A bill recently introduced to US Congress (30 July 2020) is supposedly meant to “safeguard the Beaufort Sea polar bear’s denning habitat”. However, the bill is named the “Polar Bear…
Author: Charles Rotter
Are tipping points suitable concepts for developing environmental policies?
This suggests that environmental pressures should remain below a certain threshold to keep the ecosystem in a safe operating space. An international team of scientists led by the biodiversity expert…
SARS-CoV2 and the Rise of Medical Technocracy. Lee Merritt, M.D.
From DDP 38th Annual Meeting, August 16, 2020, Las Vegas, NV
BP and Chevron: A Difference in Style or Substance?
In the high road of the climate crusade, marked by corporate brochures extolling social responsibility and environmental sustainability, BP was first past the post among the big oil majors.
‘Gaps’ In Renewable Energy Led To Blackouts For Millions Of Californians, Gov Newsom Says
The elimination of fossil fuel products as a major form of energy production and the shift to solar power and other forms of green energy has led to what Newsom…
Time to Stand UP! Against Academic Suppression
CLINTEL has issued the Magna Carta Universitatum 2020. This short document is basically an aspirational code of conduct for freedom of inquiry and speech at universities.
CAISO President: California Power Grid teetering close to the edge of collapse
You are trading the loss of 3000 megawatts for the collapse of the entire system of California and perhaps the entire West. […] When you’re at the very edge and…
The excess costs of Weather Dependent Renewable power generation in the USA
“roughly how much would it cost to generate the same amount of power as is produced by the 2016 fleet of United States Weather Dependent Renewables, using conventional generation technologies,…
COVID-19: Is there an opportunity in the crisis? Jane M. Orient, M.D.
DDP 38th Annual Meeting August 16, 2020, Las Vegas, NV
Central Planning Gone Wild!
Indeed, the main purpose of reopening businesses is to prevent further deterioration of our economy by generating profits and provide incomes that many citizens desperately need. However, for employees in…
Early spread of COVID-19 appears far greater than initially reported
Patients with undiagnosed flu symptoms who actually had COVID-19 last winter were among thousands of undetected early cases of the disease at the beginning of this year.
Researchers one step closer to bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts
If you want to enhance a locust to be used as a bomb-sniffing bug, there are a few technical challenges that need solving before sending it into the field.
Study shows frequently used serology test may not detect antibodies that could confirm protection against reinfection of COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 antibody serology assays developed by MD Anderson researchers accurately detect neutralizing antibodies
Few bears on the ice off Western Hudson Bay at 14 August but will be onshore soon
Polar bear biologist Andrew Derocher published a tracking map of his collared polar bear females that shows one bear (out of 11) still on the rapidly diminishing ice north of…
Digital content on track to equal half Earth’s mass by 2245
If verified, the mass-energy-information equivalence principle will show that information is a physical, dominant, fifth state of matter, and digital bits will outnumber atoms on Earth — it’s just a…
A method has been developed to study extreme space weather events
The results can help to better understand and predict the most extreme space weather events and their potential to cause strong geomagnetic storms that directly affect the operation of engineering…
Hurricane trend detection
Hurricane and major hurricane landfall counts exhibited no significant overall trend over 167 years of available data, nor did accumulated cyclone energy over the continental USA over 119 years of…
Rolling Blackouts in California? Who could have guessed?
The blistering heat wave is expected to tax the state’s power grid. A Flex Alert has been issued for Friday that asks Californians to reduce power usage from 3 to…
Uncovering the Mystery of Auroral Beads
A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better understand the science of auroras and their powerful drivers out…
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