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17 March 2010
A Selection of Good Science Online This Week
There are some fabulously well written blogs and excellent science sites online. I have never done a post of the best that I have come across before, until now! So below is a sampling of sound science writing that got my attention this week. I love astronomical time lapses and Amanda Bauer in the UK has a great one. Tavie Greiner and Rob Keown have a post on International Sidewalk …
15 March 2010
NOAA- This Past Winter Was 5th Warmest On Record
A lot of people who do TV weather and a lot of climate researchers have been inundated with questions along the line of “So what do you think of global warming now” after the February Blizzards in the Northeast. Recent polls even show that people are more skeptical of climate change. Scientific theories do not rest on public opinion of course. So what was the scientific truth of February’s weather?? …
CSI South Pole
When our first attempt at landing in Antarctica was turned back by weather, I found myself with a real problem. I had neglected to use a boomerang bag. All of your luggage is packed onto a huge pallet in the C17. If you aren’t able to land, it stays there until you finally make it. Now, If I had put my shoes in a boomerang bag, I would have had …
14 March 2010
Texas 1 Science 0 or Why you should pull your kids out of public school in Texas.
The war on science in America shows no signs of abating. If anything, it’s gotten much worse. While I try hard to avoid politics on this journal, when people try to change science to their own beliefs or rewrite history for the same reasons, I’m going to talk about it. It doesn’t matter what political party you belong to. This case has to do with some political extremists who run …
No Matter What You Call It- It's a waste of time and energy.
The U.S. has recently lengthened by one month the annual setting of the clocks ahead by one hour. If you are in the USA, the time to do this is 2 AM this Sunday morning 14 March. The UK, and most of western Europe, will not jump forward until 28 March. Supposedly, the first person to have the idea was none other than Ben Franklin who argued it would save …
12 March 2010
Why You Should Put The Car In The Garage During A Severe Thunderstorm Warning…
This happened last night in Dekalb County, Alabama. The storms kept me up until 5am. It was a real dark and stormy night! Notice the grill on the window A/C unit! Later, Dan
11 March 2010
Another Perspective of The Ice- Audio Slideshow
Glenn Zorpette of IEEE Spectrum was one of “our gang” of science journalists in Antarctica last January. He’s just put a really great slide show up on their website. Take a look and listen to a professional writer/journalist! Very good photographer too! This is part one: (Click to see it)
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
Micahel Tobis, over at Only In It For The Gold, is always a worthy read. Today, he had the image below in a post: For a much more detailed answer, the go to person is Michael Pollan. Here are two article Dr. Pollan wrote for the NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html The second one is best but much longer. It will make your jaw drop. Open Letter to President Elect Obama
10 March 2010
Raob (Weather Balloon) Launch from Station 89007
I’ve seen quite a few Raob launches over the years. RAOB stands for Rawinsonde Observation. You can think of them as weather balloons. They are vital for making forecasts. We live in an atmosphere over 100 km thick, but most weather happens in the troposphere, the bottom 15 km or so. To forecast weather knowing only what is happening at the ground would be like guessing the outcome of a …
7 March 2010
Some Excellent Science Journalism From "Living on Earth" -Updated
I heard a familiar voice while driving down to the grocery tonight. It was Bud Ward of the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media. The program was Living on Earth. It is underwritten by the NSF and is carried on many public radio stations across America. It may come as a surprise to many people that the IPCC has likely UNDERESTIMATED the impacts of climate change. Especially of …
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.