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CO2 Is Very Very Too Much
"What is global warming?" The state of global warming politics has finally reached kitsch. Take a look at the video below, a snippet from the game show Super Center ABC…
Posted inCulture Statistics
Director Explodes Children In Name of Environment; College Degrees Don’t Always Pay
The delta-V at which I am approaching death has increased because I was crammed into an aluminum tube with two hundred sneezing strangers who unburdened their diseases upon me, and…
Posted inCulture
Hollywood: Stop Making Movies And Lower Your Carbon Footprint
Just last week British movie director Richard Curtis thought it would be jolly to simulate the brutal killing of children who did not fret sufficiently over global warming. In his…
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Happy Anniversary: Clip Show
It's been one year to the day when I decided to offer a daily column. Below are the ones that did not turn out too badly. Funny Fun Wolf Blitzer…
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Cornell’s Cancun Climate Conference Crew
"A delegation of Cornell researchers will join the fight against climate change Monday in the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico." So begins an article in the…
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NASA’s New Life, Global Warming Survey
Quick post today: busy with grading. NASA's Aliens You will have heard of NASA's press release, which all are characterizing as "redefining life as we know it." As I read…
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Global Warming Causes Death
Work is catching up to me this week, so today only the briefest of reports, with the promise of a return to regularity after this weekend. Also keep those post…
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What Is A “Statistically Significant Trend”?
Longtime reader Nate Winchester found a discussion---among the many, many---of global warming data revolving around statistics, from which we take the following snippet: You just do the statistics on the…
