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Russian Scientists Stand With Ukraine

March 2nd, 2022 · 1 Comment

There are growing numbers of courageous people confronting Putin’s War of Aggression.  From Ukrainians, of all ages, taking up arms to Russians protesting on the streets despite police brutality and large numbers of arrests, they are taking on various forms of personal risks to Just Say No to the invasion of Ukraine.   Across Russia, thousands […]

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Tags: science · Science Communication

#FFS #Trump: #Coronavirus + #Climate Science Denial in one Tweet

March 16th, 2020 · Comments Off on #FFS #Trump: #Coronavirus + #Climate Science Denial in one Tweet

While every day of the Trump presidency has been painful and with life-threatening implications (from climate change to reduced medical care to children freezing in cages), the Coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the pace and expanded the nature of that pain.  It is hard to see anything in public discourse without being reminded of the pain […]

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Tags: Coronavirus · science · Science Communication · science denial · Trump · Trump Administration

“Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change”: Advice from GMU’’s Center for Climate Communication

March 5th, 2020 · Comments Off on “Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change”: Advice from GMU’’s Center for Climate Communication

Since November 2016, election after election has made clear that Democratic voters will crawl over broken glass to get to the polls to defeat Trump and #Cult45-enabling Republicans. Massive turnout and voters waiting up to seven hours to vote in many Super Tuesday primary states is the latest tangible sign of that. One of the […]

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Tags: #AlternativeFacts · analysis · anti-science syndrome · climate change · climate delayers · SciComm · science · Science Communication · science denial

Gok isn’t Grok (Or, Dept. of Interior Climate Science Denial)

March 2nd, 2020 · Comments Off on Gok isn’t Grok (Or, Dept. of Interior Climate Science Denial)

“To grok something” states a deep understanding and implies an incorporation of actual knowledge so deeply “that it has become part of you, part of your identity”. “To Gok something” is a far newer and far more hazardous entry into the lexicon: to introduce uncertainty and deceit into scientific discussion about life and death issues. […]

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Tags: anti-science syndrome · climate change · climate delayers · environmental · science · Science Communication · science denial · Trump Administration

Does the grass get greener when a ‘lukewarmer’ is in your backyard?

March 22nd, 2019 · 3 Comments

When it comes to climate discussions, a “Lukewarmer” represents a dangerous portion of the climate discussion spectrum. While stringent climate denial, like Donald Trump’s, can be quickly pigeon-holed as yet another ignorant absurdity from someone who is poorly acquainted with truth and knowledge, Lukewarmers can easily confuse the situation through their seeming reasonableness and superficial […]

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Tags: anti-science syndrome · climate delayers · global warming deniers · science · Science Communication · science denial

Human action once cooled the planet (the wrong way but …)

January 31st, 2019 · 4 Comments

While most discussions of climate change focus on modern history, discussing the change from pre-industrial CO2 levels of roughly 275 parts per million to today’s 410 (or so), humanity has been impacting the climate for millennia. Essentially since the emergence of agriculture, humans have been putting their thumb on the scales and influencing climate. While […]

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Tags: climate delayers · environmental · science

In Norfolk, Fish is Roadkill

December 4th, 2018 · Comments Off on In Norfolk, Fish is Roadkill

You don’t have to be that old to remember when fishing in Virginia meant searching for a body of water rod and reel in hand. This is changing as, with sea level rise, streets are increasingly flooded with ‘moon tides’ or in storm events where it didn’t occur (or less frequently) in the past. A […]

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Tags: climate change · science · Sea Level Rise · virginia

Thanksgiving: Trump tweets climate denial; Black Friday: Scientists issue dire climate report

November 23rd, 2018 · Comments Off on Thanksgiving: Trump tweets climate denial; Black Friday: Scientists issue dire climate report

On Thanksgiving eve, Trump (yet again) tweeted out idiocy related to climate change, demonstrating (yet again) his arrogant ignorance on the most critical issue facing humanity. 34 other times Donald Trump tweeted his ignorance about how weather works https://t.co/dq54sqoAkm pic.twitter.com/aUEGRMS0h8 — Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) November 22, 2018   Sigh … Pulling hair out … when things written in […]

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Tags: catastrophic climate change · climate change · climate zombies · Donald Trump · politics · SciComm · science · Science Communication · science denial

#VA #Climate Forum: #Science-Denier @CoreyStewartVA Showed Up, Looked People in the Eye, and Lied

September 20th, 2018 · 3 Comments

Erev Yom Kippur’s Virginia Climate Crisis Forum (full event video) featured Senate candidates Senator Tim Kaine (D) and his climate-science-denying opponent, Corey Stewart (R).  The several hundred (perhaps 400) attendees heard Kaine give a reasoned set of comments about climate science and policy issues. They also, unfortunately, suffered through deceitful commentary from fossil-foolish Stewart, who basked in […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · politics · science · Science Communication · science denial · Sea Level Rise

Insects disappearing: pesticides, climate change, …????

October 23rd, 2017 · 3 Comments

Friday night, at my niece’s birthday party,the conversation turned (not started by me … surprisingly) to news from Germany: the insects are disappearing. abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years In this serious study (peer-reviewed publication: More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas), that […]

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Tags: climate change · science