Category Archives: Climate

Curiosity, talent, duty, reinforcement

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Mukei

Naomi Oreskes on why people become scientists: Well, the idea that scientists are in it for the money is idiotic, because scientist are all intelligent people and if they wanted to make money there’s a lot of better things they … Continue reading →

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Emulating arrogance

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Mukei

“Look, first of all, the climate is changing,” Bush said. “I don’t think the science is clear of what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It’s convoluted. And for the people to say the science is decided on … Continue reading →

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When the Mediterranean became once more a sea

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Mukei

The Mediterranean . . . it’s got these couple of problems. It’s a respectable-sized sea, y’know; it covers an area of 970,000 square miles (2.5 million square kilometers). That much surface area, you get a lot of evaporation. Now, that’d … Continue reading →

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Things that would make even Dickens go “hmmm…”

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Mukei

Having just finished Joe Romm’s excellent new book, Language Intelligence: Lessons on Persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Lady Gaga on the myriad uses of the techniques of rhetoric, I momentarily thought to title this post “Christmas Candy Coal Stocking-Stuffer: … Continue reading →

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Cycles: Look! It’s our planet breathing!

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Mukei

As often as we hear these days how the Earth’s climate is warming due to all the carbon dioxide we’re pouring into the air by burning fossil fuels, I thought it’d be worth mentioning that until a few weeks ago … Continue reading →

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