Alexander Bevilacqua's really interesting review of Philip C. Almond's Noah and the Flood in Western Thought.
Owing to diabetes in later life, Bryan habitually carried a bag of radishes around with him for purposes of snackage.
Richard Somerville discusses his new book Climate Change Science with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
"His greatest issues are peace and radishes." A caricature of William Jennings Bryan, from Collier's in 1916.
A review of Kate Marvel's Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel about Our Changing Planet.
New York State has officially adopted new regulations for the teaching of climate change across the grade span! Congrats to my CRETF colleagues who have worked so hard to make this happen, and congrats to all New Yorkers! www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-...
#climateeducation #teachclimate
Creationist (a gelding) out of Bargain Blitz by Noble Mission. Who would have guessed?
I just e-mailed you a PDF.
If "it's real; it's us; it's bad; there's hope" isn't quite enough for you, here are the basics of climate change in 90 seconds.
What's the problem? After all, Sherlock Holmes wrote a number of monographs on such diverse topics as cryptography, tobacco ashes, and the polyphonic motets of Lassus.
Owing to popular demand (n = 1), here's my two-part blog post about Ambrose Bierce's discussion of evolution.
John Cook discusses "Why Science Communication Fails" on The Great Simplification podcast.
In which I discuss Bill Nye's views on evolution. No, not that Bill Nye. Well, just a bit.
Kudos to Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler.com) for his touching obituary for the DOE Climate Working Group Report.
This is the story from the October 30, 1964, issue of the Daily Mail.
ICYMI: the late paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues's appearance on the Paleonerds podcast.
The middle group is likely to be heterogeneous, I suspect, including theistic evolutionists, intelligent design fans, and people with indeterminate views.
"[E]ven though the federal government's decision to adopt climate denial in place of climate science as official US government policy is 'chilling to the core,' scientists' voices are far from useless."
Crunching the numbers from the 2023-2024 Pew Religious Landscape Survey, Ryan Burge concludes, "Creationism Isn’t as Common as You Think."
Yearly global temps compared to the pre-industrial average. Despite some differences, all data sources show more red bars than blue ones—evidence of long-term global warming. #ShowYourStripes #ClimateForUs
Minnesota's Senate Bill 3659 would, if enacted, establish a climate literacy seal "to recognize graduating high school students ... who demonstrate mastery in climate literacy disciplines and attain green skills or technical green skills."
A lovely essay on evolution by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Carl Bergstrom (@carlbergstrom.com).
"On the forefront of this movement is Delaware, a state with plans for all of its middle and high school CTE [Career and Technical Education] courses to include environmental lessons in the coming years."
Mark your calendar, because I'm speaking to Michigan Humanists on "Fear of a Round Planet": online at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on February 22.
Behold: the mitochondrion of Jersey City!
Help us build a new online platform to protect federal climate science information for the public. givebutter.com/valentines-d...
My former colleague Emily Schoerning of American Resiliency discusses resiliency with the Crazy Town podcast!
