Climate Change Debate
One on the things that Al Gore’s book has done is to bring the issue of climate change (global warming) to the surface via his book/film/appearances/interviews, and also independent reviews and discussions in local...
Read MoreDoes Global Warming Cause Hurricanes?
No. That’s the short answer. No one factor causes hurricanes, cyclones or tornadoes. However, global warming, (especially the warming of ocean surface temperature) could contribute to an increase the frequency and...
Read MoreIt's Getting Hotter in Atlanta
Well, hot temperatures are arriving in the Atlanta area; but its been hot in Texas. What’s the fuss. It’s summer. Well last year, 2005, was the hottest year during a period of temperature measurements from 1860 to...
Read MoreIt’s Getting Hotter in Atlanta
Well, hot temperatures are arriving in the Atlanta area; but its been hot in Texas. What’s the fuss. It’s summer. Well last year, 2005, was the hottest year during a period of temperature measurements from 1860 to...
Read MoreMeasuring CO2 in the Atmosphere
In 1958, Roger Revelle and Charles David Keeling developed with funding the Mauna Loa research station for measuring CO2 in the atmosphere. Samples are collected every hour from 5 towers standing above the volcano. According to...
Read MoreAn Inconvenient Truth
I’ve been thinking about writing something about Al Gore’s new book, An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It.A book such as this naturally controversial, but from...
Read MoreGlobal Warning
Global Warning? Global Warming? Which is it? Well, probably both if you take the position of Al Gore, and many climate change scientists. As you know, Gore put together a slide show on the danger posed by the warming of Planet...
Read MoreThis and That
I am in England, and in Hay, a town with more book stores than any other business, their annaul celebration of literacy is to be held. One of the books and film, An Inconvient Truth, is to be featured. Apparently, the organizers...
Read MoreCultures of Learning
In the last post, I made reference to the concept of “culture of learning,” in my discussion of the drop-out problem in America’s high schools. (note: America is not the only nation that has a poor track record...
Read MoreDropping Out of High School is the Thing to Do
Or at least, that seems to be the situation in American high schools. According to statistics compiled by The Gates Foundation, and reported on their website Stand Up, one-third of public high school students will not graduate....
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