Author: John Bruno
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Where’s the #climatechange coverage HuffPost?!
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Paul Greenberg on GM salmon
Paul “four fish” Greenberg testified before congress yesterday about the dangers of genetically modified (GM) salmon. I am generally not nearly as concerned about GM crops and food as most enviros, but I’d rather not see people modifying wild organisms and then releasing them back into the wild. Below are a few exerpts from Paul’s…
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The climate conversation
There has been a big conversation in the climate-o-sphere over the last week or two about what we need to do – or can do – about greenhouse gas emissions. I don’t agree with a lot of the points people have made, but it certainly got me thinking. Start here with Andy Revkin and Naomi…
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Where’s the #climatechange coverage?!
Seriously, so much is happening in the climate change world; scientific advancements, thoughtful policy debates about the choice we are facing, even some more funny stuff from the Onion. But you wouldn’t know any of that based on the coverage in the LSM. This is a wordle of the front page of today’s online edition…
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Climate change driven seaweed range shifts
There is a really neat new paper on species range shifts in response to global warming in Current Biology (Wernberg et al 2011). The authors used an exquisite online database of >20,000 herbarium records of macroalgae collected in Australia since the 1940s to assess changes in the northern range limits of seaweed. On both Australia’s west and east…
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Correction to Grist/TNC piece on coral bleaching
In a Grist repost of a TNC interview with Joanne Wilson, Robert Lalasz asks: You found less coral bleaching on this expedition than you’d thought you would. How significant is that finding? Should we be less worried about coral bleaching than we were before? Joanne Wilson: Coral bleaching occurs when water temperatures are warmer than normal…
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A warming climate takes its toll on the polar bears of Hudson Bay
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17469748[/vimeo] I got to spend some time with Dan in Churchill this year. He took us out polar bear watching via passenger van, he mentored me about the new line of Panasonic micro 4/3 cameras, he seems to know everything about this environment and travels the world as a photojournalist and guide.
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Transgendered sea anemone denounced as ‘abomination’ by clergy
From the Onion archives (note th: A coalition of Baptist clergymen spoke out Monday against the Telia felina, a transgendered sea anemone they are decrying as “base and depraved.” “This filthy anemone, which exhibits both male and female characteristics, is turning our oceans’ intertidal zones into dens of sin and perversion,” said Rev. William Chester, spokesman…
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Beneath the waves film festival 2012
The submission deadline for the excellent Beneath the waves film festival at the 2012 Benthic Ecology Meeting is coming up: January 20 (2012). This will be the first year I have attended the festival and I’m really excited about it. I may submit something about mangroves, although the quality of past submissions is intimidating. You can…
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The Man U climate model
A plot of global temperatures and the Manchester United Climate Model reveals that half of global warming is the result of Manchester United. Read about it and similar (non-satirical) arguments by climate change deniers here. HT to Kat.