This is what happens when you don't have any seeds for the swan
Swan Attack
Climate denial at a Canadian university
One of the most troubling aspects of the leaked Heartland Institute documents was the revelation that they were planning to create a school curriculum for K-12 students that “that shows that the topic of climate change is controversial and uncertain – two key points that are effective at dissuading teachers from teaching science” indicates that... Continue Reading →
Whose writing style most closely matches the Heartland memo [UPDATED]
Originally published on Feb 24, 2012 @ 2:44am One of the early claims made accusing Peter Gleick of faking the Heartland memo (before he admitted to being the source of the other documents) had to do with his writing style. Supposedly it matched the writing style of the memo. Anthony Watts even suggested people perform... Continue Reading →
Ethical considerations regarding Heartland/Gleick
Note: This is just a personal account of my thinking and subject to change upon further reflection. First I need to stress that I have no real journalism training. I never went to journalism school, and my only real experience as a 'journalist' has been blogging for the past 7 years. This means I never... Continue Reading →
The state has no business in the hard drives of the nation
Michael Geist has details
Double standards
This excerpt of a comment by climatehawk1 gets to an important point that usually doesn't get enough attention and deserves to be promoted: If Gleick’s reputation is “in ruins,” what about Heartland’s, inasmuch as they have engaged in very elaborate, systematic, long-running misrepresentation? Scientists are held to an impossibly high standard, while Heartland and others... Continue Reading →
New lows?
Keith Kloor is claiming that the Gleick/Heartland stolen documents incident is a new low in the climate wars. But is it? Is tricking Heartland into sending some documents really any worse than hacking into a server at CRU and stealing a bunch of emails? I don't think so. Is tricking Heartland into sending some documents... Continue Reading →
Here come the lawyers
Over the weekend Planet3.0 reported that the Heartland Institute was threatening to sue anyone who commented on the leaked documents. Well yesterday they sent letters to Desmogblog, Greg Landen, David Appell and others demanding the retraction of blog posts discussing the leaked documents. Joseph Bast the president of the Heartland Institute has this to say about these... Continue Reading →
The send-packs-of-lawyers strategy
The Heartland Institute is obviously not happy about those leaked documents. In fact they are so unhappy that they have threatened to sue anyone who has dared comment on the documents stating in a press release that "The individuals who have commented so far on these documents did not wait for Heartland to confirm or... Continue Reading →
Steroids, baseball, and climate change
(h/t Michael Tobis on Planet3.0)
Superb Owl Sunday
Much more awesome than worrying about some sort of allegedly super bowl
The morning sun reflecting off Lake Victoria
We spent our last morning in Uganda on Lake Victoria. The early morning sunlight reflecting on the waves made the entire lake seem as if it was made of liquid gold.
Chimp Vocalizations
Chimpanzee vocalizations in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
About those radical foreign interests opposed to the latest tar-sand pipeline [UPDATED]
Rick Mercer injects a whack of sanity and hilarity to the absurd notion that opposition to the Northern Enbridge Gateway pipeline is driven by "foreign interests" If you are not sure what all of this is about watch this video filled with unintentional hilarity from the slimy ethical oil spokeswomen Kathryn Marshall. For even more... Continue Reading →
Mountain Gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After making the long journey to the picturesque Bwindi National Park (tightly clutching our gorilla tracking permits), and hiking down 600 metres to the valley bottom where the Mountain Gorillas were busy eating their breakfast we got to spend 1 hour (which was definitely not enough, but is all that is allowed) with the amazing... Continue Reading →
Hunting on New Year’s Eve
This lion (along with 4 others) were hunting 200 metres from our tent on New Year's eve on the bank of the Nile at Murchison Falls, Uganda
A day with my closest living relatives…
Which would be chimpanzees of course! I am in fact 98% chimp... and so are you. Can you see the resemblance? Its like looking in a mirror that is 98% accurate! Taken in Kibale National Park, Uganda
Black-headed weaver
Amazing little birds that weave basket like nests. Taken in Bigodi, Uganda.
More pics from Uganda
Back In Kampala after spending several nights in a tent in Queen Elizabeth National Park surrounded by lions, hyenas and Hippos. Here are a few pictures of the amazing wildlife we have seen.
Uganda!
I am currently sitting at the airport waiting for my flight. I'll spend the next six weeks somewhere in Uganda trying to see things like this: I'll be mostly out of internet range so updates will be few and far between, and comments will likely be help up in moderation for a very long time.
Uganda teaser pic
So far I have taken over 2500 pictures. But the internet here is too slow for me to upload much, and you probably want me to go through the mountain of pictures and only show the ones worth showing (who needs to see 75 almost identical pictures of the shoebill?) So for now enjoy this... Continue Reading →
The Debunking Handbook
Debunking myths and falsehoods is not always as straight forward as it might seem. Thankfully John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky have produced a Debunking Handbook that is straight forward.
Lost in Deep Time with Richard Alley
(via Planet3.0)
How economic inequality harms societies
I am still working through how I feel about the whole occupy movement, and I'll probably never come to a simple opinion on whether or not I support it. Some aspects about the movement are truly inspiring, while others just leave me scratching my head. But one thing I am quickly becoming convinced about is... Continue Reading →
Of emails and scientific research
Here we go again. Just like in 2009, on the eve of a major UN climate conference some hacker or group of hackers released a bunch of emails illegally obtained from a server belonging to the University of East Anglia’s Climatic research unit (CRU), with the hopes of derailing the UN talks, or at least... Continue Reading →
The science behind a climate headline
The scope of the science that goes behind a single headline is greater than almost anyone realizes.
The unethical proponents of ethical oil
The decision to approve the keystone XL pipeline might have been delayed until 2013 (which the cynic in me says is just so that it can then be approved without hurting Obama in the next election), but that doesn’t mean the argument over the tar sands is over. In fact, as James Annan recently pointed... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday Carl
Thank you for inspiring us Carl Sagan was born on this day back in 1934
A picture is worth a thousand words… a graph more so
Going Down the Up Escalator: Created by dana1981 at Skeptical Science (here and here). Temperature data are noisy, it isn't hard to find a few years where this noise drowns out the slow and steady warming signal. This is expected. Bottom line: this graph makes it abundantly clear that any claims of cooling are wrong.... Continue Reading →
Greenhouse Gases Worse Than Worst Prediction: Reactions
Global greenhouse gas emissions saw their biggest single-year jump ever between 2009 and 2010, exceeding worst-case scenario projections with an increase of 564 million tons. A newspaper collected interesting person-on-the-street reactions.
NEW FEATURE: What’s New In Science
Edited by "ThingsBreak", we introduce a new feature of Planet3.0, the What's New in Science page, which will feature abstracts of recent peer reviewed publications that may be of interest to the Planet3.0 community. [more]