The pause

Things have been quiet since Copenhagen and as is increasingly common there is a marked shortage of good news, forcing me to look carefully to avoid becoming terminally depressing.

The official NASA temperature results for 2009 are out, and we should at least hope to see the dissentients shut up about their “Its Cooling” rubbish. The [...]

We have met the enemy and he is us

A few bits and pieces to start the year.

New Scientist included this article in their Christmas edition suggesting that our infatuation with “stuff” is deeply ingrained in humans and tied up with our mating habits (though it must be noted that NS does look for “lighter content” at Xmas and the studies did look a [...]