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And Then Unmasks or Not
April 13, 2014 0

And Then Unmasks or Not

By News Desk

Tweet And Then There is Physics is taking a break and wondering whether he should unmask.  Eli left some advice , which is worth repeating as it is often discussed Keep the handle and don’t worry if some “out†you. The nym provides important space where you don’t feel the need to respond to every last bit of abuse, and to look at the world with fresh eyes

We Are All Sitting Ducks
March 31, 2014 0

We Are All Sitting Ducks

By News Desk

Tweet Michael Oppenheimer summed it up, "We are all sitting ducks" The WGII Summary for Policy Makers is available.  It can be downloaded , and is not very long (44 pages including figures, about 30 pages of print).  If bunnies have been paying attention a fast skim can be done.  It is a sobering read, no more so than expected, perhaps less than needed.  The first sentence says it all Human interference with the climate system is occurring, and climate change poses risks for human and natural systems Human existence depends on those natural systems and humans are straining them to the breaking point and it is in the natural systems that the largest effects have been seen, seen, but mere harbingers of that to come. In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans.