On the same day that The New York Times said (buried in its Media Decoder blog) that it would cut 100 newsroom jobs (again), Columbia University said it would not accept applications […]
The Weekly Carboholic: Tipping points will be difficult to identify
Tipping points will be difficult to identify U.S. Chamber of Commerce President complains about environmentalists Barrels instead of bottles Ocean acidification to turn parts of the Arctic Ocean corrosive by 2018 El […]
Gore says ‘tipping point’ close for public push on climate change
SEJ member Tom Yulsman asks a question of Vice President Gore in Madison. Photo: Anne Minard. The fate of the earth could end up determined by which tipping point is reached first: […]
Nota Bene #87: Supersize Moi
There’s an old saying in Tennessee
Obama's Nobel and the glory of good intentions
It isn’t Denis Mukwege, the doctor who’s treated at least 21,000 rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He’s the only doctor there who does such treatment and the hospital he […]
Nota Bene #86: Blog Post Go Boom
I learned something new today
Does the ROI on a degree in journalism affect choice of career?
A recent edition of Forbes magazine explores the ROI — return on investment — of the cost of attending the nation’s more prestigious schools of business. Generally speaking, graduates of these top […]
Nota Bene #85: Beer Votes and Rock Quotes
Summer is gone
Oxygen isotope proxy errors corrected in Greenland ice cores
Scientists, mariners, and weather hobbyists started directly measuring temperature with thermometers globally in the late 1800s. When modern climatologists want temperature data farther back in time than those first global measurements, they […]
Nota Bene #84: Lemmy and the Mets
Perfect cure for a hangover:
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