Drought Along the Colorado
Elizabeth Shogren has an interesting short piece on Weekend Edition today. It’s about water. Water and drought. 740 years ago. …
Category Archives: Climate Change
Vacation: Water Wishing
The big Horse Creek fire this week in the Jackson, Wyoming area is, thankfully, under control. The Snake River, where …
Killer Rain: Killer No Rain
As the climatologists have pointed out, the effects of climate change will not be uniform. No nice 1 degree rise …
Climate Change and Storms
Like the title says: a book about the scientific understanding of climate change and its relation to hurricanes (cyclones, typhoons). …
West Artic Ice Melt and Your Future
James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has been one of the principal, scientifically grounded, voices warning …
Arctic Species Adaptability
Interesting short article on plant adaptability during shifting climactic conditions in the arctic. Many Arctic plant species have readily adjusted …
Climate Talk
It used to be that the weather news was a 2 minute snippet near the end of the local news …
Global Warming and Marin
Very interesting piece in the Marin IJ by Mark Prado. “A devastating flood sweeps through the Ross Valley on New …
Climate Change: Debunking the Debunkers
The New Scientist, one of my favorite science magazines, has a very handy guide, with further links, to the chief …
Ethics and Climate Change
Early in May an interesting conference took place at the University of Washington: Ethics and Climate Change Billed as a …
Green Buildings
Restrained applause for the green building initiative announced by the Clinton Foundation yesterday. “Major business and financial institutions increasingly understand …
Greensburg, KS, Gone
Greensburg, KS Tornado, May 4, 2007 Category F-5 More Photos Searching for survivors Greensburg Gone: NYT Tornado Project Blame La …