Monthly Archives: August 2018

I haven’t seen the owl there recently, but my favorite spot in the wetlands is full of chokecherries and wild apples now.

The 1845 Franklin expedition through the Northwest Passage ended with everybody dead, after getting trapped by ice at several locations. NOVA | Arctic Passage | Tracing the Routes (printable) | PBS The ice at 3, 4, 5 on Franklin’s Route … Continue reading →

On August 1, temperatures in the Beaufort Sea have dropped well below freezing. VentuSky Arctic sea ice volume is fourth highest for the date since 2003, and declining very slowly. Spreadsheet    Data Temperatures near the North Pole have been below normal … Continue reading →

I filmed some slow motion video on my iPhone, of an arrow going through a can of evil greenhouse gases H2O and CO2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5je8E8gt6w Stop action version

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” ? George Orwell, 1984 Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in 1969 with 200 MPH winds. 10 Sep 2004, 5 – Pensacola News Journal at Newspapers.com … Continue reading →

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. George Orwell In today’s New York Times today, they say global warming was settled science thirty years ago, the world was ready to act, … Continue reading →

Wikipedia lists the record temperature for Spain at 117 degrees in 2017. List of weather records – Wikipedia The actual record of 122F (50C) occurred on August 4, 1881, during Spain’s worst heatwave on record. 29 Jul 1881, 3 – … Continue reading →

The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we … Continue reading →