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Falling Chinese Coal Consumption and Output Undermine Global Market – WSJ

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Falling Chinese Coal Consumption and Output Undermine Global Market – WSJ: Finally, Finally, Finally… China has finally started to cut back on it’s production and use of dirty coal. China now consumes far more than half of the world’s coal. It’s a perfect time for them to do so, with all energy prices so low, the Chinese economy growing slow(er) and the costs/consequences of pollution from coal becoming more and more conspicuous. It is also…

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Why science is so hard to believe… It’s in the Kool-Aid – The Washington Post

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Why science is so hard to believe – The Washington Post: Joel Achenbach hit the nail on the head with this article. Ever wonder why you can talk with otherwise intelligent people and you suddenly drop into the twilight zone.  They suddenly are totally convinced that the earth is flat, and there’s no arguing with them.Or they are totally convinced the fluoride in water is a horrible government conspiracy to …  It is in the water. Or the Kool-Aid. Each group, tribe if you will, is drinking…

BBC News – The goats fighting America’s plant invasion

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BBC News – The goats fighting America’s plant invasion: A different approach to invasives. That would be Kudzu. I wonder how it works with balsam pear in Florida? How about the melaleuca? Old school, but an effective approach to attach invasive plants is the old goat trick. What I didn’t realize before reading this article, is that the double chew and strong processing of the stomach reduce the changes of seed making the passage through…

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NASA, NOAA Find 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record | NASA

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NASA, NOAA Find 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record | NASA This is a good recap of the tie in to record warming with human activity. It also give links the the raw data and the detailed methodology. Anybody want to play with the raw, unadulterated data, you will find a LOT of it; and no matter which way you look at it trend line appears. And the trend line is very depressing. BUT… This…

It’s Official: 2014 Was the Hottest Year on Record (watch the data unfold)

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It’s Official: 2014 Was the Hottest Year on Record: This is a very cool — oops, hot, I mean — visual of the earth temperatures over recent decades. As you will see, the monthly averages and the annual averages spike up year after year. Only a few monthly numbers are higher now then in 1995 and almost no monthly numbers are higher than the 20th century average. 2014 was unusual as a hot year because…

Study: sea levels rising quicker than previously estimated – Blue and Green Tomorrow

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Study: sea levels rising quicker than previously estimated – Blue and Green Tomorrow: This is a bit of good news which really is really bad news related to sea level rise. The good news, if you can call it that is sea levels appear to have been rising far slower during the first century of the industrial revolution than previously measured (estimated). Apparently the tidal measures that have been around for centuries didn’t represent some…