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Ummm…this: "People are getting dumber. That's not a judgment; it's a global fact. In a host of leading nations, IQ scores have started to decline."
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Warning: NSFW (Unless you work at a University and part of your job is to watch stuff like this and post it on a blog). The highlights of this have been around all week, but most of the clips are just Bill Nye the Science Guy saying "motherf***ers. But this segment on Last Week Tonight…
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Tim Haab on "[EPA's] rejiggered science advisory board stocked with industry types just killed three committees it has traditionally relied on": “The message was a surprise,” Timothy Haab, an environmental economist at Ohio State University who was on the economics committee, told Earther. “I fear that losing the advisory committees could jeopardize the objectivity of the science used…
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The Legislature of the State of Ohio is currently considering legislation to reduce Phosphorous loadings into Lake Erie by 40%. This is a good thing, as reducing Phosphorous going into Lake Erie will reduce the incidence and impact of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Western Lake Erie Basin. The proposed legislation establishes a Clean Lake…
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It has gone down something like this: Get a review assignment from a journal Am unable to login to the journal website to retrieve the paper Find out that the journal has created two accounts for me Journal sends me the paper to review via email Can't login to submit my review I submit my…
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I'm here: February 6 & 7, 2018 Socio-Economic PanelCrowne Plaza Hotel4381 Tanger Outlet BoulevardNorth Charleston, SC 29418 Briefing Book Webinar Registration February 6, 2017, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM February 7, 2017, 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM Public Comment Click here to submit public comment on SEP agenda items Click here to read what others have…
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Published n Science on August 18, 2017 (Vol. 357, Issue 6352, pp. 655): In March, President Trump's Executive Order 13783 disbanded the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (IWG) (1). IWG developed estimates for federal agencies to use in cost-benefit analyses of climate policies. IWG's most recent central estimate was $50 in…
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Telescope link: https://cas.appstate.edu/solar-eclipse-2017/live-streaming Here is a link to the live commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggMtpqcrjek
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And the first thing I'll miss on-campus are the on-campus solar eclipse festivities. From the inbox: As you are making plans for eclipse viewing today, please remember the College of Arts & Sciences has a number of safe viewing opportunities, including live streaming of the eclipse. Festivities begin at 1pm on Sanford Mall, weather permitting. You can…
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An exclusive from The Guardian: Staff at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have been told to avoid using the term climate change in their work, with the officials instructed to reference “weather extremes” instead. A series of emails obtained by the Guardian between staff at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a USDA unit that…
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