The editor of a scientific journal resigns, apologizing for publishing a paper that questions the conventional thinking about global warming.
So, we are having show trials, now? Or just re-education?
Roy Spencer’s response is here.
Scientific truth will not be determined by how many people agree with a particular viewpoint but by the testing of one hypothesis against another. That process seems to be being curtailed.
A special issue exploring American conservation history as the nation turns 250.
Two years before he authored the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson set out on the lifelong project of conserving Virginia’s Natural Bridge. Michaelle Browers has described the effort as “perhaps the first major act of nature preservation in the new republic.” The man who would be Governor of Virginia and President of the United StatesContinue reading "A Sad Day"
As we celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary, it is heartening that America’s national symbol, the bald eagle, is no longer imperiled. Although once at risk of extinction throughout much of its historical range, this majestic species rebounded in the late 20th century, and populations are now in good health. At the time of the nation’sContinue reading "A Sad Day"