王貞儀 老师 – Search on the web or here: Wáng Zhēnyí . Our logo/avatar begins this physical science-based discussion of the simplest approach to understanding our Universe. Its creation, evolution, and Phoenix-like rebirth in a new epoch. [photo: Coast Douglas fir variant of Douglas fir, Pacific Spirit Regional Park], Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA. These are the second tallest conifers in the World, after Redwoods. They range from 70-75 metres tall. Thank you Coast Salish First Peoples and Musqueam – xʷməθkʷəy̓əm – Indian Band for allowing us to enjoy these unceded Endowment Lands.]
The National CBC NEWS The ANTI- #ClimateStrike forces in Alberta. Apparently, even a disabled Santa Claus has joined the fight for MORE oil pipelines and more cattle. Yes, most are out-of-work, in large part because no one really wants the dirty oil shale any more. Seriously. The Canada Government of PM Trudeau is now on …
Luisa D’Amato “Nothing is more important than your education, we tell our children as we send them to school. But they know that the most important lessons aren't always learned there. “That's how three seventeen-year-old girls walked out early from St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School in Cambridge on Friday. They car-pooled to Waterloo City …
The most fantastic ideas from SpaceNews. "Creating a demand function for propellant...providing key investments...expanding...Earth's economic realm into space." Wow! How REAL is that?! And they call me a dreamer. Earth to Mars takes 6.5 months. That is what the inSight space craft landing demonstrated. Not years. Not even a year. But 6.5 months. It …
Death and Destruction on I-90 - Cliff Mass Blog
It has been 21 Fridays since Greta Thunberg began the strike at Stockholm, Sweden's main Parliament Building demanding that her government meet the deadline set by the Paris Accords to which they were signatures. Much has developed out of her action that day. First, Greta and other student acquired their voices. They became leaders, not …
Rhodium Group Tuesday 08JAN19 “After three years of decline, US carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose sharply last year. Based on preliminary power generation, natural gas, and oil consumption data, we estimate emissions increased by 3.4% in 2018. This marks the second largest annual gain in more than two decades — surpassed only by 2010 when …
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Last of three predicted storms this week with new models modified by UW rocking the PNW. Gust to 66 kts. After writing the post about why we shouldn't be scared by Climate Change, I was faced by a mother not knowing Cliff Mass or who wasn't in anyway scientific, and her daughter who works as …
NOTE: Unlike in former years, when the USA has fielded both fully staffed NOAA, NWS, and USCG with their ice breakers equipped for the BEST NOAA scientists and researchers, THIS YEAR they are furloughed by President Trump. "On January 1, 2019 Antarctic sea ice extent stood at 5.47 million square kilometers (2.11 million square miles), …
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