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I found this from a comment on a Skeptical Science article (worth a read in its own right) and thought readers here might be impressed. It is from a TED talk by James Balog who has been creating fascinating and awe inspiring time-lapse videos of calving glaciers. The whole talk is about 20 minutes and worth listening to, if you must you can jump ahead to around the 9th minute when the set-up ends and the visuals begin: Of course, the whole thing could have been cooked up by Phil Jones and CRU, with help from the NASA moon-landing fakers...
Just for fun: (source)
Not really apropos to climate change, but I saw this and just had to share. Ever wondered what it would look like if you could actually see the entire network of tunnels that make up a large ant colony? Well, all it takes is 10 tons of concrete and a few months of labour. Oh yeah, it also takes a willingness to destroy what you want to study. I have always had mixed feelings about that.
While on the subject of great work by Tim Lambert, his recent debate with Christopher Monkton is available for viewing here. It is 113 minutes long and I am pressed for time, so I am posting it before watching it. Feel free to point out favorite parts in the comments. Thanks to the Sydney Morning Herald for putting it on. I have no doubt it will be educational and entertaining, can't wait to see it!
Unfortunately for an unscientifically inclined mind, one bitter cold winter is worth many mountains of research in the quest for the truth about climate change. And unfortunately for our choking biosphere, political action will likely remain an impossibility until we are well and truly past the alledged cessation of warming. I received an apparently sincere comment that expressed what must be a common feeling in the general public: You guys are so far scientifically over my head that it is impossible for me to participate in this conversation. But consider that most people are like me,…
Here is a nice short film (~20 minutes) about ocean acidification, the "other carbon dioxide problem", the reason geoengineering "solutions" like orbiting sun shades are not solutions. It is only about one third doom and gloom, sandwiched between the natural beauty of what we have now in the beginning and some hopeful prospects for the future at the end. I found it worth watching: (thanks go to MT for posting it at his place.)
Being from Vancouver, I can't let the winter olympics go by without at least one brief note. They are going on for a week and a half now, but by design, I am back in Australia for work. I love Vancouver, it's a beautiful city: But, I am no fan of the olympics, so I am delighted to share an amusing sign put up somewhere in the interior of British Columbia: To avoid persecution by the Olympic Special Forces, the exact location and the friend who sent it to me will remain unnamed (hi, Steve!).
I know this is old news, but I just found the youtubes of this debate. You will recall how Plimer declined to answer some very straightforward requests for evidence of a handful of his most egregious fabrications that George Monbiot put to him as a precondition of a debate. Well, not because Plimer decided to be forthcoming, the debate went ahead in December with no preconditions. It can be viewed in three parts below. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: If you don't have time for it all (~24 minutes) I would recommend starting at part 2. Is anyone impressed with Plimer's evasivness. He might as…
I never said much about Copenhagen finding it all rather predictably depressing. But in case you did not follow it closely the youtube audio below sums it all up admirably in the style of Dr Suess! (h/t to Climate Extremist)
The Oregon petition seems to be getting a small revival in the press and blogosphere lately, including in the comments here. I don't have a guide article for that, though I suppose I should. So much has been written about it, I don't know if I have anything original to say. Some example critiques are from Scientific American: Scientific American took a random sample of 30 of the 1,400 signatories claiming to hold a Ph.D. in a climate-related science. Of the 26 we were able to identify in various databases, 11 said they still agreed with the petition --- one was an active climate researcher…
Just in case anyone out there has10 more minutes they are prepared to throw down the bottomless CRU Email hack hole, I found this YouTube video rather thourough and amusing: One happy data point about this affair is that it clearly did not have much impact outside of the Denial-o-sphere. Copenhagen need no such aid to end in tatters all on its own. On that note, have a good weekend!
Happy Holidays to all regular and part time readers out there! Frosty the Coalman, is a jolly happy soul, He's abundant here in America and he helps our economy roll. Frosty the Coalman's getting cleaner every day He's affordable and adorable and helps workers keep their pay. There must have been some magic in clean coal technology, For when they looked for pollutants there were nearly none to see. Oh, Frosty the Coalman, is a jolly happy soul, He's abundant here in America and he helps our economy roll. Thumpity thump thump, thumpity thump thump look at Frosty go, Thumpity thump thump,…
greenman has done a fine job of debunking the various exagerations, misrepresentations and lies circulating about the recent Swiftwacking of CRU (aka Climategate). I recommend having a look, below:
I heard about it too late for the live webcast, but you can watch this event at this link. I don't know if this will be a permanent link. It was "live blogged" by Steve Easterbrook and David Roberts.
Peter is remixing his videos with improved sound quality. Here is "All wet on Sea Level": Watch, learn, discuss!
From the "Climate Crock of the Week" videos: For your viewing and discussing pleasures...
From greenman3610's excellent "Climate Crock of the Week" video series: Offered for your viewing and discussing pleasure...
Peter Sinclair is remixing some of his Climate Crock of the Week videos to improve the sound quality. I would like to use this Mars Attacks! episode as an opportunity to close the Mars is Warming too thread. Watch and learn:
via TED, via MT....
So this is good news for defenders of the fair use principle. You can, and if you haven't yet should, watch Peter Sinclair's video demolishing Anthony Watts' surfacestations.org embedded below. Watts' complaint of copyright violation was at best a head scratcher and at worst a cynical and childish outburst but no matter what obviously unjustified. Watts has a post up supposedly to explain his reasoning, but it is very long and says virtually nothing that is relevant to copyright issues relying mostly on ridicule. It is also rather condescending and smug, an attitude that looks all the…