Updated “State of the Climate” published
The latest “State of the Climate” has been released by the AMS. CO2 levels are still increasing and so the warming trend continues upwards.
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Do Violent Video Games cause Gun Violence?
In has become tiresomely predictable that instead of actually addressing the issue of gun control, yet another incident results is the easy targets being attacked. “He was disturbed” and so mental illness gets the blame. “Violent video games instil a bloodlust within our society” is yet another familiar trope. One thing is more or less … Read more
Trump’s Affordable Clean Energy rule ‘worse than doing nothing’
The phrase “Affordable Clean Energy” crafts an illusion of progress and also an air of respectability. Numbers have been crunched, and it turns out to be a truly bad rule. Given the observation that the Trump administration has their fingerprints all over this, then that’s more or less guaranteed. Incompetent and utterly inept is not … Read more
Current Climate warming ‘unparalleled’ in 2,000 years
When casually discussing climate change, a rather popular rebuttal often offered by some is the idea that the climate always changes over time and that in the recent past there have been warmer periods. Examples often cited include the Roman warm period (250-400 AD), and also the better known Medieval Warm Period (700-1400 AD). Have … Read more
New Guidance: Don’t take daily Aspirin
A prevailing and rather popular practise has been the consumption of a daily low dose of Aspirin to help prevent cardiovascular disease. Literally millions of people are currently doing this. The current medical consensus is that this does more harm than good. There is a new report via a team of Harvard researchers that conforms … Read more
Will Planting Trees help the climate?
New study highlights maximum potential that comes via planting more trees to absorbe CO2. What is also true is that this alone is not enough.