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I’ve always been fascinated by crow intelligence and at the same time amazed how few people recognize this intelligence especially since, according to some cognitive research, theirs exceeds that of dogs. This video lecture from a writer Joshua Klein, who has been involved with an amateur study of corvid behavior, highlights this.
Of course [...]
More Web Sightings hereBisphenol A or BPA is an important industrial chemical used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. The plastics industry maintains that BPA is completely safe. But academic and government researchers say the chemical needs to undergo a new risk assessment.
...Read MorePercholorethylene, commonly known as perc, is used by about 80 percent of U.S. dry cleaners to remove stains and clean clothes.
When first introduced to dry cleaners in the 1930s, little was known about its health effects, and it was considered something of a miracle chemical because it could be aggressive on stains, but was not [...]
...Read MoreThe principle of maximum diversity operates both at the physical and at the mental level. It says that the laws of nature and the initial conditions are such as to make the universe as interesting as possible. As a result, life is possible but not too easy. Always when things are dull, something [...]
I grabbed this from Wired Science, “Scientists Unveil High-Res Map of the U.S. Carbon Footprint” and I think it provides some context of recent revelations of Central New Yorks poor per capita carbon footprint ranking relative to other metro areas. Don’t get me wrong; this is an issue for this area, but it is [...]
From The Post Standard news site (by Tim Knauss):
Syracusans contribute more per person to global warming than the residents of any other major city in New York, and far more than people in smog-filled Los Angeles, according to a study released today by the Brookings Institution.
Residents of the Syracuse metropolitan area—including Onondaga, Madison and [...]
Sean Kirst asks whether the recent annual recurrence of January thaws is a sign of global warming or simply part of the natural variability of our upstate winters. The answer is both: as a singular event a warm winter spell or even a entire warm winter season is not outside the realm of natural [...]
Some other global warming articles that may be of interest:
The Toronto Globe and Mail has an article discussing how our lifestyles and specifically urban sprawl need to be addressed with regard to global warming. Its from a decidedly Canandian perspective but thought-provking nonetheless. (see How urban sprawl goes against the green)
This article, Bird species [...]
A new study being released in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is causing a stir; it shows how Global Warming may alter the Earth’s climate zones, creating novel climate regions, while complete eliminating others. A number of articles about this press release can be found, e.g. here, here , and here.
From National Geographic [...]
Sunday’s Post-Standard had this article on lagging production Maple Syrup locally.
The temperature must be in the low 20s at night and the low 40s during the day for the sap to flow. Warm weather in early winter caused the season to start late, in mid-March instead of mid-February. The fluctuations of very cold and very [...]
Apparently scientists are at a loss to explain some of the unusual movements they’ve been observing in the Antarctica and Greenland Glaciers. While many point to these phenomena as indications of global warming, “it remains unclear what is causing the glaciers of frigid Antarctica and their “ice streams” to lose ice to the ocean [...]
Sunday’s Post-Standard has some decent coverage on the local impacts of Global Warming on upstate New York. (I’ve copied the entire article by Delen Goldberg for archiving below). The print edition also has a half-page insert, “Central New York, Take Note” tabulating a range of local impacts due to global warming that is [...]
Do we need anymore evidence? This is straight from a study commissioned by the Bush administration (who are apparently still “skeptical”). From the
today’s Daily Grist:
U.S. government study finds human-caused climate change real; Bushies unconvinced
A scientific study commissioned by the Bush administration has demolished one of the key arguments of climate skeptics, concluding yesterday [...]
The real question is what does the 2006 (and beyond) hurricane season have in store…
The record Atlantic hurricane season last year can be attributed to global warming, several top experts, including a leading U.S. government storm researcher, said on Monday.
“The hurricanes we are seeing are indeed a direct result of climate change and it’s no [...]
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