This is for a national magazine for their front-of-book travel/science section.
Sorry for the quick turnaround but I need to turn this in tomorrow evening.
It's short at least! It's very slightly over word count, should be 250. I want
to know if there's anything unclear, or that you think I
Hmmm,
What about the alternative hypothesis, Cherubini? What if the majority of
scientific opinion is motivated by the collective perception, based on
scientifically verifiable (and repeatable) analyses, that indicate a number
of environmental problems require serious attention?
I'm not getting
Lucas Moyer-Horner wrote:
Anita, Below are two excellent case studies that are near
and dear to my heart. As far as i know, this is the first
evidence of a small-medium sized mammal being extirpated
by rising temperatures.
Beever, E.A., Brussard, P.F. and Berger, J. 2003. Patterns of
Aren't overpopulation and human contributions to climate change both
related to peak oil? Peak oil is the end of cheap, easy-to-get oil (i.e. the
oil that gives us fuel and fertilizer to feed 7 billion) and declining
production. Overpopulation and our contribution to climate change are the
result
Jeez, I shouldn't hit the send message while I'm dozing off. I kept trying
to rewrite the last sentence despite intermittent bursts of unconsciousness.
The next-to-last paragraph should have read:
You seem to be saying that people are eager to give scientists money all the
while knowing that we
Isn't just about every piece of plastic, man made fiber (rayon,
polyester), etc. created from petroleum?
It seems like I read that somewhere, but I don't want to quote it as fact
because I cannot now find the info.
On Thu, October 25, 2007 12:12 am, Zachary Wilson wrote:
Aren't overpopulation
Maybe you should read the actual peer reviewed paper instead of a news
article...
http://faculty.washington.edu/grayson/grayson-pikas.pdf
This study was covering the last 40,000 years.
Currently we are dealing with global temperatures, local and regional
temperatures may decline despite rising
I'm not getting a damn dime of that massive amount of research money you=
claim is skewing scientists' perceptions of problems, but I for the most =
part tend to side with the majority consensus that certain issues, such as=
climate change, habitat loss and degredation, over-exploitation of
Paul,
In the Beever et al (2003) article, you can see that the extirpated sites are
primarily located in the northwest corner of Nevada and southern Oregon, so
temperature averages for the entire state of Nevada are not particularly
informative. In this paper, the authors found that the
How many of these problems were exposed by corporations?
How many problems of these sorts were identified by businesses and then
dealt with? I'ld love to know!
smoking-cancer connection and nicotine addiction
match stick factory health problems
PCBs
ozone layer
climate change
over fishing
over
Paul,
The NSF grant application does not require any statement about What
the results should be or you'll take my money away.
The NSF funding rate is low - last I heard 15-20% of all applications
get any money at all, and many get less than requested.
So where's the windfall?
Since when are
Hi Wendee -
Someone recently shared with me a fantastic documentary on peak oil: 'Crude
Awakening', produced by European journalists/filmmakers Basil Gelpke and Ray
McCormack (2006). It is incredibly informative and interviews with a suite of
credible experts comprise the bulk of the film.
FYI, from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/news/article/3312/scientist-retracts-1955-errors-now-cited-as-evidence-by-creationists?commented=0#txpCommentInputForm
October 25, 2007
Scientist Retracts 1955 Errors Now Cited as Evidence by Creationists
Sometimes it can take a
Paul,
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I'm curious about your estimate about funding to create / maintain thousan=
ds of new environmental science related jobs. Where did you get this estim=
ate from? Is this anecdotal?=20
=20
Concerning the influence of opinions. If money is influencing their opinion=
s then these are bad
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It is curious that your graphs go to 1920 and no further back, despite the
availability of data. Looking solely at the summer temperatures it appears that
1922 and 23 have a considerable impact on the trend. Alas I've not been able to
duplicate the sort of figures you're produced but messing
Brian makes a good point. However, there has been a lot of discussion
about using technologies (e.g., injection of CO2 into the wells) that
can reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. This suggests
to me there is not a one-to-one lockstep relationship between economic
growth and
Maiken Winter addresses the common argument that we cannot afford to do=
anything about climate change. I agree wholeheartedly with her. If a=
nything, we cannot afford to not do anything. The Stern report is of so=
me value in pointing that out. =
However, in no way does the Stern report
I just wanted to thank everyone who responded to my request for these case
studies. This has helped me put together a much more effective lecture, I
believe. I don't want to flood the listserv, so if anyone is interested in the
list of cases/web sites that I ended up with, please let me know.
Hello Ecologers,
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Do your students actively explore data or use figures to investigate
ecological issues? Are your students asking questions, making
observations, and designing experiments in the lab or field? Have you
developed activities and experiments for your students to use? Have you
There is an interesting documentary - Crude Awakening - which is (to my
mind) a must-see discussion of peak oil and our dependence on the black
stuff. Its available through Netflix.
Caren
On 10/24/07 6:10 PM, WENDEE HOLTCAMP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd say 2 reasons - one is that global
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The analogies would seem to be any ecological system in which growth was
predicated on freely available food/energy; isn't this William Catton's
premise in Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change?
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Malcolm,
As far as I know plastics, including polyester (and too many other
products), are petroleum derivatives. Rayon (and acetate and such) is made
from wood pulp that has been chemically treated and is then extruded through
pores to create a fiber. Other than the feel of rayon that it's not
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