Remember kids: just because it's cold where you are, doesn't mean we aren't screwing up the atmosphere! Here are two videos that I thought were both enlightening and interesting while being soundly grounded in science. Good times!

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The Catholic Bishops have a little to say, too:
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I've been an advocate for putting vegetation on the tops of buildings for a long time, but this idea works, too: paint it white!

White Rooftops May Help Slow Warming
Energy Secretary Pitches Low-Tech Idea

[sourceBy David A. Fahrenthold ( Read more... )

Classes start today and all the students are back. MI is having its annual identity crisis about what kind of weather is appropriate for January 7. Today it is 54 degrees and overcast. We've already set a record for warm weather in 2008. Yay! Global warming is just a theory ( Read more... )

If you were looking for good news, you're not going to get it from me:

Lake Superior is evaporating.

The Southwest is on its way to becoming a dust bowl.

We can change our lifestyles by choice, or we can change them out of a need for survival. Either way, something is going to change.

Step 1: Find a theater.

Step 2: See this film.

Step 3: Recommend it to your friends and your family.

Step 4: Change your lifestyle.