Fidelity of El Niño simulation matters for predicting future climate
A new study led by University of Hawai’i at Mānoa researchers, published in the journal Nature Communications this week, revealed that correctly simulating ocean current variations hundreds of feet below the ocean surface – the so-called Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent – during El Niño events is key in reducing the uncertainty of predictions of future warming in the eastern tropical Pacific.…
Post-Covid-19 ‘Sustainable Development’ Means Little In Precision Or Practice
Now that COVID-19 is compounding and exacerbating threats to the global economy, including higher public debt burdens, de-globalization and an expanding role of the state, the call for “sustainable development” to recover from the shock is widely proclaimed from all quarters.…
You are Probably a Criminal. Hands Up–Drop the Feather!
The oddest thing is that this case seems to have been decided, in part, based on the opinion of a fictional character, Atticus Finch, one of the protagonists of Harper Lee’s magnificent novel, To Kill a Mocking Bird. …
Fatal polar bear attack in Svalbard unfairly blamed on lack of sea ice
A polar bear attacked a camping site Friday in Norway’s remote Svalbard Islands, killing a 38-year-old Dutch man before being shot and killed by onlookers, authorities on the Arctic island said.…
Alberta oil shipped through Panama Canal to Atlantic Canada to avert COVID-19 threat to energy supply
Any event — such as a COVID-19 outbreak in any of these oil-supplying countries — that disrupts the flow of crude oil to the refinery threatens the energy security of most people in Atlantic Canada.…
Scientific America: “What Climate Change Does to the Human Body”
Dr. Neelu Tummala, MD claims she can see the effects of climate change increasingly impacting the bodies of her patients.…