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WMO: Highly probable that world will reach 1.5 °C in next 5 years

November 26, 2023May 28, 2021 by Dave
1.5

COP26, in November, is a “make-or-break” chance to prevent climate change spiralling ever more out of control.

Categories Climate Change, news, science Tags 1.5, WMO Leave a comment

Latest NOAA Annual #GreenhouseGas Index is out

May 27, 2021 by Dave
Latest NOAA Annual #GreenhouseGas Index is out

The pandemic did little to rein in the rate at which human-caused #GreenhouseGas pollution trapped extra heat in the atmosphere in 2020.

Categories Climate Change, environment, news, science Tags #GreenhouseGas, AGGI, NOAA Leave a comment

Is Trump a master of Bullshitting?

December 5, 2023May 25, 2021 by Dave
bullshitting

There appears to be a measurable correlation between bullshitting and intelligence. Does this suggest that Trump is a smart guy?

Categories politics, psychology, science Tags bullshitting, intelligence, psychology, study Leave a comment

Arctic sea ice succumbs to Atlantification

January 18, 2022May 24, 2021 by Dave
sea ice

New study reveals that intrusion of warmer Atlantic waters into the Arctic is reducing ice regrowth in the winter.

Categories Arctic, Climate Change, environment, news, science, study Tags Arctic, Atlantification, sea ice Leave a comment

Did COVID escape from a Wuhan lab?

May 20, 2024May 21, 2021 by Dave
Did COVID escape from a Wuhan lab?

Did COVID-19 escape from a lab in Wuhan? Read on to find out what all the arguments are and why a lab escape is highly improbable.

Categories biology, Critical Thinking, Health, humans, Medicine, science Tags covid, COVID-19, lab leak, origins Leave a comment

Study: SARS-CoV-2 May Insert Itself Into The Human Genome

May 20, 2021 by Dave
Genome

Study claims “SARS-CoV-2 sequences can be integrated into human genome”. It sounds scary, so let’s see what it actually claims.

Categories biology, humans, science Tags COVID-19, DNA, Genome, SARS-CoV-2, study Leave a comment
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