Ship of Fools III – Global Warming Study Cancelled Because of ‘Unprecedented’ Ice

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A global warming research study in Canada has been cancelled because of “unprecedented” thick summer ice. Naturally, the scientist in charge has blamed it on ‘climate change.’ According to Vice: The study, entitled BaySys, is a $17-million four-year-long program headed by the University of Manitoba. It was planning to conduct the third leg of its […]

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June 13, 2017 at 06:42AM

Apple Goes Full Climate Warrior After Trump’s Paris Climate Exit

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Apple offered a $1 billion green energy bond Tuesday shortly after the company’s CEO criticized President Donald Trump for bowing out of the Paris climate accord. Apple’s tax-exempt bond is expected to finance various clean energy and environmental projects. The tech company’s green bond is the first offered since Trump withdrew from the climate deal earlier this […]

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June 13, 2017 at 06:12AM

How Science Is Losing Its Humanity

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The Closing of the Scientific Mind is a plea for scientists to celebrate and enhance humanity rather than belittle human life.  Author David Gelernter is a professor of computer science at Yale. His book Subjectivism: The Mind from Inside will be published by Norton later this year.  Excerpts below. The Closing of the Scientific Mind […]

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June 13, 2017 at 05:54AM

‘Super Corals’ Are Resilient To Climate Change, Scientists Discover

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Scientists have discovered a population of “super corals” that appear to have become resistant to extreme environmental conditions—being able to survive and thrive in hot, acidic and low-oxygen waters. And they now plan to search for more climate-adaptable coral populations within the Great Barrier Reef. An international team of researchers first found the super corals […]

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June 13, 2017 at 05:54AM