My Connolley Number: 1
Lawrence Solomon: Next to Al Gore, William Connolley may be the world’s most influential person in the global warming debate. I’ll just point out that my Connolley number is 1. I am one degree of separation from greatness.
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California Dry
California’s snowpack is collapsing, according to the LA Times: California communities face a strong possibility of water shortages and even mandatory rationing this summer because of record dry weather in March and April, a fast-shrinking snowpack and below-normal reservoir levels, state officials said Thursday. (via Aquafornia)
Desalination
Nice piece in the New Mexico Independent today by Joel Gay about desalination as a source of water here in New Mexico: Coastal communities have been taking the salt out of seawater for years, but inland cities are starting to join them out of need. El Paso was in danger of exhausting its aquifer when …
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
More on climate science in the New Mexico Republican Senate race, this time printed on pieces of paper and thrown in people’s driveways, old school style. (the Intertubes version is here): In taking those positions, Wilson and Pearce are out of step with the vast majority of climate scientists, who agree that Earth is warming …
Food Prices Down Slightly
This week’s Economist Food Price Index: 253.9, down 4 percent from last week. (Could someone do me a favor and let me know if the Economist link works? I’ve got a paid subscription now, so I’ve no idea what is free and what is behind their pay wall.)
What I need from climate science
Enough already with the global numbers. I get it. What I need from you smarty-pants climate scientists is better regional-scale modeling. Which is the point of this piece by Fred Pearce: “POLITICIANS seem to think that the science is a done deal,” says Tim Palmer. “I don’t want to undermine the IPCC, but the forecasts, …
Kobe burgers
Burger King to offer burgers made of Kobe beef. I’m guessing not at the BK in Burkina Faso.
stuff I wrote elsewhere
IPCC and New Mexico Republican Senate candidates: compare and contrast
What I Love About Scientists
Say it, Kim: I do geology because it’s beautiful. I love being outside, scrambling through brush, and then looking up and seeing the mountain across the valley, or the potholes in a streambed, and feeling as though the breath has just been knocked out of me. I’m fascinated by the stories hidden in the textures …
begobblement
“begobblement” – the act of being eaten – is not a word. But it should be.