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Category Archives: Climate

If Your Head Is In the Clouds At Least It Won’t Get Wet

February 5, 2013

This post originally appeared on Nature Education’s Student Voices When you’re flying, you see more of the world. You see …

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Changing a Micro-Climate: A Poem

January 9, 2013

Towering turbines turn the motion of molecules into electricity; Whole fields of fog-makers spin and twist to perhaps power a …

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The Skeptical Disconnect Redux

July 20, 2012

“I think I have you skeptics figured out,” he said with a cautious smirk. “For you this isn’t about the …

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Risk, Emotion, and Global Warming

May 10, 2012

In my latest essay for the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF), I talk about why I think the public is …

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Occam’s razor does not favor a climate change “hoax” {Infographic}

March 9, 2012

Occam’s razor suggests that the more likely explanation for some phenomenon is the explanation which requires the fewest number of …

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Why humans are definitely affecting our atmosphere (or how 6 pounds of gasoline becomes 20 pounds of CO2)

February 7, 2012

Let’s face it. Trolls aside, global warming is a scientifically verified phenomenon. The question was first “Is it happening?” Our …

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Another blow to climate “skeptics”: The urban heat island effect is not the culprit

October 20, 2011

The “urban heat island effect” is the effect that cities tend to be hotter and release more heat to the …

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A New Poll on Evolution and Climate Change Finds Positive Results

September 23, 2011

Beyond the data dump featured below, you can find a summary of the results in the section entitled “Interpreting the …

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Still skeptical about AGW? July breaks 9,000 heat records

August 7, 2011

Even though we should be cautious not to mistake weather for climate, the trends of the last few years are …

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Science Editor of Nerdist Industries.

Kyle Hill is a science writer and communicator who specializes in finding the secret science in your favorite fandom. His work has appeared in Wired, The Boston Globe, Scientific American, Popular Science, Discover Magazine, and more. He is a TV correspondent for Al Jazeera America's science and technology show TechKnow.

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