Daily Archives: February 25, 2012

Alaska has the third highest average annual rainfall in the US, at 53 inches per year. The reason that Alaska gets more rainfall than Florida is because temperatures in Alaska are much hotter than those in Florida – which causes the atmosphere … Continue reading →

Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist at the Climate Analysis Section of the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, is more willing than most climate scientists to link current extreme weather with climate change. The argument is based on simple thermodynamics: … Continue reading →

It will be within a few hundredths of a degree of the coldest February in the satellite record – which extends back to 1979. Gleick feels that criminal activity is needed to stop the out of control warming trend. Meanwhile … Continue reading →

He had no chance of his claims surviving a debate, so he chose criminal activity instead. For this, he is a hero of the left. Heartland is also seeking legal action, both criminal and civil. Still, they are stumped at why … Continue reading →

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Since 2006, nine in 10 Virginians and four in 5 Americans, have lived through extreme weather events ranging from unusually severe blizzards to torrential tropical storms. A new report from Environment America, tailored to local areas, warns that global warming … Continue reading →

When, if ever, is lying justified? I talked about this conundrum this week in a freshmen humanities class, in which we were reading Immanuel Kant on morality. Kant proposed that we judge the rightness or wrongness of an act, such … Continue reading →

Gleick, his career in tatters, wants to take Heartland down by outing its wealthy anonymous donor and probing ties to supportive lawmakers FBI called in over climate change mole Amendment 1 – Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791] Congress … Continue reading →

h/t to DaveG