The Trump White House Rhetoric seems to say: Give up on Puerto Rico

The White House calls the disaster in Puerto Rico a “good news story,” implying that the federal government is doing a great job there. Meanwhile, Donald Trump put out a tweet today that seems to imply that the US needs to consider whether or not it wants to help Puerto Rico, which, by the way,…

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An interesting new graphic showing climate change

This graphic, by Boggis Makes Videos and put on YouTube just a few days ago, breaks all the rules of how to make effective, understandable graphs for the general public. However, if you follow all those rules, it is difficult or impossible to get certain message across. Therefore, this graphic is necessary if a bit…

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Wait, don’t buy an Echo yet!

I had mentioned before that we are enjoying our Amazon Echo, one of those robots that listens and then responds with a certain degree of intelligence. We don’t use the Echo for very many things, but that is partly because we are not in the habit. For example, if I’m sitting in a certain chair…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/09/29/wait-dont-buy-an-echo-yet/

The Great Pacific Invasion

When the big tsunami hit Japan in 2011, many objects were washed out to sea. This flotsam provided for a giant “rafting event.” A rafting event is when animals, plants, etc. float across an otherwise uncrossable body of water and end up alive on the other side. With this particular event, I don’t think very…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/09/28/the-great-pacific-invasion/

People who voted for Jill Stein were tricked, and we are all paying for it

Or so it seems. Donald Trump won the 2016 election with 306 votes to Hillary Clinton’s 232 votes. That is a spread of 74 votes. Clinton was likely to win in several states in which she lost, including Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, maybe Ohio, etc. In three states that could have gone either way, Jill Stein’s…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/09/28/people-who-voted-for-jill-stein-were-tricked-and-we-are-all-paying-for-it/

Puerto Rico Disaster Implications: Migrations, Politics, Cholera

Two or three thoughts about the current crisis. When there is a major climate disaster in the US, people move. Since the US is big and has large gaps in population, it looks different than when a disaster happens in some other places. Five million (or more) Syrians leaving the Levant left a major mark…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/09/28/puerto-rico-disaster-implications-migrations-politics-cholera/

States Can Lead the Way on Climate Change

True that. In the US, energy policy and regulation happens much more at the state level than the federal level, and our federal government went belly up last January anyway. Some states will not lead, they will go backwards, but others will lead, and show the way. So, here I want to highlight this new…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/09/27/states-can-lead-the-way-on-climate-change/