“No, we’re not”
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"Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do." -- Wendell Berry
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That’s a silly idea, especially about a universe which is fundamentally stochastic.
Daily writing prompt Do you think everything happens for a reason? View all responses
So much for U.S. leadership in Science and Engineering
Discouraging graduate students from other countries.
“record warm 2026”
From Prof Zeke Hausfather of Berkeley Earth: https://pdpwbj.clicks.mlsend.com/tj/c/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjI0OTYxNyxcImxcIjoxOTQxMzQxMDg2ODU3MzE1NDgsXCJyXCI6MTk0MTM0MTI1OTIxMTc1NDkxfSIsInMiOiJkNjgyNmU0NzI0MTc1OGRiIn0
Professor Jeff Galkowski won a Whitehead Prize this year
Jeff is a professor at University College London. What the Whitehead Prize is all about. Jeff s citation.
From TJ on the 250th
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. — Thomas Jefferson
Professor James Hansen
2026 is on track to be the hottest year. /
Insight from Tamino
Not just another summer
Climate is Back …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/climate/noaa-climate-science-data-website.html
Some Solar in Westwood
Importance of NSF’s Ocean Observatories Initiative
In announcing its decision to begin removing the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s (OOI) deep-sea infrastructure, the National Science Foundation inaccurately cited a 2025 National Academies report on the future of ocean science. The committee that wrote the peer-reviewed report said the importance of Continue reading
More on RCP 8.5 from …
The Climate Brink.
The story of RCP 8.5
What s there to know about RCP 8.5 by Climate Adam.
“Estonia Warns European Allies Against Direct Talks With Russia”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-16/estonia-warns-european-allies-against-direct-talks-with-russia: Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.
wind machine
Dr Des Callaghan’s “Bryophytes around the world”
Dr Callaghan is a superb bryophyte photographer.
Entire NSF National Science Board fired by Donald Trump
More moves to make himself remembered in history, no doubt. And DT is intending to gut NOAA.
DT is moving to control U.S. elections, one state at a time
According to Reuters.
The Climate Brink
I follow The Climate Brink carefully because Dr Dressler always has something useful to say, and because I often learn something reading him.
Tamino, on Climate, Spring 2026
March 2026: Climate in the USA
from Canada PM Mark Carney
Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, said in Davos this year that the longtime U.S.-led, rules-based system was rupturing, and that middle powers like Canada had to diversify their partnerships if they hoped to survive. “The old order is not coming Continue reading
Professor Katharine Hayhoe “Talking Climate” today
When did caring about the planet become “un-Christian”? Great stuff.
thanks DT for making the case for solar and EVs and NOT oil
. Go EVs!
2026 March 14 [J 073.87] “Pi Day”
Geographic coordinates N42.227, W71.230, Westwood, MA, USA
Rare and hard to find 1937-1938
https://667-per-cm.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ChronicaBryophyta-1938.pdf is a PDF of 1938 paper A YEAR-BOOK Devoted to the Study), of Mosses and Hepatics /a> by Fr. VERDOORN, Volume X, 1937, published by the Chronica Botanica Company, Leiden.
EPA official actions on their “endangerment finding”
From Realclimate
RC: “a peek behind the curtain”
A peek behind the curtain
Stark
Could this be why DT wants Greenland?
Camp Century , a former U.S. military base, is buried in the ice in Greenland. Apparently it contains lots of radioactive and toxic stuff. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-13155181/Can-climate-change-release-35-swimming-pools-worth-nuclear-waste.html Maybe they don t want the USA retroactively embarrassed? This also would not be a problem if Continue reading
NAP update on Endangerment Finding
EffectsOfHumanGHGEmissions MyNAP Download
Sporophyte capsules
Mostly Polytrichum.
AI and GPT don’t manufacture results from nothing
If the AI and GPT result reported in Nature is other than superstition,there must be a statistical model justifying it. I d like to know what it is and how it compares to existing well known prediction schemes and algorithms. Right Continue reading
16th September 2025, Westwood, MA
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Pohlia lescuriana
Pohlia lescuriana
Mckibben vs Nordhous
There s a review of McKibben s new book in The New Atlantis at https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/how-bill-mckibben-lost-the-plot I think people should read in full the Wikipedia article about Nordhaus before buying into this, even much at all I d say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nordhaus Welcome comments here.
NOAA climate assessment which has been taken off the federal site
By You Know Who NOAA report
Fast-Track Review of Latest Evidence for Whether Greenhouse Gas Emissions Endanger Public Health and Welfare
On 7 August 2025, the United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine initiated a new study to review the latest scientific evidence on whether greenhouse gas emissions are reasonably anticipated to endanger public health and welfare in the U.S. Continue reading
A New Phase in Trump’s War on Data
“RIGGED” Nothing new Censorship of Science by the administration of President Donald Trump “Azimuth Backup Project (Part 5)”, upcoming presentation by Prof John Carlos Baez
Beaker Street
As of today I support Beaker Street
Biofluorescent marsupial
(from Nature)
Steve Buchan, botanical photographer
https://flic.kr/ps/267Eah
2025 Jul 4-12 J(185-193) around yard 2 long lenses OM5 camera
25mm compact lens equivalent to 50mm
Versatile yet simple, the black M.Zuiko Digital 25mm f/1.8 II Lens from OM System is an IPX1-rated 50mm equivalent prime for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. Its normal field of view is complemented by a fast f/1.8 maximum aperture for controlling depth of field Continue reading
Polytrichum macro photos, several of spore capsules
Polytrichum sporophytes.
“Macro Treasures”
Flower photography by Thomas Stirr. Part of his Web site Small Sensor Photography.
Flickr Account
I also have a collection of photos, mostly of bryophytes, on Flickr.
2025 May 8 J 128 redbuds, etc, OM Systems 60mm lens
2025 April 19 J109 some close-ups of Polytrichum
OM Systems OM5 camera with OM System M.Zuiko 90mm macro and non-macro 1:3.5 digital lens. Also used M.Zuiko 40mm-150mm 1:4 zoom macro, and Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens for Micro Four Thirds. Most of these are also Continue reading
A New Lens
A new lens for macrophotography, an OM Systems M.Zuiko ED40-150mm F4.0 PRO.