Thursday, May 22, 2014 4:19 p.m. “Cosmos” has always been a fantastic show, but it, and its host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, seem to have gained even more popularity recently. The thing I love about Mr. Tyson is that he’s not only a fantastic science educator, but he’s not afraid to call out those who don’t […]
The Wettest March on Record
A lion in West Midlands Safari Park: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Just_one_lion.jpg They say March roars in like a lion. Well, March didn’t just have a singular lion, or even an open salvo of them. It had a continuous stampede of them. They say these beasts are endangered, but after this month, I’m not so sure. There seem to be plenty to […]
Don’t Mess with the Polar Vortex – The Midwest Arctic Outbreak and Climate Change
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 12:14 a.m. I don’t know how many of you watched the Packers-49ers game on Sunday, but it looked absolutely frigid. The grass was brown. The surface temperature was 3 or 4 degrees. Green Bay actually got down to -18 that day, which is a record. That’ll freeze cheese. My cousin Colleen […]
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ATMOS 301 (Final) – Radiation and Climate
Monday, December 9, 2013 12:44 a.m. Let’s start out with some definitions: Radiant Flux = F, units are in Watts (Joules/sec) Irradiance = E, units are F per unit area (W/m^2) Energy of a photon: h*v, where h = Planck’s Constant and v = Frequency c*/v=lambda lambda = wavelength, […]
SST Anomalies vs. Psychological Fortitude
Thursday, August 22, 2013 12:19 p.m. People always want to know what the upcoming late autumn and winter weather will be like. Of course, it’s impossible to predict individual storms so far out in advance (but that doesn’t make the Old Farmer’s Almanac any less entertaining), but it is certainly possible to make some general […]
Talk While You Walk
Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:32 P.M. I’ve been thinking lately. About a lot of things… family, fishing, friendships, and, if you can believe it, weather patterns. But there’s something more that I’ve been thinking about, and that is anthropogenic global warming. I’ve touched on this subject quite a few times in this blog, and I’ve […]
Divesting in Fossil Fuels
Saturday, April 27, 2013 12:48 A.M. Seattle Mayor, Mike Mcginn stands in solidarity with students from University of Washington, and Seattle University for divestment! This photo was taken with permission from the “Divest University of Washington” Facebook group. On Thursday night, I was cordially invited by a wonderful wonderful friend to come to a talk […]
Climategate
Saturday, April 6, 2013 1:16 A.M. I’ve only recently heard of the “Climategate” scandal. Whenever I’d be looking at an online news article that had something about global warming and allowed people to comment on it, a surprisingly large amount of people would bring up the word “Climategate.” Usually, they would juxtapose the mentioning of […]
Climate Change and Love
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 11:01 P.M. There is so much debate among the public about climate change. Is it real? Is it serious? Is it worth doing anything about? Or is it just a ‘hoax’ carefully designed to allow certain people to selfishly accomplish their own goals? The consistent readers of this blog know my […]
Where’s Credible Climate Information?
Saturday, March 30, 2013 12:59 A.M. Finding Waldo took me about 15 seconds. I guess I just got lucky. But finding truthful, scientifically-accurate sites about global warming and climate change? Yikes. I’m still looking. Thankfully, there are quite a few sites out there that have pretty darn good information and are scientifically sound. For me, […]