Earth Science
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Climate Smart and Energy Wise
Posted by Greg Laden on September 9, 2014 
Climate Smart & Energy Wise: Advancing Science Literacy, Knowledge, and Know-How by Mark McCaffrey is a book written primarily for teachers, to give them the information and tools they need to bring the topic of climate change effectively to their classrooms. It addresses the Climate Literacy and Energy Literacy frameworks, designed to guide teaching this…
Breatkthrough at Lake Vostok
Posted by Greg Laden on February 8, 2012 Rumors have been in the air for days, but we now think it confirmed that Russian Scientsts have penetrated the liquid part of Antarctica’s Lake Vostok. The lake has been frozen over for something like 20 million years. Certainly there was life in it at the time. Is any of it still there? Has something…
Melting Ice and Sea Level Rise
Posted by Greg Laden on February 8, 2012 If all the water currently trapped in all the glaciers across the entire world melted, the sea level would rise far more than most people imagine. Almost everyone living anywhere in the world at an elevation of below about 500 feet with a direct drainage to the sea would be directly affected; The sea level…
Peter Gleick: Climate change is happening
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2012 Gleick is the new board member of the National Center for Science Education.
study links climate to severe habitat loss
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2012 In a world first, University of Queensland and CSIRO scientists have measured the relationship between current climate, climate change and habitat loss on plants and animals on a global scale. Their results, published recently in Global Change Biology indicate that areas with high temperatures and where average rainfall has decreased over time increase the chance…
The Inquisition of Climate Science
Posted by Greg Laden on December 7, 2011 I’m enjoying James Lawrence Powell’s book “The Inquisition of Climate Science” Powell’s book specifically addresses the clilmate change denialist movement and the global warming deniers themselves, and does so severely. He documents and discusses who is paying for climate change denialism documents the lack of scientific credenntials of the denialists, and outlines and describes in…
Hackers Release More Emails Stolen from Scientists …
Posted by Greg Laden on November 22, 2011 For now, a press release. More later:
Silent Summer: Global warming is real, folks
Posted by Greg Laden on November 14, 2011 Hot off the presses (stolen summarily from Here). This land temperature anomoly video showing both the growth of the global dataset and global warming was shown by the BEST group to Congress just a few moments ago.
A Republican and Climate Change Skeptic Talks About Climate Change
Posted by Greg Laden on November 11, 2011 Here’s the talk: And here’s the web site. Eventually, there will probably be a book.
Shawn Otto’s Book Launch Talk (with Don Shelby)
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2011 You’ll remember that I recently wrote up Shawn Otto’s talk at The Loft. The talk was filmed and is now a major motion picture! Now that you’ve seen the talk, here’s your list of things to do: Buy the book here. Sign on to Science Debate.org here Sign the American Science Pledge here Join the…