Writing on drought, I have had many occasions to draw on the research done by Richard Seager’s North American Drought research group at Lamont-Doherty. While their work often merits a news release from Columbia’s press office (as with the Dust Bowl paper I’m currently writing about), Richard and the other members of his group also …
stuff I wrote elsewhere
From Tuesday’s New York Times: “It clearly evokes a visceral response because we’re the only industry that has our prices in two-foot-high letters on the street corner,” said John Felmy, chief economist at the American Petroleum Institute. “We’ve seen other things go up in prices, like milk, but if you ask 10 people on the …
In a sort of grand convergence of anti-environmental flypaper, a souffle of red meat, New Scientist just sent out this news flash: Penguins exposed to DDT from melting glaciers Decades after most countries stopped using the insecticide DDT, frozen stores of the chemical are now dripping out of melting Antarctic glaciers – and into penguins. …
Tim Haab’s graph of the day really needs no comment. (But this is the Internet, so I know that won’t stop you.)
According to Fred Pearce, ((When the Rivers Run Dry)) 130 gallons of water are required to grow a pound of wheat.
My latest idea to save the world.
Al Zelicoff and Troy Simpson have their latest video up in a series the Albuquerque Journal is doing on stuff you can do to save energy and money. My favorite bit is the fact that Al fills up so rarely that he forgets which side of the car the gas tank is on. update: I …
stuff I wrote elsewhere: There is not much to see on this windy scrap of desert south of Albuquerque, which is probably a good thing. On the eastern edge of the planned Mesa del Sol community south of Albuquerque, this is the site of one of the United States’ most notorious nuclear weapons accidents. A …
So it turns out the Google satellite image is not live, so you’ll have to take my word for it that I saw an elephant down by the Rio Grande on my bike ride today. The Google Mapness is a little bit squirrelly, but I think I’ve got this working: View Larger Map Scroll in …
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