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How to tell at a glance if the Moon is waxing or waning
Do you know how to tell at a glance whether the Moon is waxing or waning? Well, if you don’t, I’ll tell you how to do it — but first, an interlude: So… I just need you to focus on … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Education, Environment, memetics, Science, Strategy
Tagged moon, waning, wax off, Wax on, waxing
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The trouble with plastic waste
Originally posted on daryanenergyblog:
Figure 1: The great Pacific Garbage patch [Phys.org, 2018] With large garbage patches of plastic growing in the oceans, the ecological impact of our oil addiction is now a major crisis. And it’s also starting to…
Human Population Through Time
It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion — and only 200 years to reach 7 billion.
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Core thought, Education, Environment, History, Phlyarology
Tagged balance, cognitive dissonance, humanity, population
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Unwinding the Human Predicament
From here, reproduced with permission from the author Jack Alpert of the Stanford Knowledge Integration Laboratory, with a hat tip to Damn the Matrix for pointing me in this direction: Note: this is an unfinished work, comments welcome alpert (at) … Continue reading
“If you Ignore the recent Warming, There’s Been No warming”: Deniers Go Full Arm-Wave on Hansen’s 1988 Predictions
Originally posted on Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
There’s been a flurry of climate denial activity coinciding with the 30 anniversary of James Hansen’s uncannily accurate testimony to congress on climate change, June 23, 1988. If you have not…
Posted in Climate, Education, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, News and politics, Reblogs
Tagged Climate change denial, James Hansen
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Bite size climate science: the persuaders
Climate science isn’t rocket science, but it is still complex, and complicated further by the misinformation spread by the Merchants of Doubt and their groupies, as well as those who have been persuaded by their underhand tactics over the years. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Communication, Education, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, People
Tagged Eric Rignot, glacier melt, Katharine Hayhoe, temperature
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A marble: floating in the middle of nothing
The Long Slow Goodbye Our world is dying. We are killing it. We pride ourselves on our adaptability, Yet we are locked in an anachronistic worldview: One that deludes us into believing That what once was will ever be. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Core thought, Education, Environment, Poetry, Science
Tagged arrogance, Carl Sagan, Earth, ignorance, solar system
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Recognizing the Mother of Global Warming
Originally posted on Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
University of California at Santa Barbara: By all rights, Eunice Newton Foote should be a household name. More than a century and a half ago, Foote was part of one of…
Posted in balance, Climate, Communication, Education, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, History, Reblogs, Science
Tagged Eunice Newton Foote
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Climate Change Elevator Pitch: Eric Rignot
Originally posted on Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
? One of my favorite little series, sparked by an idea from John Cook. Along with John I interviewed scientists at the 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco.…
Will the plastics industry be the next target of the merchants of doubt?
A riddle for you: What has three words, eight letters and one meaning? My blog following now stands at 381. This number is special to me because it says 3-8-1, and to me that says “I love you”. I do … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Biodiversity, Business, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged Merchants of Doubt, plastic
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