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There is a truly excellent article within the New York Times that clearly lays out the potential impact of the on-going climate change. It is not simply the words, but perhaps the graphics that come with it that help to convey the impact. 95 Degree days When the temperature soars […]

95-Degree Days: How Extreme Heat Could Spread Across the World

This entry was posted in Activism Climate Change news science and tagged Climate Impact Lab heat on June 24, 2017 by Dave

If you ask people to list other words that they associate with the word “Christian” then those that embrace some variation of Christianity might suggest terms such as “Love”, “Compassion”, “Tolerance”, etc… However, ask those that are not inside the bubble and you will at times find a rather different […]

Christian Intolerance, spite and outright aggression

This entry was posted in atheism Atheists People religion society and tagged lawyer Monica Miller Pensacola Cross on June 23, 2017 by Dave

Public Health Warning: Reading about Rick Perry can potentially inflict serious face palming. Trump appointee, Rick Perry, the energy secretary was interviewed on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”. When asked about the role that Carbon Dioxide play in our warming climate and if it was “the primary control knob for the temperature of the […]

Rick Perry, Carbon Dioxide, and #Climate

This entry was posted in Climate Change environment science and tagged Climate Change denial Rick Perry on June 22, 2017 by Dave

A new study entitled “Global risk of deadly heat” has just become available online. It is very timely given the observation that currently we have a Heat Wave in various locations including the US and the UK at the moment. That however is just a coincidence. The paper has been […]

The increase of Deadly Heat Waves & #Climate

This entry was posted in Climate Change environment news science and tagged climate Heat Wave on June 21, 2017 by Dave

NASA maintains the GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP) data set, and so on a monthly basis there is an update. What exactly is GISTEMP? GISTEMP is an estimate of global surface temperature change. They collect raw data files from NOAA GHCN v3 (meteorological stations), ERSST v4 (ocean areas), and SCAR (Antarctic stations). […]

What does NASA GISTEMP Data for May 2017 tell us?

This entry was posted in Climate Change environment news science and tagged GISTEMP may 2017 NASA on June 20, 2017 by Dave

Shakespeare in the Park is a long tradition in New York and so this year they put on a production of Julius Caesar. To connect with the audience they made it relevant by dressing up in modern clothes and having a Julius Caesar character that was rather familiar. Lois Beckett […]

Trump as Julius Caesar causes outrage from Trump Supporters

This entry was posted in media People and tagged assassination Julius Caesar trump on June 19, 2017 by Dave

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