Ted Rall said he enjoyed drawing this 'toon. I think he deserves credit for putting together two impressive stats (even if I can't find the number for those Americans who don't think climate change is a problem, one-third of voters is in the ballpark).
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
The trials and tribulations of the Newsosaur; er, reporter
In the last couple of weeks a virtual avalanche of appalling news about newspapers and their field workers — the species newsosauras, according to one wit — has come down on me. On a list of best and worst jobs, according to a career agency cited by the WSJ, reporters come in 196th, almostContinue reading “The trials and tribulations of the Newsosaur; er, reporter”
The least known proof of global warming: phenology
A month ago Heidi Cullen, the hardest working weatherperson around, penned a NY Times op-ed about the least known proof of global warming, phenology: The climatologist Mark D. Schwartz at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and colleagues at the USA National Phenology Network have developed an index that can be used to estimate the date ofContinue reading “The least known proof of global warming: phenology”
Understanding the extreme weather/climate change link
At Dot Earth, Andy Revkin takes another whack at the link between recent extreme weather events and climate change. He begins as I did a couple of posts back, with the debate between Rahmstorf/Coumou at RealClimate and Marty Hoerling at NOAA. He doesn't put the March heat wave into the mix, but does add usefulContinue reading “Understanding the extreme weather/climate change link”
Mike Wallace, depression and the real “Blues Brothers”
Today was reported the death of the great reporter Mike Wallace, of 60 Minutes fame. Sharon Waxman, an excellent reporter herself, recalls meeting him, and hearing of a now forgotten side of Mike Wallace, and of his great friends Art Buchwald and William Styron too: [Mike] Wallace always seemed fearless and in fact on thatContinue reading “Mike Wallace, depression and the real “Blues Brothers””
Cherry tree in the wind
The incandescent writer Terry Tempest Williams — whom you must go see read if you ever get the chance — sends along a print called. Cherry tree in the wind. The artist, Ethan Friedland, says this is a pencil and charcoal drawing tinted yellow. Williams says he's twelve years old.
Still w/the Midwest heatwave: Climate Change? Yes or no?
Probably yes, the recent heat wave in the Midwest can be attributed to global warming, write Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou for RealClimate. They conclude their statistical discussion with: …let’s take the most simple case of a normal distribution that is shifted towards the warm end by a given amount – say one standard deviation. Then,Continue reading “Still w/the Midwest heatwave: Climate Change? Yes or no?”
On the trail of a grizzly killing
Kids today pay more attention to Slate than most newspapers, and stories like Jessica Grose's A Death in Yellowstone make it clear why. Here's one quote, but you really can't sum it up in a 'graph or two. Peacock doesn’t believe there’s such a thing as natural or unnatural behavior when it comes to grizzlies, atContinue reading “On the trail of a grizzly killing”
A fire to make The Hunger Games look tame
The new movie blockbuster, The Hunger Games, turns out to be shockingly good. Not because it's futuristic — with a little magic, it could easily have been set in ancient times. Not because it stars a teenager, or a young woman; the same story could be told through a male perspective, if less imaginatively. ButContinue reading “A fire to make The Hunger Games look tame”
Kathleen Edwards: Never Gonna Feel the Same
On tour last night in Ventura, the increasingly popular Kathleen Edwards concluded with her near-hit Change the Sheets, which opens: My love took a ride on a red-eye planeGoing homeAnd we're never gonna feel the sameChange this feeling under my feetChange the sheets and then change me This central idea reminds me of what aContinue reading “Kathleen Edwards: Never Gonna Feel the Same”
Kit Stolz 