Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Back in 2015, yes it has already been seven years, the famous Paris Agreement was adopted. The goal then was that keep the rise in mean global temperature to well below 2 °C and to limit the increase to 1.5 °C. Here we are now in 2022 and on course to potentially breach that limit. On May 9, … Read more
Give it some thought and you will perhaps appreciate that the advantages of a well-funded public media are abundant. Commercial media is driven by a profit motive. They are literally motivated to provide content that keeps us constantly enraged so that we remain hooked to them and thus generate revenue via advertising income. That is … Read more
On April 4, 2022, Working Group III formally published their input for the Sixth Assessment Report. Quick Mini Primer to set some context The Sixth Assessment Report, sometimes referred to as AR6 or IPCC AR6, is so named because it is the sixth in a series that assess scientific, technical, and socio-economic information concerning climate change. … Read more
There have been media stories that report that even mild COVID infections can impact the human brain. I don’t simply mean the tabloids, but also reputable sources such as Reuters have run this. For example … Reuters in Early March : COVID-19 can cause brain shrinkage, memory loss – study Permit me to quote the … Read more
Sea level is rising. This is a well-established fact. The rate at which sea level is rising is also accelerating. Between 1901 and 2018 sea level has risen by 6-10 in. That insight comes via tide gauges. It sounds like a simple measurement, but working that out is deeply complex. Land itself rises and falls, … Read more
The IPCC has published a new report. It is perhaps to most dire report they have ever published so far. Will we continue to do nothing?