Category Archives: patterns

a pattern is a spatial distribution of elements perceived as structure; a design, form, shape or template; herein the plural form is used to denote their study

Extinction of Pteropods

2010-7-19 – 1:38 pm

Goodbye to all the Chips of the Sea

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More Heat Waves in Next 30 Years

2010-7-16 – 10:43 pm

There is a certain irony, notes Professor Hell and High Water Romm, that adamant denial comes from ‘elected representatives’ of those areas likely to suffer most from Dust Bowl conditions.

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JACS (Just Another Complexity Signature)

2010-6-3 – 12:47 pm

Er, pardon me, when did Life on the Planet as we know it become an acceptable loss?

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Payback for a Disregard for Safety

2010-4-22 – 11:10 am

What we already have put and are putting in the atmosphere every day spells Doom.

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Warmer-than-Normal, Drier-than-Normal in March

2010-4-10 – 10:32 am

While the Northeast was above-normal in precipitation (read: flooding), much of the interior United States was below-normal. All other regions were near normal.

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Of Shifting Baselines and Non-linear Threshold Behavior

2010-1-16 – 5:58 pm

Hansen, Ruedy, Sato, and Lo would like the general public to know the difference between climate and weather.

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A Retrospective of Anthropogenic CO2 Concentrations

2010-1-15 – 4:14 pm

Another comprehensive study suggesting the ocean is losing the ability to absorb carbon dioxide. Sorry, Charlie.

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Meanwhile, in the Banana Republic

2010-1-9 – 11:53 am

Stop-loss is a policy, Daniel Webster, which says the Military Industrial Complex can expend soldiers beyond the end of their signed contracts.

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Only a Few More Days

2009-12-22 – 12:15 pm

Remember every time you say, “Permafrost,” a climate scientist somewhere has to take a Xanax.

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Ocean Acidity could increase by 150% by 2050

2009-12-16 – 4:34 pm

Synthesis Study finds Ocean Acidification from CO2 emissions could increase by 150% by 2050. Hasta la vista, Charlie the Tuna.

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