Quark Soup by David Appell

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasti...

Data: National Interagency Fire Center https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/statistics -- Not sure how much I'm going to blog anymore. ...

Arctic Sea Ice is acting weird. Here's the volume as modeled by PIOMAS. {Really this is just an excuse for me to try datawrapper.de, bec...

"Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the Universe." Kurt...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide has cracked the 430 ppm level at the Mauna Loa Observatory in on Hawaii.  Here's NOAA's daily source fo...

The fascists have decided to stop keeping track of the costs of climate change. Free link to NY Times story. If you don't keep track o...

The 50-year linear trend for the Hadley Central England Temperature (HadCET) is a very healthy worrisome 0.30°C/decade. Without including ...

Meowthematics >> Mathematics by u/Ok-Cap6895 in mathmemes

“If you can see a thing whole,” he said, “it seems that it’s always beautiful. Planets, lives…But close up, a world’s all dirt and rocks. An...

If you need an update on the latest sea surface temperatures, this is from Zack Labe on Bluesky :

2024 global energy-related CO2 emissions were a record high , at 37.8 Gt, according to the International Energy Administration (IEA). That...

Here's a graph from Skinner 2012 that I've never seen before and I'm surprised I've never seen it before--the climate sensi...

Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in New Hampshire, US, at 185 km 2 (71.4 mi 2 ) (8.4 mi) 2 . I still find it interesting because for ...

Andreas Schleicher, the head of education and skills at the O.E.C.D., told The Financial Times , “Thirty percent of Americans read at a leve...

Sheesh. Via:  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/global/time-series/globe/tavg/land_ocean/1/0/1850-2025

At least Elon Musk's popularity (in the US) is tanking. Or at least declining:   Imagine the richest person in the world getting to de...

“Suffering is a misunderstanding,” Shevek said, leaning forward, his eyes wide and light. He was still lanky, with big hands, protruding ...

Movie trailer , from an Australian director who posits that actor Henry Fonda was the embodiment of America itself.  "Caged and fighti...

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