Trump Appointees & #Climate – Where do they stand?

An “interesting” assortment of quite unique individuals have been selected by Mr Trump to fill the various posts within his cabinet. OK yes, I’m abusing the word “interesting” within that last sentence.  Alas, what I’m about to reveal is public knowledge and also quite frankly very disturbing. So who has been selected and what is … Read more

Ocean heat driving rapid Ice Shelf melt – #Climate #Antarctic

Last Friday a new paper on the melting of the largest Ice Shelf in Antarctica was published. Available in AAAS, it is entitled … Ocean heat drives rapid basal melt of the Totten Ice Shelf It is open access, so no paywall, you can view the entire paper without any hassle (yea). What is it … Read more

Gov. Jerry Brown – “California will launch its own damn satellites” – #Climate

The Trump administration will need to come to terms with the fact that many will not be simply rolling over to accommodate scientific illiteracy. Gov. Brown of California has now made his stance abundantly clear. We have already observed the start of a witch hunt with a request for the names of specific individuals who have worked on … Read more