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Changes in the Jet Stream

March 29, 2017

The Washington Post article, One of the most troubling ideas about climate change just found new evidence in its favor, summarizes a recent study on the possible impact to the jet stream due to climate change. The Northern Hemisphere jet stream flows in a wavy pattern from west to east, driven …

Proposed Cuts to Science Budgets

March 27, 2017

This blog is generally not meant to be explicitly political, although there is no doubt that the posts and data provided here are minimally implicitly political. There will be occasions where a more explicitly political post will appear and this is one of these times. The NYT has an article …

Methane Bubbles – A Feedback Loop

March 23, 2017

The Siberian Times brings us this article: 7,000 underground gas bubbles poised to ‘explode’ in Arctic Their appearance at such high latitudes is most likely linked to thawing permafrost which in is in turn linked to overall rise of temperature on the north of Eurasia during last several decades,’ said a …

Simplifying Statistics

March 20, 2017

These two videos present statistics about the U.S and World Population in the context of 100 people. The two videos provide opportunities for comparisons between the U.S. and the world that could be used in stats or QL class. https://youtu.be/c2DN2jCefYk

Mythbusters Test Global Warming

March 16, 2017

This is 2009 video, but still relevant and may inspire some classes to try their own experiments or collaborate with a science class.

Are Facts Enough?

March 13, 2017

Colin Beavan’s essay in YES magazine, What It Takes to Change Hearts and Minds, speaks to how facts may not be enough to change minds. As he says, Facts and figures are wonderful tools, but they are not a communications strategy. It is a short essay worth reading.

Association Between State Same-Sex Marriage Policies and Adolescent Suicide Attempts

March 8, 2017

The Feb 20 article in JAM, Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Association Between State Same-Sex Marriage Policies and Adolescent Suicide Attempts, provides some useful tables and graphs for a stats course. For example see table 2 (pictured here). From the paper: Question Are state same-sex marriage policies associated with a reduction …

Antarctica Ice Hits a Record Low

March 6, 2017

The WunderBlog has an excellent summary of the current state of Antarctica Ice in their post Sea Ice Extent in Antarctica Bottoming Out at Lowest on Record. The chart here comes from the NSIDC Interactive Chart and is a full version of the one in the article. A few tips on using …

World Development Indicators: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments

March 2, 2017

If you are looking for graphs and data on a variety of sustainability issues you should look at the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Goals – World Development Indicators 2017. The site contains interactive related to 17 development goals. For example, the chart here (downloaded from the site) is the proportion …

Melting Permafrost and a Feedback Loop

February 27, 2017

The BBC has a great article on a Siberian crater, the Batagaika crater, that is growing quickly due to melting permafrost. Excerpt from the article: As more permafrost thaws, more and more carbon is exposed to microbes. The microbes consume the carbon, producing methane and carbon dioxide as waste products. These …

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