11 October 2015 07:38 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
So, in just one (two-part) blog post, I propose to keep you from falling into a crazy cult, or posting one of those crazy videos on YouTube about chemtrails, or the Moon landing hoax. Beware though, if you think what I’m saying is silly, then you’re at high risk already. It’s more than just the politicians in Alaska, who tell people with a straight face, that climate change is a …
Tags: authoritarianism, climate change denial, critical thinking, dunning kruger effect, science education
10 October 2013 06:49 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
I’ve always gotten some rather crazy comments when I do a post on climate change. My comment policy here requires a name, and if you make a claim, I reserve the right to ask for some hard evidence. This usually means the conspiracy theories don’t often appear here. Don’t make the mistake of assuming I can’t take criticism however, because I love a good debate based on science. I’ve long …
Tags: Climate Change, featured
29 May 2020 21:02 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
I saw this online last week and immediately assumed it was a joke from THE ONION. Unfortunately, it was not. The poll seems to be real, and it says a lot about our country. None of it good. Over a quarter of U.S. adults believe a silly conspiracy theory. Our polarisation is breaking not only along party lines, but those party lines seem to be breaking along scientifically literate lines. …
24 November 2019 08:55 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
Chris Colose is a NASA Climate expert working on a new global climate model (GCM). It’s called ROCKE-3D, and is designed to be used not only on earth but on extraterrestrial planets! I can show you could destroy civilization because Chris did it in the new GCM by taking out the CO2 and Methane in one of his model runs, but there’s something you should know first. Were you …
Tags: climate, Climate Change, NASA, science education
16 December 2016 21:34 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
I’m often asked questions about climate science from colleagues who work in TV (and other media), and even they have a tough time separating the political propaganda surrounding climate change from the facts. Now if college grads, who are trained to sift fact from fiction are getting confused, imagine how it is for the public at large! This is where broadcast meteorologists have really stepped up. For many people, we …
Tags: Climate Change, featured, Science, science education
27 August 2016 03:36 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
Two politicians: one right-wing, and one left wing, made stunningly ignorant statements about climate change in the past two weeks. A U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (Ron Johnson) claimed the globe is not warming and actually is cooling, while Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for President claimed we will see “yards of sea level rise” in 50 years. First let’s talk about the sea level rise. This is a serious issue, …
Tags: Climate Change, featured
7 February 2016 01:48 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
Astrology is bunk. Hopefully you know that, but it really does beg the question of why almost every Sunday paper in America will publish a load of silly lies tomorrow, and yes it does matter. Science literacy is a serious issue in America, and I know this because not ONE of the top Republican candidates for President of the United States will admit that climate change is real, much less …
Tags: astrology, astrology is bunk, Climate Change, science education
7 August 2015 08:16 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
Knowing that NASA,NOAA, and EVERY major scientific society on Earth says that we must immediately reduce our emissions of Carbon, or risk dangerously changing the planet’s life support system, you’d expect that at least one question in the debate Thursday night would be about that subject. You’d be wrong. Now, I could understand skipping something real difficult, like is the Earth over a million years old?, or are the fossils …
Tags: Climate Change, featured, science education
20 July 2015 03:56 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
Clayton Aldern at GRIST has a look at the world of climate denial through eyes smeared with coal dust, and it’s rather frightening. You almost have to ask yourself if they really believe this stuff. Even when you make the “Upton Sinclair adjustment” (“It’s nearly impossible to convince someone of something when their paycheck depends on it not being so”), you are still left with the equivalent of someone holding their …
Tags: Climate Change, featured, Science, science education
23 November 2014 03:28 in Uncategorized by Dan Satterfield
I am going to start doing a weekend post here with links and images from the world of geek that caught my eye this week. First up is Will Marshall and the TED talk below. Data is the fuel that science runs on, and he has figured out a way to harvest a LOT of it. Guess what body of water is the 4th fastest warming on Earth? This …
Tags: Climate Change, featured, NASA, Science