Johnston Alive
Members of the European Parliament have been told Alan Johnston is alive: Members of the European Parliament have been told by Palestinian leaders that the kidnapped BBC correspondent, Alan Johnston, is alive. A 12-member delegation of MEPs were given the assurances in a meeting with Palestinian Deputy PM Azzam al-Ahmad in the West Bank city [...]
I Guess It Depends on Where You Are
Farm Group Says Rain Ends SA Drought: The South Australian Farmers Federation senior vice-president says recent rains mean the drought is as good as over and he expects farmers to start seeding as soon as the ground is dry enough. April Rains Fail to End NSW Drought: Despite a wet April in some parts of [...]
Water in the Desert
Albuquerque Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. You’re looking at one of the largest tributaries in the Middle Rio Grande – the discharge from Albuquerque’s sewage treatment plant. I don’t know the exact numbers, but we’re putting something in the neighborhood of 60,000 acre feet of water per year into the river. Currently, [...]
Big Toe – Artist
Big Toe Artist Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. In addition to his scientific background, Big Toe spent two semesters studying art at the Sorbonne, during which time he spent a good deal of time at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, where several of Van Gogh’s self-portraits clearly influenced his current work. Today was his day off, [...]
More Fun With Science
Another one of those entertaining young scientist stories that makes me want to chuck it all and go back to school: She clearly delights in the work, in part because it’s about answering questions scientists are only beginning to understand how to ask. “I have no idea what I’m going to be doing in 20 [...]
Big Toe Reads Thermometers
Big Toe Reads Thermometers Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Staff climatologist Big Toe reading the thermometers today in the Inkstain World Headquarters weather station. His first assignment is to analyze data from the IWH thermometers as relates to the official National Weather Service readings. We are attempting to resolve uncertainties about the “urban heat island effect.” [...]
Building a Fence at the Loading Dock
It’s bad enough when the science establishment charges for access to the loading dock, but Shelley Batts’ experience is even worse. Intrigued by a paper in The Science of Food, she blogged it, including a graph and data table from the paper. For which sin she was threatened with legal action for violation of copyright. [...]
The Ducks of Los Alamos
I can’t figure out how to embed a YouTube video (WordPress/TinyMCE insists on editing my html until it doesn’t work) so you’ll just have to click through to enjoy It’s a Wonderful Life in Los Alamos.
On China
Down in the comments, Slinger points to Peter Ford’s Christian Science Monitor story on China’s greenhouse gas reduction noises: With China’s carbon footprint expected to outsize America’s within a year, officials in Beijing appear to be backing away from their view that global warming is a Western problem that developed countries must solve. While still [...]
Big Toe Gets Himself Donated to Science
Big Toe Gets Himself Donated to Science Originally uploaded by Driving in Heels. I’ve been increasingly concerned about the rigor I’m able to offer here, so I recently made the decision to add a climatologist to the Inkstain staff. Big Toe has a Masters Degree in Science, and has read several of the books on [...]
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