Re: OT: Great Science

2009-12-04 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Oct 8, 8:35 am, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: As an antidote to the bad taste of deniers of various stripes, this thread will, from time to time, highlight primary scientific research articles.   Here is a copy of a comment I posted to:

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-11-16 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Oct 8, 8:35 am, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: If you have climate-denier friends, you will likely have found it hard even to talk to them about the subject. I have just stumbled on http://www.realclimate.org, a site that a) is based on peer-reviewed literature and b) simply and

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-11-16 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Nov 16, 1:06 pm, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: A more compelling way to refute climate skeptics is an absolutely brilliant serious of YouTube videos called Climate Crock of the Week,http://www.youtube.com/user/greenman3610 Here are the videos I watched today: Weather is not

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-11-16 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Nov 16, 1:13 pm, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: Here are the videos I watched today: And one more, and then I really have chores to do :-) The Great Petition Fraud http://www.youtube.com/user/greenman3610#p/u/16/5P8mlF8KT6I These are the climate deniers, exposed for what they

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-11-16 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Nov 16, 1:24 pm, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: Here are the videos I watched today: Well, I did my chores, and watched the rest of the crock of the week videos. Again, I highly recommend these videos. The role of Fox News in this is horrifying. These guys make Joseph

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-10-17 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Oct 8, 9:35 am, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: this thread will, from time to time, highlight primary scientific research articles. I recently had one of those Aha moments about Science Magazine, namely that just about *every* article in it could be considered as exciting as

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-10-17 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Oct 17, 6:42 am, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: Ice Age Terminationshttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5950/248 The Abstract: QQQ [snip] In all four cases, observations are consistent with a classic Northern Hemisphere summer insolation intensity trigger for an

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-10-12 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Oct 8, 9:35 am, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: As an antidote to the bad taste of deniers of various stripes, this thread will, from time to time, highlight primary scientific research articles. Here is a book review: QQQ Oceans: A Critical Course Change Kai M. A. Chan,*

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-10-09 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Oct 8, 9:35 am, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: As an antidote to misinformation about the hockey stick, I offer the fourth report from the ippc. Click on the full report link at:

OT: Great Science

2009-10-08 Thread Edward K. Ream
As an antidote to the bad taste of deniers of various stripes, this thread will, from time to time, highlight primary scientific research articles. The ground rule is that all submissions must be from primary peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Science or Nature, or secondary journals just

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-10-08 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Oct 8, 9:35 am, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: This thread will, from time to time, highlight primary scientific research articles. You don't need to be a scientist to understand these articles. It's like reading court decisions. After a while you will get a feel for the

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-10-08 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Oct 8, 9:35 am, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: This thread will, from time to time, highlight primary scientific research articles. From Science, 24 September, 2009: Neurobiologists Discover Butterfly Chronometer http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/924/2?rss=1

Re: OT: Great Science

2009-10-08 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Oct 8, 9:35 am, Edward K. Ream edream...@gmail.com wrote: As an antidote to the bad taste of deniers of various stripes, this thread will, from time to time, highlight primary scientific research articles. Not a primary article, but an instant classic compendium. Plan B 4.0 by Lester