In the morning, there were enormous piles of bacon, which is, as all competent doctor’s should recommend, the best way to start a day. Robert Balling of Arizona State gave the coffee […]
Heartland conference: day 2
Heartland conference: day 1
For the next three days, I’ll be reporting on the Heartland Conference on Climate Change. Day started late with a cash bar at the at the Marquis hotel. I live in New […]
People take off their shirts when it gets hot: peer-reviewed study
I am finding it difficult to breathe after reading this abstract from a peer-reviewed scholarly article in a respected journal1. This paper describes the application of a methodology designed to analyse the […]
The tyranny and hubris of experts
Today, another brief (in the sense of intellectual content) essay, as I’m still working on the Madrid talk, the Heartland conference is this weekend, and I have to, believe it or not, […]
The Top 50 Eco Blogs: from Times Online
The other (for U.S. readers) Times, the original one, has compiled a list of the top 50 eco blogs and paid me the generous compliment of including this blog. Other, and more […]
Today’s excuses for not posting
CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS FROM A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE The Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, F?sicas y Naturales of Spain and the Fundaci?n Ram?n Areces are sponsoring that conference in Madrid […]
Example of how easy it is to mislead yourself: stepwise regression
I am, of course, a statistician. So perhaps it will seem unusual to you when I say I wish there were fewer statistics done. And by that I mean that I’d like […]
Vegetarian Intestines
You know how it is. It’s dinner time, but you’re tying to cut back on the red meat. So what do you do? That’s right. You reach for a big ol’ bag […]
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