Category: science education

• One year, and ten years of carbon dioxide concentration readings, Mauna Loa

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . consumption . diffusion processes . dynamical systems . ecology . environment . ethics . exponential growth . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . NOAA . open data . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . statistics . sustainability . temporal myopia . the right to know . time series . zero carbon

  Jun 14.2015
• ‘The Solutions Project’

  bifurcations . civilization . clean disruption . climate change . climate disruption . compassion . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . ecology . economics . efficiency . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . global warming . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . microgrids . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science education . sea level rise . solar power . sustainability . wind power . zero carbon

  Jun 12.2015
• “Ecological impacts”

  Anthropocene . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . ecology . environment . forecasting . global warming . mass extinctions . Neill deGrasse Tyson . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sustainability . UU Humanists

  Jun 7.2015
• “How mankind blew the fight against climate change” (Bill McKibben)

  bifurcations . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . environment . exponential growth . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . global warming . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . microgrids . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . solar power . statistics . temporal myopia . UU Humanists . wind power . zero carbon

  Jun 6.2015
• “Storm-proven forecasting gets yearlong trial”

  citizen science . ensembles . ENSO . environment . forecasting . geophysics . maths . meteorology . NCAR . open data . physics . precipitation . science . science education . scientific publishing . spatial statistics . statistics

  Jun 4.2015
• On the Climate Club

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . geophysics . global warming . humanism . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . NASA . NCAR . NOAA . open data . open source scientific software . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . state-space models . statistics . stochastic search . stochastics . sustainability . temporal myopia . time series . transparency . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . wind power . zero carbon

  Jun 3.2015
• The CWSLab workflow tool: an experiment in community code development

  climate . climate education . climate models . computation . differential equations . dynamical systems . environment . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . model comparison . NCAR . oceanography . open source scientific software . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . Python 3 . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . state-space models . statistics . time series . transparency

  Jun 2.2015
• “All large oil companies now use a shadow price of carbon”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . decentralized energy . economics . energy . environment . exponential growth . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . global warming . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . natural gas . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . temporal myopia . zero carbon

  Jun 1.2015
• on the state of New England wind power

  climate change . climate disruption . geophysics . hurricanes . meteorology . nor’easters . oceanography . rationality . reasonableness . science education . sea level rise . WHOI . wind power

  Jun 1.2015
• carbon dioxide and saturation

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . chemistry . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . climate zombies . geophysics . meteorology . physics . Ray Pierrehumbert . science . science education

  May 31.2015
• “Clean burnin’ natural gas …”

  bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . climate . climate change . climate disruption . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . environment . exponential growth . fossil fuel divestment . fracking . global warming . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . methane . microgrids . natural gas . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . statistics . sustainability . temporal myopia . zero carbon

  May 20.2015
• “Response” (to “…I would be interested to see how one can prove from such varying data that the warming has accelerated over time”), by Tamino

  anemic data . Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . chance . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . denial . ecology . education . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . maths . obfuscating data . open data . physics . politics . rationality . science . science education . sea level rise . statistics . sustainability . time series

  May 19.2015
• The pending disintegration of the Larsen B Ice Shelf, Antarctica

  Antarctica . carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate disruption . environment . geophysics . global warming . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . statistics . Uncategorized . WAIS

  May 15.2015
• “el Niño and the Non-Spherical Cow”

  Anthropocene . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . ecology . economics . ENSO . ethics . forecasting . global warming . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . open data . open source scientific software . physics . politics . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . sea level rise . statistics . stochastics . temporal myopia . time series . transparency

  May 13.2015
• Brian Swett discusses Boston’s climate future | NOAA Climate.gov

  Boston . climate change . climate disruption . ecology . economics . environment . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . history . investment in wind and solar energy . living shorelines . mass transit . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . public transport . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sea level rise . sociology . statistics . temporal myopia . the right to know . time series . wind power . zero carbon

  May 10.2015
• “Hot Water”, from Tamino

  bridge to nowhere . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . environment . ethics . geophysics . living shorelines . meteorology . oceanography . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . temporal myopia . the right to know

  May 10.2015
• “I’m sorry.”

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . humanism . meteorology . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists

  Apr 23.2015
• Eli Rabett on the APS “Draft Statement on Earth’s Changing Climate”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . diffusion processes . ecology . environment . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . meteorology . methane . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . open data . politics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . sea level rise . solar power . testing . the right to know . time series . WHOI . wind power

  Apr 21.2015
• “Climate Change, the Elevator Pitch”

  Antarctica . Arctic . astrophysics . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . consumption . geophysics . IPCC . meteorology . NCAR . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . risk . science . science education . statistics

  Apr 13.2015
• Earth Day, my hope

  carbon dioxide . Carl Sagan . Charles Darwin . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . conservation . Darwin Day . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy reduction . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . humanism . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . open data . open source scientific software . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . privacy . probit regression . R . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . sociology . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . WHOI . wind power

  Apr 9.2015
• Climate week at Harvard, 6th-10th April 2015

  citizenship . civilization . climate education . economics . education . environment . ethics . humanism . investing . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education

  Apr 3.2015
• We are trying. And the bitterest result is to have so-called colleagues align themselves with the Koch brothers

  Anthropocene . astrophysics . Boston Ethical Society . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . chemistry . citizenship . climate . climate change . climate education . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy reduction . engineering . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . JAGS . meteorology . methane . model comparison . NASA . natural gas . NCAR . Neill deGrasse Tyson . oceanography . open data . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . Python 3 . R . rationality . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  Apr 3.2015
• 2014

  Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . consumption . ecology . economics . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . IPCC . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sea level rise . statistics . time series

  Mar 27.2015
• Scary Stuff; a Potential Nasty Surprise

  Anthropocene . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . Carl Sagan . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . ecology . education . engineering . environment . forecasting . games of chance . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . sociology . statistics

  Mar 24.2015
• Neil deGrasse Tyson on “60 Minutes”

  astronomy . astrophysics . Carl Sagan . Neill deGrasse Tyson . physics . science . science education

  Mar 23.2015
• “Human activity has nothing big enough to affect Earth”

  Anthropocene . biology . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . consumption . ecology . economics . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . methane . natural gas . notes . open data . physics . politics . population biology . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . solar power . statistics . the right to know . time series . wind power

  Mar 14.2015
• “Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco”

  carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate education . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . humanism . investing . IPCC . meteorology . new forms of scientific peer review . obfuscating data . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . sociology

  Feb 26.2015
• “I don’t want Earth to look like Venus”

  astronomy . astrophysics . Carl Sagan . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . education . geophysics . meteorology . Neill deGrasse Tyson . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sea level rise

  Feb 18.2015
• International Darwin Day: 12th February 2015

  atheism . biology . Boston Ethical Society . Charles Darwin . civilization . Darwin Day . ecology . environment . evolution . science . science education . UU Humanists

  Feb 11.2015
• “Barking mad”

  astrophysics . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . demand-side solutions . diffusion processes . ecology . economics . engineering . environment . ethics . forecasting . games of chance . geoengineering . geophysics . history . humanism . IPCC . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . the right to know

  Feb 10.2015