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Wildfires Getting Wilder–and Why

Posted on by Mark Nykanen

Sending you over to Slate quickly this morning for a marvelous 1:47 video that explains as succinctly as possible why we’re seeing such massive wildfires this summer–and why we’re likely to see them over and over again in the years to come. Short, concise, and–ironically enough–chilling. Here’s the link: https://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2013/08/yosemite_fire_climate_change_we_are_all_to_blame_for_forest_fires.html

Let’s Look at a Lie

Posted on by Mark Nykanen

I’ll keep this short this morning by bringing to your attention a piece in Slate that looks at a key climate-denier charge: that much of the planet’s warming can be linked to El Nino, when the oceans release heat, as contrasted with La Nina, when the oceans absorb heat. We’re coming out of a period [...]