There is no solution to the problem of climate change without cutting emissions
When people say of the fight to cut GHG emissions, “this isn’t working; let’s try something else” they are never referring to making our (if it really is “our”) actions…
Dan Moutal
Shifting norms
My last article took issue with the trend of calling extreme heat-waves (like the one currently affecting much of the US) a new normal. But that doesn’t mean that the…
Deleting obstacles
I have always felt that the choice of Kitimat BC (which lies at the end of a long narrow fjord) as the destination for the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline was…
Only 2% of Canadians think the climate is not changing
Good news Everyone! Only two per cent of Canadians who responded to a new opinion poll believed climate change is not occurring. A further nine per cent believed climate change…
Rational debate [Humour]
via Tree Lobsters!” I’ll leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine who are the zombies
First colour image from Curiosity
Good golly miss MAHLI! New color pic from Mars Hand Lens Imager shows tan sands, no @instagram req #MSL –@MarsCuriosity
This planet wasn’t enough for Curiosity
Last night’s successful landing of Curiosity was absolutely a moment I will never forget. For those who chose the sensible option of sleep this is what you missed: The words…
Excuses
Definitely going to use this one at work: via XKCD
Curiosity lands safely on the Martian surface!
The first image from the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity!!! We humans are amazing when reach
What to expect tonight
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released a video detailing what we can expect tonight after the 7 minutes of terror:
What if Natural Gas Produced All Our Energy?
David Appell crunches some numbers and finds that if the US were to use natural gas exclusively for all its energy production it would reduce GHG emissions from 5471 Mt…
What does a climate disaster look like?
The recent wave of extreme heat-waves and drought over much of the U.S. has rekindled the public’s interest in and acceptance of climate change. The inevitable question that always gets…
Bipartisanship
via techdirt
Muller’s BEST
After a couple of days filled with rumours and wild speculation we finally know what all the commotion was about. Richard Muller, the head of the BEST project, has written…
The nuclear approach to climate risk
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is holding a round table on Nuclear Power and climate change with a focus on developing countries.
Drought’s Footprint
More than half of the country was under moderate to extreme drought in June, the largest area of the contiguous United States affected by such dryness in nearly 60 years.…
Loss of Arctic Sea ice at least 70% man made
Not exactly shocking news, James Annan reports on the recent paper investigating: how much of the decline in sea ice was plausibly due to various natural phenomena like the Atlantic…
7 minutes of terror
NASA’s Curiosity Rover, currently on route to Mars, has an absolutely crazy method of getting from the top of the atmosphere to the surface. And everyone should definitely follow the…
Questions for Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson
Now that Rex Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon Mobil has admitted that CO2 emissions will cause warming David Appell thinks some follow-up questions are in order: Last month, Exxon Mobil…
Ars Technica on the Wall Street Journal
From the article: WSJ mangles history to argue government didn’t launch the Internet The Wall Street Journal has earned a reputation for producing in-depth and meticulously fact-checked news coverage. Unfortunately,…