Tag: climate change
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The Alternative to Climate Alarmists & Deniers
Daily Tech: Climate Alarmists & Deniers: Please, Just Shut Up Researchers at George Mason University and Yale University bring the grave news that "belief in global warming" is at a "six year low". I. Do You Believe? The study [PDF] comes courtesy of principle investigator Professor Anthony Leiserowitz, an environmental scientist at Yale. Other principle investigators include…
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How Nuclear Power Can Stop Global Warming
Scientific American: How Nuclear Power Can Stop Global Warming Nuclear power is one of the few technologies that can quickly combat climate change, experts argue. … Indeed, he has evidence: the speediest drop in greenhouse gas pollution on record occurred in France in the 1970s and '80s, when that country transitioned from burning fossil fuels…
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Fields of beaten gold (GMOs)
Economist: Fields of beaten gold Greens say climate-change deniers are unscientific and dangerous. So are greens who oppose GM crops. … … There is plenty of evidence, though, that they benefit the health of the planet. One of the biggest challenges facing mankind is to feed the 9 billion-10 billion people who will be alive…
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Fewer people won’t save the planet, behaving better will
Conversation: Fewer people won’t save the planet, behaving better will "… Does the earth have too many people for its own good? Can another three or four billion be added (the current United Nations projection for 2100) without fatally harming the planet? The issue is not one of how many people the planet can support,…
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Science and Technology Links
1. Scientists Should Engage in Policy, Carefully … There is a helpful way of looking at how scientists give advice to policymakers. In Roger Pielke’s book, The Honest Broker, he suggests that there are four ways scientists can choose to engage in the policy process. First, they can act as a “pure scientist” who publishes…
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Science and Technology Links
1. Why We Should Look Forward To Living To 120 And Beyond … Consider these facts: More than $1 trillion has been spent on biomedical research over the past 20 years. These investments should soon start yielding longevity dividends. The number of scientists working on extending the life span worldwide has increased exponentially as computer…
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To change anti-science activists’ minds, go beyond science
The Conversation: To change anti-science activists' minds, go beyond science … The proponents of GM rice and its benefits clearly have positive intentions, and they are understandably upset. Some of the pieces decrying the acts of the crop vandals explicitly refer to these activists as being “anti-science”. But to dismiss this, and similar, disagreements as…