The Economist explains: Why Sochi is, ironically, the perfect place for the winter Olympics (via The Economist)SOCHI, a subtropical resort on the Black Sea coast, seems an odd place to stage the winter Olympics. It is the warmest place in Russia, where people go to escape winter. The weather forecast for the coast where the opening ceremony will be held on February…
Book review - The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars now Available in Paperback (via Skeptical Science)Posted on 6 November 2013 by John Cook This is an updated book review of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, by Michael Mann, with the paperback edition released this week. The re-release features a foreword by Bill "The Science Guy" Nye (which opens…
Free computer game - World at the Crossroads (via Skeptical Science)Posted on 11 November 2013 by Marcin Popkiewicz Polish chapter of ASPO, together with The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe have prepared a computer strategy game "World at the Crossroads". The game simulates the rise of…
Global warming is increasing the risk of heatwaves (via Skeptical Science)Posted on 30 January 2014 by dana1981, Rob Painting, John Cook A number of studies, both regional and global, have found that heatwaves are becoming more frequent. According to research by climate scientists David Karoly and Sophie Lewis, Australian…
Why rainbows and oil slicks help to show the greenhouse effect (via Skeptical Science)Posted on 3 February 2014 by MarkR The greenhouse effect, where some atmospheric gases let through sunlight but absorb the infrared heat given off by Earth, can be understood in amazing detail by starting off with the spread of colours in a rainbow…
2013 was the second-hottest year on record without an El Niño (via Skeptical Science)Posted on 6 February 2014 by dana1981 According to the global surface temperate data set compiled by Kevin Cowtan & Robert Way, which achieves the best coverage of the rapidly-warming Arctic by filling in data gaps between temperature stations using…
MIT president makes confronting campus sexual assault a 'central priority' (via boston.com)By Matt Rocheleau, Boston.com Staff MIT President L. Rafael Reif announced Friday he has asked the institute’s newly appointed chancellor to make confronting campus sexual assault a “central priority” in response to an anonymous alumna who…
