For Arctic Ice Volume, 2007 is so Passe

Jim Cook 1/28/2012
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Do you remember the year 2007, when everybody noticed how much less ice there was in the Arctic than usual? Don’t worry, skeptics proclaimed. 2007 was just a fluke. Arctic Sea Ice Volume for 2010 and 2011: The fluke, surpassed.

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Nylon and Cotton are Part of the Reality-Based Community

Jim Cook 1/26/2012
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You know, at some point after careful empirical review you might want to recognize that your Morgellons is the fuzzies from your coat. Or not. Citizens for Legitimate Government has the right to dissociate itself from the Reality-Based Community… but …

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2011 the 9th Hottest Year on Record Globally; 9 of 10 hottest years were in the last 10 Years

Jim Cook 1/21/2012
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Yesterday, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies released its findings regarding global temperature readings over land and sea, readings that date back to 1880. 2011 was the 9th hottest year on record out of the 132 years. Nine out of …

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Updated Carbon Dioxide Data: Rise of 24.5% from November 1958 – November 2011

Jim Cook 12/12/2011
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When will the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide hit 400 parts per million? Pretty soon, by the look of it. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its latest update of atmospheric CO2 readings this week. These readings have been …

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With Religion and Science, Ignorance Is Not Mutual

jclifford 12/7/2011
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The results showed that religious identity is negatively correlated with scientific literacy. Non-religious Americans were the group with the highest scientific literacy. Non-Christian religious Americans scored higher than Christian Americans. Earlier, the The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found in a study last year that non-religious Americans have greater religious literacy than religious Americans do.

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Curiosity Launching

Rowan 11/25/2011
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Tomorrow morning, NASA is launching the Curiosity Rover into outer space, to begin a journey to mars. The large robotic rover will, once on Mars, look for signs of life beneath the Martian surface.

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Greenhouse Gases Shatter Previous Record High

The Green Man 11/21/2011
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Carbon Dioxide is now at 389 parts per million in the global atmosphere. Methane is at 1808 parts per billion. Nitrous oxide is 323.2 parts per billion. Measurements were taken by the Global Atmosphere Watch from locations around the world.

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October 2011 was the 5th Warmest on Record Around the Globe

Jim Cook 11/17/2011
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That’s over land Over land and ocean, it was the 6th warmest on record. The NASA record goes back to 1880. It’s just the darndest thing how we haven’t had a cooler than average October for decades. It must be …

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Satanic Influences Outed By Another Damned Survey!

Jim Cook 11/4/2011
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“The scientific evidence of how same-sex attraction most likely may be created provides a credible basis for a spiritual explanation that indicts the devil.” — Daniel Avila, October 28 2011, writing for the official newsletter of the Boston Catholic Archdiocese. …

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ClimateGate Investigation Finds Shocking Result!

The Green Man 10/23/2011
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The Koch Brothers and Richard Muller suspected that there had been data manipulation by the researchers at the University of East Anglia, done purposefully to create the false appearance of anthropogenic global warming. What they discovered, when they processed the raw data on their own, using their own methods for data analysis, is that…

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Atmospheric CO2 Update: Up 24.2% from September 1958 – September 2011

Jim Cook 10/10/2011
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NOAA has just released its latest monthly update of atmospheric carbon dioxide readings taken by scientists at the mountaintop Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. The 34-year historical dataset of these readings now includes measurements up through September of 2011. Looking …

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After 1 year 5 months, still no Scientific Data released from Breatharian “Experiment”

Jim Cook 10/3/2011
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One year and five months ago, Dr. Sudhir Shah was holding a worldwide press conference to announce the results of his experiment with the breatharian Prahlad Jani, who claims to have gone without food or water for seventy years. According …

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The Medicines Of This Year’s Occupation Protests

Peregrin Wood 9/24/2011
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If I’m attending a long-term protest with a large number of people, sleeping out on the street in autumn weather, I don’t want faith healers and ineffective herbal tinctures. I’d prefer to be helped by a nurse or a physician.

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Arctic Sea Ice Volume Far Below 2007 Panic Level

Jim Cook 9/15/2011
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Remember 2007? Remember how amazingly scary it was how much the ice melted away in the Arctic? Well, the volume of Arctic sea ice is lower right now than it ever was in 2007: In less than a generation, we’re …

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August 2011: 4th hottest over all the globe, 2nd hottest over land

Jim Cook 9/14/2011
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NASA’s global temperature data have been released for August 2011, and the results show a continuation in the global warming trend: August 2011 was the 4th hottest August on record over land and sea, and 2nd hottest on record over …

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Nature’s Memo To Rick Perry and Ron Paul: Global Warming Is Real

The Green Man 9/11/2011
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see where global warming hit hardest. Texas had the hottest average summer temperature of any state ever this year. In Texas, global warming may be having more devastating impacts than anywhere else in the nation, but for Texas politicians, money from Big Oil trumps reality, no contest.

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CO2 Update: Up 23.8% from August 1958 to August 2011

Jim Cook 9/10/2011
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Scientists at NOAA have just released the latest update on levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosophere, which have been measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii since 1958. This dataset now includes measurements up to last month, August …

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The Difference Between Rick Perry and Galileo

The Green Man 9/8/2011
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Rick Perry isn’t a lone individual, seeking the truth. He’s in the position of power, as the Governor of a large state. Rick Perry doesn’t stand against theocratic power, he supports it. Most importantly, Rick Perry doesn’t have any scientific evidence on his side. He’s like the priests who put Galileo on trial, refusing to accept the validity of data that don’t fit his predetermined opinions.

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