Tag Archives: Geography

Greedy Lying Bar Stewards guilty of crimes against humanity

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Rick Altman

Last week, I finally got to see Craig Scott Rosebraugh’s brilliant Greedy Lying Bastards documentary about the industry-funded campaign to discredit climate science and scientists. Even for someone like me – familiar with the subject matter – there was a … Continue reading →

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A summary of the ‘Climate Departure’ research of Mora et al.

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Rick Altman

The video below contains a very compelling 22-minute summary of an impressive array of work, widely reported in the World’s newspapers this week. The research team, based in the Geography Department at the University of Hawaii, was led by Associate … Continue reading →

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I think it is time to start dealing with reality

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Rick Altman

The text below is reproduced from a comment I have just posted on the Climate Slate website. The comment itself was prompted by my having recently watched the movie ‘Chasing Ice’, conceived and produced by James Balog and Jeff Orlowski. … Continue reading →

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Scotland – in all its panoramic glory

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Rick Altman

Following on from yesterday’s light-hearted offering, today I give you the delights of my own photographic efforts (as spliced together using Adobe Photoshop). I really will have to get myself a smartphone to do this for me. An almost 180 … Continue reading →

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Hello World (well, about 50% of it so far)!

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Rick Altman

When you start getting visits from people in places like Saint Lucia, Djibouti, and the Faroe Islands – you are surely entitled to feel pleased with your geographical reach? However, given the subject of this blog, I am particularly pleased … Continue reading →

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The Yellow River basin in China – Part 4

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Rick Altman

This is the fourth and final part of my 5000-word essay (researched and written in March 2011) on the water resource problems being encountered within the Yellow River catchment of northern China as a consequence of ongoing climate change. Having … Continue reading →

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The Yellow River basin in China – Part 3

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Rick Altman

This is the third of four posts regarding the Yellow River basin in northern China. Having described the geography and geology (Part 1) and the hydrogeology (Part 2), it is now time to look at the extent to which (a) … Continue reading →

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The Yellow River basin in China – Part 2

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Rick Altman

This is the second of four posts presenting my research into the ways in which climate change is impacting the environment within the Yellow River basin. Having described the geography and geology in Part 1 (yesterday), this second part looks … Continue reading →

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The Yellow River basin in China – Part 1

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Rick Altman

Following my scene-setting yesterday, this is the first of four posts presenting my case-study of the challenges posed by ongoing climate change in the Yellow River basin of northern China. All references cited will be listed in Part 4 on … Continue reading →

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Polluting Pariah or Green Superpower?

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Rick Altman

In view of various unbelievably long and incoherent comments made by someone called jdouglashuahin on Climate Denial Crock of the Week (this and this being just the tips of a couple of very large icebergs), I am going to devote … Continue reading →

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