Monthly Archives: January 2014

Here at the White House, while we’re beginning to thaw from this week’s bone-chilling deep freeze, our discussions about the science of weather extremes are heating up. We know that no single weather episode proves or disproves climate change. Climate … Continue reading →

Coal, Carbon Dioxide and Climate – View Article – NYTimes.com

November 10, 1985 AN ARTICLE in Oceanus, the journal of the Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, suggests that most of the methods for restoring and protecting New Jersey’s 127 miles of Atlantic Coast beaches are huge wastes of public money, … Continue reading →

Limits to U.S. Policy Are Seen as Violence in Iraq Rages On

The Great Guessing Game – Will California Drought Enter 3d Year? – View Article – NYTimes.com

Severe Ancient Droughts: A Warning to California – New York Times

By DAVID E. SANGER Published: October 19, 1994 President Clinton approved a plan today to arrange more than $4 billion in energy aid to North Korea during the next decade in return for a commitment from the country’s hard-line Communist … Continue reading →

In 1977, the Carter Administration uncovered a Libyan plot to kill our ambassador to Egypt. To Save the Next Natasha Simpson – NYTimes.com

Carter’s Oil Problem – View Article – NYTimes.com

Energy flow is driven by differences in energy. Rocks fall from high potential energy to low potential energy Electricity flows between negative and positive Heat flows from warm places to cold places Wind blows from high pressure to low pressure … Continue reading →