Friday, March 21, 2014

Maribo has moved!

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Check out the new home of Maribo!! simondonner.com/blog Recent stories include: What do you get when you cross art history and clim...
Monday, December 02, 2013

On the move: Reflections on seven years of blogging

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Maribo has set sail for new waters! The new site will continue to talk about climate change and other issues at the science-policy interfac...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013

What does Typhoon Haiyan tell us about adapting to climate change?

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The Toronto Star asked "how much of the tragedy [of Typhoon Haiyan] was caused by nature, and how much was caused by human actions?&q...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Guthrie: think critically and hope for a better world

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Michael Tobis of Planet3.0 has kindly handed me the Woody Guthrie Award for "thinking" earth science bloggers. In the process, h...
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Monday, October 21, 2013

Coral reefs and "Extreme Adaptations" at UBC's Beaty Biodiversity Museum

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If you're looking to escape the dreary weather, head to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum on UBC's campus to learn about our field work...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Creating a supportive environment for female scientists and science communicators

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The article Climate change prediction: Erring on the side of least drama? by Brysse et al. published earlier this year presents evidence t...
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Monday, October 07, 2013

Has the flood of interest in the IPCC and climate change already dissipated?

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The release of the IPCC report caused a short surge in public interest about climate change, according the Google Trends search data. Like a...
Thursday, October 03, 2013

Sea level rise demonstrates continued global warming

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One of the most telling little figures that I've come across in the new IPCC report is this Chapter 3 comparison (Fig. 3.21) of chan...
Monday, September 30, 2013

The oceans, on acid. And bacon.

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The new IPCC report reminds that through the fits and starts of climate warming, we continue to steadily carbonate the ocean. From the Summa...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

The pause in public understanding of climate change

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The Fifth IPCC assessment report on the physical science of climate change will be released tomorrow. It is probably the largest, most compr...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Did climate scientists make a mistake in predicting the decline of Arctic sea ice?

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Each spring, the ice on the lake near the family cottage meets its demise. As the days lengthen and warm, the ice gets thinner and thinn...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

False claims by contrarians, not scientists, caused Matt Gurney's cynicism about climate change

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On Friday, Matt Gurney in the National Post blasted climate scientists, arguing that "repeated false claims have had the effect of t...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Drought was beyond Syria's "capacity as a country"

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Another assessment of the role of drought in the Syrian conflict from long-time foreign policy expert William Polk : The domestic Syrian ...
Monday, September 09, 2013

Flying flags of convenience in climate change debates

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This is an updated post from two years ago: One of the perverse thrills of paddling in Vancouver is cozying up to the massive container sh...
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Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Has climate change played a role in the Syrian conflict?

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The Syrian conflict has become a humanitarian tragedy incomparable to others in recent history. Over 2 million people, 10% of the country,...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Climate change, not a carbon tax, is a war on the poor

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Gas prices in BC, home to N America's only carbon tax ( CP ) An op-ed by Elizabeth Nickson in Friday's Vancouver Sun relied on ...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Does temperature really cause depression? Correlation vs. Causation in "big data"

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Image by Olimpia Zagnoli, New York Times Back in Mr. Wardle's high school economics class, we were once asked to look for a correlat...
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