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Jul
2
NWI was just like Arizona back before the climate changed
Filed Under Indiana Dunes, climate change, global climate change, global warming | 3 Comments
The Northwest Indiana Times runs a story today about a Valparaiso University professor’s research into the history of Northwest Indiana’s sand dunes.
One interesting item of the research is a finding that back in the good old days before the combustion engine, Northwest Indiana’s climate was a lot warmer than it is these days — a lot like Arizona’s climate, according to the professor.
This supports the new theory among some scientists that man migrated to North American from Europe rather than Asia over the Bering Strait. We used to think, how could Europeans come over the ocean when it was all ice here, but now we know, it wasn’t ice then,” (VU Professor Ronald) Janke said.
In fact, North America, and this region specifically, was rather balmy.
“The climate then would be like Arizona is today. So not only was there no glacier here then, but it was warm,” he said.
May
15
Save The Polar Bears
Filed Under climate change, global warming, polar bears | 6 Comments
The United States moves to list polar bears on the endangered species list saying that they are in danger of extinction.
Without getting into the politics of the situation, there is something fun about polar bears. I wonder if it is because of the Coke commercials that play during Christmas time showing polar bears enjoying a soft drink while playing in the snow?
I remember seeing a documentary about a town in Canada where polar bears roam freely. While polar bears are beautiful creatures, one must always remember that they are dangerous animals, as well. The town had bars over every window and an alert system to let people know if polar bears were getting ready to over run the village in search of food.
The video clips that come with the news stories announcing the addition of polar bears to the endangered species list show the majesty of the polar bears. There’s something that we always appreciate in animals that are powerful, yet also beautiful.
Video: Polar Bears to be added to endangered species list
Video: Polar bears’ habitat is melting
Video: Polar bears in danger
Mar
29
Google Goes Black For Green
Filed Under Earth Hour, Google, climate change, conservation | 1 Comment
Google has turned its background black as part of tonight’s Earth Hour conservation awareness event.
Writes Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins on Google’s Earth Hour black background:
While I’ve been highly critical of a lot of green initiatives as ultimately wasteful and pointless from time to time, this is one of those feel good moves by Google that might actually have an impact. So much of what passes for GreenTech these days is simply creative tax sheltering or innovative ways to institute redistribution of wealth (or in some cases, just out-and-out fraud that plays on people’s desires to better the earth). Urging folks to simply turn out the lights in an effort to voluntarily brown out for a bit is certainly a move that will raise awareness about energy efficiency.
Dec
20
On Scientific Consensus
Filed Under climate change, environment, science | 5 Comments
An interesting read from the NY Times’ Andrew Revkin on the concept of “scientific consensus“:
To many scientists and students of scientific history, there really is no such thing as a consensus. There is a preponderant view at any one point in time, but it is largely defined by disagreement, not agreement. Someone comes up with a new framing for how the world works and tests that conception (where possible) through experimentation, observation, analysis and (for complex phenomena without comparable control cases) simulation.
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