Monthly Archives: April 2011

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CO2 is worse than the dust bowl! Climate change is worrisome, maybe even an emergency. The Dust Bowl was far smaller in scope, but caused vast misery, even as it also inspired some of our nation’s greatest art. Growing up … Continue reading →

The second-biggest story, at 25%, was global warming. Specifically, bloggers focused on the surprising congressional testimony from physics professor, and long-time skeptic of climate change science, Richard Muller. While Muller was expected to present research in opposition to the prevailing … Continue reading →

Reader Phil has been complaining that the Ideal Gas Law doesn’t work. He provided these numbers. Arctic: T=-23ºC (250 K), P=101 kPa, R=8.314 J/K.mole, d= 1.2 kg/m^3 Tropics: T=27ºC (300 K), P=101 kPa, R=8.314 J/K.mole, d= 1.46 kg/m^3 I pointed … Continue reading →

The BP oil spill last April blackened the shoreline permanently. Today in Alabama http://www.bamabeachcams.com/pinkponypub.aspx Last summer in Texas http://dyn.politico.com/

Some very particular things have to happen for an epidemic of plague to break out: An infectious rodent population must be present, in which an ‘epizootic’ outbreak has been caused by blocked Y. pestis carrying fleas. The temperature must be … Continue reading →

(CNN) — It’s the world’s last, great wilderness rich in natural resources, like oil and gas. But now the frozen seas of the Arctic are being opened up; its vast riches unlocked. The Yamal is one of Russia’s biggest, most … Continue reading →

Wind speed at NCAR over the last month. http://www.eol.ucar.edu/ At soccer practice yesterday, balls sitting on the sideline would accelerate into the parking lot.

Earth to Arctic : What part of “death spiral” don’t you understand? http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover.uk.php

How dare those Republicans have an agenda during my autocracy. Obama: GOP tried to “sneak” agenda into budget