Traveling to the land of Boobies…
… The blue footed variety of course source: http://seemorepictures.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-blue-footed-boobie.html
Dan Moutal
Silence of the labs
The CBC’s Fifth estate devotes 1 hour to exploring the sorry state of federal science in Canada. The link above takes you to CBC’s official page which might not work…
Crowded
(h/t The Disaffected Lib)
It’s not the spill that matters
The recent approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline by National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act review panel has brought a renewed flurry of attention to the…
Coincidence
“Global warming, huh? By pure coincidence every scientist was right” Homer Simpson
Blade Runner – The Aquarelle Edition
Some people have too much time on their hands… this is a good thing.
Bah Humbug!
Physicists who want to protect traditional Christmas realize that the only way to keep from changing Christmas is not to observe it. (via xkcd) That is all.
Gavin Schmidt on Advocacy
From AGU originally posted, by Michael Tobis on Planet3.0. Posted here mostly for my own records
Canada’s climate policy delayed again
At this rate Canada’s emission regulations should be ready by 2025. Canada is once again delaying emissions regulations in the oil and gas sector, despite major pipeline projects that continue…
Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline gets one step closer to reality
From the bad-news department. In Calgary, the Joint Review Panel today (December 19) recommended that the federal government approve the $6.5-billion project, which would transport oil from the Alberta tar…
Climate Change 2013 Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis
The IPCC has released a very snazzy video that summarizes the fifth assessment report.
Arctic and American Methane in Context
Real Climate gives the recent methane news some proper context. The bottom line is that since methane is a short lived GHG it would take a very sudden and very…
Why Vancouver’s door knob ban is a really bad idea
Vancouver has banned the classic round door knob for new buildings because it has accessibility issues. Door leavers are easier to open especially if your hands are full or if…
Warming at 4 Hiroshima bombs per second: a widget to raise awareness about global warming
A frustratingly stubborn climate myth is that global warming stopped in 1998. It hasn’t. In fact the earth is currently accumulating extra heat at a rate of 4 Hiroshima nuclear…
A Summary of COP19
Reuters nicely summarizes the outcome of the COP19 UN climate negotiations in Warsaw, Poland. FINANCE Developed nations promised in 2009 to increase their aid to poorer countries to help them…
Major Iceberg Cracks off Pine Island Glacier
Major Iceberg Cracks off Pine Island Glacier : Natural Hazards Between November 9–11, 2013, a large iceberg finally separated from the calving front of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. Scientists first…
Climate Change — The state of the science
A summary of the IPCC report in 4 minutes