Welcome to my course on climate change.
Here is a link to a short lecture introducing the course. Introduction The script for this lecture can be viewed here. Introduction Script
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Coyote Series by Allen Steele
The first assignment is to read the dynamite novel Coyote by Allen Steele. The national bestselling story of Earth’s first interstellar colonists-and the mysterious planet that becomes their home. At first, this novel from Hugo winner Steele looks like a fairly conventional tale of high-tech intrigue-in this case, rebels against a right-wing American dictatorship plot to steal the prototype interstellar spaceship built to immortalize the government’s ideology by planting a colony of fanatics on another star’s planet. However, once the freedom seekers arrive on the new world, Coyote, things get a lot more interesting. Coyote is habitable but alien, full of flora and fauna that upset the colonists’ easy preconceptions. The young people, in particular, have to find their identities in a dangerous but wonderful environment; their discovery of what they can do individually as well as what they owe to the group nicely illustrates the name the starship’s captain, R.E. Lee, has given their settlement: Liberty.
Lecture by Dr. Nabors:
Videos:
The Ethics of First Contact (Allen Steele speaks at a conference)
Articles:
Pictures of Planets:
Earth from the Moon
Sun from Pluto
Sun from Mars
Does Sun from Pluto appear bigger and brighter than moon from earth?
Introduction to Climate Change
Lecture by Dr. Nabors:
Articles:
Calculating Global Temperature
Methane and CO2 Global Warming Potential
Videos:
25 Alarming Global Warming Statistics
Brief History of Climate Change
Articles:
History of Climate Change Science
Scientific Opinion on Climate Change
Videos:3 Scientific Method
Climate Change 2013 Working Group 1: The Physical Science
Climate Change in the State of the Science
Climate Change: why you should be angry
Scientific Method
Lecture by Dr. Nabors:
Book:
The Magical Dozen-specifically Chapter 6
Articles:
Summary and Response to Bacon’s Idols of the Mind
Al Gore
An Inconvenient Truth (rent video on YouTube from $2.99)
An Inconvenient Truth (buy book to read)
Lecture by Dr. Nabors:
Articles:
Videos:
Al Gore Debates Global Warming
Al Gore gives 2013 Global Warming Reality UN Week
Al Gore on Averting the Climate Crisis
For more information:
Environmental Activism of Al Gore
Criticisms of An Inconvenient Truth
Lecture by Dr. Nabors:
Articles:
From Tamiflu to Medical Research
This unit covers several different topics. The lecture has been split into two parts, and all the accompanying articles and videos have been separated according to topic (seen in green type).
Lectures by Dr. Nabors:
- Tamiflu
Articles:
Questions About Tamiflu’s Effectiveness
Videos:
- Angioplasty & Bypass Surgery
Articles:
Videos:
- Does the Source of Medical Funding Affect Results?
Articles:
Pfizer Ads Come Clean About Lipitor
- Cholesterol
The American Heart Association says: Your total cholesterol score is calculated by the following equation: HDL + LDL + 20% of your triglyceride level. A total cholesterol score of less than 180 mg/dL is considered optimal.
Books:
The Great Cholesterol Myth-buy it on Amazon for $11.29
Articles:
Does High Cholesterol Really Cause Heart Disease?
Why the Cholesterol-Heart Disease Theory is Wrong
Top Cardiologists Argue on Statins
Cholesterol Doesn’t Cause Heart Disease
What does tobacco causing cancer have to do with climate change?
Lecture by Dr. Nabors:
Book:
Articles:
Smoking Does Not Cause Lung Cancer
Legacy Tobacco Documents Library
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
The Hockey Stick
Lecture by Dr. Nabors:
Book:
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars by Michael E Mann
Articles:
Earth Will Cross the Climate Danger Threshold by 2036
Lies, Damned Lies and Hockey Sticks
The Hockey Stick-A New Low in Climate Science
Mann, Bradley, and Hughes 1998
Political Aspects of Climate Change
Articles:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Videos:
NIPCC Climate Change on Roger Hedgecock Show
IPCC’s darkest yet climate report
Greenpeace co-founder on Climate Change
Economics of Climate Change
Books:
Videos:
Current Status of Climate Change
Check out this website full of talks and interviews with Michael Mann as he discusses climate change. Michael Mann
Weather
Books:
Articles:
Videos:
High Pressure Systems and Fair Weather
Tornadoes from Below and Above
The Role of China in Atmospheric Pollution-why bother to fight it?
Le Pari de Pascal
How Science Became Unscientific
Climate Change Supporters
Climate Change Deniers
Articles:
Videos:
Climate Denial Crock of the Week
Lord Monckton on Global Warming
Debunking Lord Monckton Part 1
Debunking Lord Monckton Part 2
Long Term Cycling of Climate
Articles:
Ice Ages and Milankovitch Cycles
Videos:
Global Warming or New Ice Age-only watch first 23 minutes
Photosynthesis and Climate Cycling
Tree Growth caused by CO2 Increase
The Effect of Increasing Population on Climate
The Green Revolution and Beyond
Books:
Articles:
Videos:
Michael Pollan: Omnivore’s Dilemma
Barbara Kingsolver web exclusive
Hidden Treasures at Whole Foods
What You Can and Can’t Do About Our Changing Climate
Videos:
Plant a Tree, Trap a Ton, Go to Zero
How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint
Economic Uncertainties Ahead
Long Term Future of the Earth and Sun
Videos:
Geoengineering: Destroying the Atmosphere
David Kieth Interview on BBC Hardtalk
Solar Radiation Management Governance
NASA received an SOS call from another galaxy
Science Fiction Authors Celebrate Space Week
How Humans Might Become Extinct
Topic List:
- Pandemics
- Resistance to Antibiotics
- Aging Population-increased dementia and other diseases of the elderly
- Water Quality and Quantity
Books:
Videos:
Supervolcano: The Truth About Yellowstone
Yellowstone and the Caldera Super Volcano
Yellowstone Supervolcano ground raises 10 in