sea ice this summer We can’t let the Russians get away with this Polar bears added to endangered list Arctic sea ice melting fast,
Continue readingMind of Dan: Climate change is simple: We do something or we’re screwed
For more info check out David Roberts’ blog Related posts (randomly generated) Help defeat online censorship Another example of the US leading the fight against climate change Bush continues to lead the fight against climate change Climate change controversies: a simple guide Ninjas’s Killed my Family
Continue readingMind of Dan: A terrifying graph
In North America coal use might be down thanks to the abundance of cheap natural gas but the global perspective looks very different: According to the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy, coal consumption grew 5.4 percent in 2011 and coal production grew by 6.1 percent, giving the resource
Continue readingMind of Dan: Green from the Grassroots
Elinor Ostrom, Nobel-prize-winning economist of common pool resources, died of cancer this week, aged 78. Her final published article was green from the grassroots here are some excerpts: Decades of research demonstrate that a variety of overlapping policies at city, subnational, national, and international levels is more likely to succeed
Continue readingMind of Dan: Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactors
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday amid widespread public opposition, more than a year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami triggered three nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Power Plant, and halted all 50 reactors in Japan… Saturday’s decision comes as the government scrambles
Continue readingMind of Dan: Yes and no
A simple graphic illustrating what we need to do to actually reduce our emissions: With no meaningful climate policy commitment – no binding emission limits, no carbon pricing, not even a clean energy standard – the awesome work of building a clean energy economy is proceeding in parallel to the
Continue readingMind of Dan: Rotating the Question
Steve Easterbrook shows the power of simply tilting your head: By putting the dates on the Y-axis and temperatures on the X-axis, and cutting off the graph at 2°C, we get a whole new perspective on what the models runs are telling us. For example, it’s now easy to see
Continue readingMind of Dan: Fakegate exhonerations
Looks like an independent investigation done at the behest of the Pacific Institute has confirmed that Peter Gleick did not write the disputed fakegate memo And an independent digital forensic investigation done at the behest of Heartland institute found that the disputed memo was not created on Heartland’s computer system
Continue readingMind of Dan: Have a few minutes?
Have a few minutes? Then take a survey. It is part of a study being conducted at the University of Western Australia. Related posts (randomly generated) Mentally ill more likely to vote for Bush NASA Phoenix Lander has successfully landed on Mars! Africa’s big game ‘could roam US plains’ How
Continue readingMind of Dan: Making sea level rise illegal
Pure insanity doesn’t even come close to what some legislators are trying to do in North Carolina: Some lawmakers will go to great lengths to deny the reality of climate change. But this week, North Carolina lawmakers reached new heights of denial, proposing a new law that would require estimates of sea
Continue readingMind of Dan: What’s Harper Afraid of?
By Franke James and in keeping with our recent focus on Canadian science issues. Related posts (randomly generated) Canadian music creators have a spine Stephen Harper, why do you mock me? The RCMP’s common sense in tackling copyright violations Carol James and the BC NDP redeem themselves Biofuels behind high
Continue readingMind of Dan: Black Out, Speak Out
This is what the Planet3.0 home page looked like on June 4th 2012 Why was Planet3.0 blacked out yesterday? In short because here in Canada we are facing somewhat of a crisis. While south of the 49th parallel in the US, politicians talk about a wide scale gutting of environmental
Continue readingMind of Dan: The useful side of radiation
The news that Pacific Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California have been found to have radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear accident has caused quite a stir in some quarters. But there isn’t anything to worry about as the BBC makes abundantly clear numerous times: The fish would
Continue readingMind of Dan: Quote of the day
When anyone says _______ (insert favorite policy, technology here) is “the” solution to a big, complex problem, they are invariably wrong. Via Jonathan Foley on Twitter Related posts (randomly generated) Laying dormant Quote of the day Delinquent blogger How the right should respond to envrironmetal problems Patpong Ping Pong
Continue readingMind of Dan: Hans Rosling: Religions and babies
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Continue readingMind of Dan: The end of Heartland’s climate denial conferences
Lack of funding has prevented Heartland from putting on any more climate denial conferences: In his closing speech at this year’s event in Chicago, Heartland President Joseph Bast said that financial troubles are preventing the organization from putting on another event. “I hope to see you at a future conference,
Continue readingMind of Dan: If you put all the fresh water on Earth in one place
Last week we showed you what it would look like if you put all the water on earth in one place. The result is that the earth doesn’t have nearly as much water as we typically assume. But that doesn’t paint the whole picture because most of that water is
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