After a couple of days off from my usual Twitter-checking and blog reading, I returned to discover a global warming flap that’s been simmering for a week or two has come into full bloom. In case you haven’t heard, here’s a recap: Washington Post columnist George Will wrote about the follies of global warming believers, just after former vice president [...]
It’s a bit of an understatement to say journalists have been coming under scrutiny lately for coverage of climate change. On the extreme end of the criticism is the allegation that “the media” (can you tell I hate that, “the media?”) is deliberately hoodwinking the general public to believe in global warming. I’m not really sure [...]
The news about oceans was pretty grim last week, but there is hope. Most of the world’s fishing countries are reneging on their agreements to fish responsibly and sustainably. Despite harvest restrictions in the Delaware Bay, plummeting horseshoe crab populations are leaving their migratory bird predators high and dry. In a climate change scenario, the poorest fishing [...]
Global warming has the potential to dramatically expand the oceans’ so-called dead zones, oxygen-poor areas that fish avoid and where less mobile organisms like clams and crabs can’t survive. Most dead zones are located where rivers empty into the ocean, dumping agricultural fertilizers and other pollutants. A new study by a team of Danish researchers, released [...]
I love to write. And I love science. But so far, my attempt to combine these things in a style fitting for the modern age — by maintaining a blog — has been spotty. So I hereby challenge myself: 100 posts about science in 100 days, promoted as much as possible through other modern [...]
