March 3, 2017

How are you spending this Friday?

I'm watching clips from All the President's Men.

When Watergate happened I was way to young to understand or care about it.

Our current situation sure feels like this clip to me.

February 2, 2017

Beyond the extreme: Scientists marvel at increasingly non-natural Arctic warmth

Didn't see this posted elsewhere. Of course, this story has received lots of coverage here, but it just keeps getting worse.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/02/01/beyond-the-extreme-scientists-marvel-at-increasingly-non-natural-arctic-warmth/

The Arctic is so warm and has been this warm for so long that scientists are struggling to explain it and are in disbelief. The climate of the Arctic is known to oscillate wildly, but scientists say this warmth is so extreme that humans surely have their hands in it and may well be changing how it operates.

Temperatures are far warmer than ever observed in modern records, and sea ice extent keeps setting record lows.

More at link...