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Is A New Age Of Pressure Upon Us? - 14
"Fingerprints" of crustal stressIn the previous post of this series on the Dredd Blog System, I detailed the history of this question going back almost eight years. In that post I pointed out the gist...
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On Thermal Expansion & Thermal Contraction - 31
Fig. 1aFig. 1bFig. 1cI. New BeginningsToday, the new year brings on graphs showing the final solution for the "which Zones to use" question.That question concerns the issue of deciding which small...
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The World According To Measurements - 9
Fig. 1 It's a measurementI. Who Needs A RulerMeasurements tell us the answer to questions like "Is the Earth flat?,""Is the Earth a globe?,""Is the Earth warming globally?," and "Did they make a first...
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Dept. of Justice Conspiracy Theories - 3
Whistle blowling where you workI. BackgroundIn the previous post of this series I wrote:Over a half a decade ago I pointed out one bad habit of the mass media (Dept. of Justice Conspiracy Theories)....
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When Accountability Is A Plague - 5
It takes a despotic minority too ...What does it take to destroy a democracy?One well researched answer is "the absence of accountability" (When Accountability Is A Plague, 2, 3, 4).Another well...
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The World According To Measurements - 10
Fig. 1aFig. 1bFig. 1cFig. 2aFig. 2bFig. 2cFig. 3aFig. 3bFig. 3cI. In The BeginningWhat do you do? (when you have been using a toolkit forever, then log on to the site one day to find the following):...
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First Shots Fired In The Currency Wars - 3
Fig 1Â Trends In SyncSince 2009 this series, in addition to discussing the history of the "petrodollar," has also considered the future of the U.S. version of the petrodollar (First Shots Fired In The...
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Questionable "Scientific" Papers - 16
Fanatically, a group of business investors became scientists and, in one fell scoop, solved the global warming induced climate change problems.At least they say they have: "The Climate-Change Doomsday...
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The World According To Measurements - 11
Fig. 1aFig. 1bI. Good ReasonsSome good reasons to study the oceans are:"The oceans cover 71 percent of the Earth's surface and contain 97 percent of the Earth's water.Less than 1 percent of the Earth's...
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On The More Robust Sea Level Computation Techniques - 7
Fig. 1I recently decided to drop the "golden" from the method of selecting WOD zones (using a sample number of locations).That "golden" description is an apt description, an efficient practice, and a...
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You Are Here - 6
Fig. 1Ring of FireThe doomsday clock, like the drumming rabbit, keeps on ticking closer to midnight (Doomsday Clock).In an "unrelated" crescendo the Ring of Fire is also acting up (Fig. 1).Whether...
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On The More Robust Sea Level Computation Techniques - 8
Fig. 1In the previous post of this series I indicated that I would be adding a changes only graph view to the RLR view: "One thing I have yet to finish is the anomaly change pattern (patterns without...
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Questionable "Scientific" Papers - 17
"Catnip, the bottom is the other way."I. Use The Best Sources The World Ocean Database (WOD) is a premiere database of in situ ocean measurements, made by scientific researchers around the globe:"The...
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The Layered Approach To Big Water - 9
Fig. 1aFig. 1bFig. 1cI. BackgroundSaturday's post criticized headline and content "puffery" (a.k.a. hyperbole a.k.a. hype). Fig. 2aFig. 2bFig. 2cThe going from "warm" to "hot" without convincing...
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On Thermal Expansion & Thermal Contraction - 32
Fig. 1I. BackgroundIn a recent post I indicated that a new software module I am developing had not yet been finished, even though I was presenting some output from the beta version of that module I was...
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Hot, Warm, & Cold Thermal Facts: Tidewater-Glaciers
Fig. 1Is this a "Hot Glacier?"I. BackgroundRegular readers know that I have had my eyes on ice sheets, ice shelves, and glaciers for some time now. Recently, while reading Thermodynamic Equation Of...
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Antarctica 2.0 - 3
Fig. 1Southern Ocean - SOCCOMThis series has dealt with a concern I have had about the history of Antarctica we have read in textbooks.It is a concern that government has been "intentionally unaware"...
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Hot, Warm, & Cold Thermal Facts: Tidewater-Glaciers - 2
Fig. 1Totten Glacier NeighborhoodI. BackgroundThis series deals with deceitful doublespeak used to misinform the public about where they really are (You Are Here, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).We are told that...
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Hot, Warm, & Cold Thermal Facts: Tidewater-Glaciers - 3
Fig. 1aFig. 1bFig. 1cI. Why?Why make a big deal out of a chunk of ice that is out of sight and out of mind?Why make a big deal out of a chunk of ice that only twenty-eight (28) humans have ever set...
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