Fred Bortz's blog
I just added three new book reviews to my Science Shelf book review archive. All deal with climate change, and all are reviewed by people other than myself.
I also have some new books on my reading table that you might find interesting.
The past seven years have shown what can happen if the President of the United States hears and sees only what supports his predispositions.
Science doesn't work that way. Don't you think it would be a good idea if someone organized a 2008 Presidential debate focused on science and Technology?
The last time Uranus experienced an equinox, planetary astronomer Heidi Hammel was in Kindergarten.
This time, at age 47, she is at the forefront of discoveries about its atmosphere and climate.
CT representative Terry Backer added a comment to my earlier blog entry about his op-ed article written with CT state senator Bob Duff.
It's worth opening a new thread to discuss it, so I reproduce it here. Please consider the implications for your own areas and comment.
stemcellguy, I'd be interested in your take on today's big news about making embryonic-like stem cells from skin cells.
Would you post something?
I've blog-bragged about my books before, but this is special. In 2005, I published a young readers' biography of a terrific astronomer, Beyond Jupiter: The Story of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel.
She is featured in a Newsweek article for November 26.
As most of my regular readers know, I like to visit schools because it gives me a chance to speak directly to my readers.
I've just set up a visit in the Cleveland OH area in May and would like to set up one more.
My online friend who keeps me abreast of Peak Oil issues thinks a regional Op-Ed piece in Connecticut is not worth blogging about.
I disagree.
Wow! Did you hear about the scientific journal article that definitively rules out the idea that global warming is caused by human activity?
Carbon dioxide production by benthic bacteria: the death of manmade global warming theory? Journal of Geoclimatic Studies (2007) 13:3. 223-231.
Ever since I wrote Collision Course! Cosmic Impacts and Life on Earth in 2001, I have been updating a webpage that discusses various cosmic impact events.
I just added news about research that connects the origin of a small Siberian lake to the famous Tunguska impact event of 1908.
Publishers Weekly has just published its list of best books for 2007, including the following science or science-related titles.
The latest Science Shelf Newsletter is now available. A version without images and with some links not active is reproduced here.
Could China's Moon shot signal an Asian reprise of the US/USSR Cold War race to the Moon? More significantly, can we develop missions to explore other bodies in the Solar System without an underlying military motive?
For those who want to follow and discuss the Peak Oil issue, you may want to join or keep in touch with The Association for the Study of Peak Oil USA (ASPO-USA), which just held a major meeting in Houston, where "Pessimism was in the air concerning future oil production."
What does Peak Oil have to do with global warming?
Plenty, since coal provides the most readily available alternative to oil for power plants.
