Quark Soup by David Appell

I'm taking some time off, at least through August. I'll be back, probably. Perhaps. Probably.

I figure that any video that sends chills up my back (literally) deserves a place on my blog, at the very least. So watch and see if you a...

In the mail: The Way of Science: Finding Truth and Meaning in a Scientific Worldview by Dennis R. Trumble, which looks interesting.  From...

This is well-worth reading, about the IPCC and its upcoming 5th Assessment Report, from the Financial Times : What climate scientists talk...

Here's a nice video by Andrew Dessler on why equilibrium climate sensitivity is unlikely to be below 2°C: The J Climate paper he ...

Climate change deni.....(ahem) skeptics...are forever insisting they be taken seriously, but just can't help smacking their heads with ...

Here's the UAH lower troposphere record (bubble?) I mentioned yesterday :

This is curious  (and perhaps meaningless): the UAH measurement of the lower troposphere shows the last 5 years to be the warmest since the...

Richard Alley, at the recent Chapman Conference. Enough said. via Dot Earth

This is good. It's from Lee Smolin's book The Trouble With Physics (2006). Smolin works in quantum gravity and is writing about su...

Earth and its Moon, as seen by the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn: Earth : Here is what purports to be a live view of the posi...

I just can't agree that The Economist did anything "irresponsible" by publishing their article about a possible lower clima...

What? Market forces have victims? Of course they do. After all, free-market enthusiasts love to quote Joseph Schumpeter about the inevitabi...

Update 7/21 : This post is incorrect. Global sea ice extent has two peaks in a year, one around June/July and a higher one in November. My ...

http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2013/07/19/dc-court-affirms-michael-manns-right-to-proceed-in-defamation-lawsuit/

David Biello has a piece in Slate asking "Why Don't Farmers Believe in Climate Change?" He doesn't really come up with ...

"I’ve learned not to argue too long with people who do not “believe in” human-made climate change. I figure it’s impossible to reason ...

  Via Someecards . David Simon, creator of The Wire : "You can stand your ground if you’re white, and you can use a gun to do i...

GISS: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata_v3/GLB.Ts%2bdSST.txt

Australia carbon emissions fell 7% in first year of carbon tax: report - Electric Power | Platts News Article http://www.platts.com/l...