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  • Gary Lagerloef, earth, space, and ocean researcher, answers questions

    Gary Lagerloef. What work do you do? I work at a small nonprofit scientific research institution named Earth & Space Research, where I have several key roles. I cofounded ESR in 1995, I am the current president, I serve on the board of directors, and I am a senior research scientist. The last role occupies […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy

  • Landmark report says humans cause warming, and more

    Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Now We’ve Done It The Airspeed Velocity of an Uneaten Swallow The Triple Threat Eh, You’ll Be Fine Grandchildren, Schmandchildren The Illumi-nicey Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: You’re Getting Warmer The Short-Term Solution That Stuck ESR Said Than Done Re: […]

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  • Kevin Bacon launches SixDegrees.org

    Kevin Bacon has gone über-meta. The once-ubiquitous film actor has taken the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” trivia game — itself based on the already-meta concept that everyone (and everything?) is somehow connected — to a whole new level with a new charity-based website: www.SixDegrees.org is about using this idea to accomplish something good. It’s […]

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  • If You Blog It, They Will Come

    A 21st-century gold rush hits the Brazilian Amazon Our fair city of Seattle was once a gold rush town, a way station for loading up on supplies and sex before heading to the Yukon. So we feel an affinity for the mud-caked prospectors combing a remote stretch of Brazilian rainforest in hopes of finding nuggets […]

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