25 February 2010
I Highly Recommend This iPhone/iTouch App.
Posted by Dan Satterfield
One of the best science blogs out there is Skeptical Science. It is written by Aussie John Cook. His background is solar physics, among other things, and he does a fantastic job of showing the silliness of some of the wild things certain people say about climate science.
Click the image to get it.
This can come in handy of you find yourself at a party full of people who gets all their news from talk radio and haven't been in a bookstore in years.
A few months back I was given the Woody Guthrie Award for a Thinking Blogger by Mike Kaulbars at Greenfyre’s. The recipient is supposed to pass it on to someone he feels is worthy of it.
So, after enjoying the award for a bit longer than I should have, I hereby award it to John Cook of Skeptical Science. Much deserved for many reasons, but his iPhone App. alone makes him worthy.
You should really get it. It is free and based on real science. Not the silliness put out everyday by Inhofe, Morano and the like.
Something else I read this week that I wanted to pass on.
It’s regarding the polls that show the public is now more skeptical of climate change. These are based mainly on false accusations labeled again Phil Jones and other at the University of East Anglia.
Same accusations against Dr. Ben Santer of Lawrence Livermore Labs. (Ben Santer I call a friend. He has more knowledge in his little finger than these people will ever accumulate).
Scientific Facts Live Independently of Public Opinion.
Not sure where I saw it, but it is very well put.
Later,
Dan
ps Good grief I misspelled the title. Fixed now!
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
Martin Fleischer said on 2 April 2010
What about a JV with my blog? Would be glad to hear from you!
Mandy Smith said on 2 April 2010
Excellent post. If you want to listen to BBC Radio on the iPhone – I strongly recommend BBC Radio iPhone Streams – it is easily the best way to listen to BBC Radio on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and it’s free at BBCStreams.com.
Mark Idriss said on 2 April 2010
Very informing post. If you are looking to listen to BBC Radio on the iPhone – I strongly recommend BBC Streams – it is easily the quickest and most reliable way to listen to BBC Radio on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and it’s free at BBCStreams.com.
Dan Satterfield said on 2 April 2010
I already use it Mark! It’s great too.
Kev Coleman said on 17 May 2010
Hi Dan,
Found out about your website from John at Skeptical Science so you have now joined the elite on my bookmarks list. I am more of a Landscape Ecologist and Ecosystems Researcher than a climate scientist but it does affect what I am studying. It affects everyone, everywhere. So without further ado I will be reading more stuff from the climate science pages and anything else that catches my eye.
Keep up the good work.
Dan Satterfield said on 17 May 2010
Kevin,
Thanks much!
John’s “Skeptical Science” is one of the best sites out there. I mentioned it during the seminar in Miami on Saturday.