I have never hated the clouds as much as I did today
This is what I wanted to see today The transit of Venus across the sun. Instead all I saw were some ugly overcast clouds. The next transit of venus wont…
Dan Moutal
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…
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…
Black Out, Speak Out
See my post on Planet3.0 Related posts (randomly generated) Lost in Deep Time with Richard Alley Steroids, baseball, and climate change
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…
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…
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)…
Don’t panic and carry a towel
Today is Towel day. But today is no ordinary Towel day. 25+5+12=42 A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great…
Hans Rosling: Religions and babies
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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…
Who are the real job creators?
This is the TED talk that cause all the commotion: While TED might not have wanted to publish this talk to go public, the basic thesis of the talk is…
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…
A better billboard
From the Climate Reality Project: (h/t David Appell) Related posts (randomly generated) Renewable energy is bullshit… literally
Local vs global
Over at collide-a-scape Keith has inadvertently stumbled upon an interesting observation from an article in the Guardian which states: The world’s cities have seen a 45% increase in population since…
New 3-ball logo
Now with more globe-y-goodness Isn’t it pretty? This new fancy 3-ball was created by Ali Lupu. Go check out his other work and while you are over at his place…
If you put all the water on Earth in one place
If you put all the water on Earth in one place it would look like this: Yes that is a lot of water, but compared with the rest of the…
Canada has no plan
Canada has no real plan to meet its stated 2020 GHG emissions goals, and has no idea how much its hodgepodge of sector specific regulations will cost. In his latest…
The dismal science
XKCD is always a great way to cheer up on a Monday morning. Here is just a snip from the latest brilliant comic that is sure to please at least…
Heartland and Microsoft
I think Tamino is right: Some have criticized Microsoft for “supporting” the so-called “Heartland Institute.” The basis of this is that Microsoft provides free software because the so-called “Heartland Institute”…
Heartland pulls billboards, wont apologize
By now the news is stale, but on Friday Heartland pulled down the highly offensive billboards comparing the acceptance of mainstream climate science with such despicable people as the Unabomber.…