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Massive Antarctic Iceberg Calving Not Caused by Climate Change
“We use 47 years of iceberg size from satellite observations. Our analysis reveals no upward trend in the surface area of the largest annual iceberg over this time frame. This…
About Those Blue Zones
“Imagine living to be over 100 with literally no health problems. You’re still able to walk around your neighborhood or work in your garden, your memory is in-tact enough to…
Modern Scientific Controversies: The War on Food: Part 3 — UPFs: What Are They Measuring?
The whole subject is scientifically unsuitable for investigation. To be scientifically sensible, the food item (or food group) to which study participants are to be, or have been, exposed at…
Sea Level Rise Panic Cancelled?
New research shows temperate glacier ice flows more steadily, linearly and not exponentially, contrary to our previous understanding, and this leads to far lower projections of future sea-level rise due…
Modern Scientific Controversies: The War on Food: Part 2, What are UPFs?
What are Ultraprocessed Foods? The UPF literature gives a long and confused definitions, but in almost every case, falls back on the definition provided by Carlos A. Monteiro in his original…
The Little Fish That Could
The Snail Darter, then Percina tanasi was claimed by the EPA to be an Endangered Species. It was listed on October 9, 1975 for the specific purpose of preventing the…
The Verified Initiative of the United Nations
If the idea of having climate change facts and stories “verified” by TikTok absolutely terrifies you, then you are in your right mind. But it gets worse: TikTok is helped…
Modern Scientific Controversies: The War on Food: Part 1
The nutrition and food news today, including radio, TV, blogs, is full of stories decrying the consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods – UPFs. Normally I would give a series of links…
Dozy Dopes: Wooden Drift Cards
“A plastic drift card from one of America’s most significant oil spills [the wreck of the Argo Merchant off of Nantucket Island in 1976] has surfaced on a Scottish beach…
U.S. Water Woes – Southwest
Too Many People – Not Enough Water. This simple fact is widely known to all levels of government in the Southwest – there are commissions and committees and treaties and…
Dennis Overbye Retiring
science, proceeding on skepticism, not certainty, is arguably the most successful human activity of all time. Its truths are temporary; progress, the saying goes, comes only at the funerals of…
U.S. Water Woes – Northeast
Megalopolises need fresh clean drinking water – a lot of it. NY City needs a billion gallons a day. NY City ‘steals’ much of that water from the Catskills –…
Got Climate Questions? Try “Ask NYT Climate”
As we all know, climate questions can be tricky and the answers are often controversial. Luckily, we have access to the New York Times’ feature titled Ask NYT Climate.
The Grid Speaks
Sometimes we feel that we, and our allies in the energy/climate battle, are the only ones that face the reality that a national or regional electrical grid can be overloaded…
About Those Plummeting Fertility Rates
The idea that TFR is not an appropriate or the most appropriate statistic for population growth studies is intriguing. And has led to the question: are we using the right…
The Misunderstanding of Drought
“Oversize plumbing pipes move water inefficiently, wasting money and increasing the risk of waterborne diseases. And water efficiency is especially important as climate change makes droughts more frequent and severe.”
Now, That’s the Bomb!
“The rapidly intensifying low-pressure system is expected to create treacherous conditions for shipping and coastal communities alike. The National Weather Service has issued a Hurricane Force Wind Warning, indicating the…
The Global Catastrophic Risk Assessment – in Two Charts
“In 2022, Congress passed the Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act (GCRMA). The GCRMA requires the Secretary of Homeland Security and the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to…
The Banned Books Hoax
There are NO BOOKS BANNED in the United States. Not a single one.