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Allergies and Global Warming

July 1, 2006

In several of the past few posts, I’ve written about global warming by calling attention to recent publications by Elizabeth Kolbert and Al Gore. In there view, the evidence is all around us and we need to take notice of its effects: increased rainfall in some areas (the North Eastern part of the U.S.), widening ranges of butterflies, increased melting of glaciers, surges in intense hurricanes.… Read more

Denial in the U.S. Senate: Head in the Sand Politics

By Jack Hassard

June 29, 2006

All around Washington, D.C. a deluge of evidence runs through the streets and buildings, and you would think that the U.S. Senate’s Committee Environment and Public Works would stop denying the scientific evidence of global warming. Yes, there is debate within the scientific community regarding global warming. But instead of engaging the scientific evidence, the Senate continues to put down any research that indicates that carbon dioxide emissions by humans might have contributed to global warming.… Read more

It’s Getting Hotter in Atlanta

By Jack Hassard

June 10, 2006

Well, hot temperatures are arriving in the Atlanta area; but its been hot in Texas. What’s the fuss. It’s summer. Well last year, 2005, was the hottest year during a period of temperature measurements from 1860 to today. These measurements include combined annual land, air and sea surface temperatures. Take a look at the graph below.

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High temperature records were set in Reno, Nevada (10 days >100 degrees F; Las Vegas, one day >117 degrees F; Tucson, AZ (39 days)>100 degrees F, and list goes on in the U.S.… Read more

This and That

By Jack Hassard

May 28, 2006

I am in England, and in Hay, a town with more book stores than any other business, their annaul celebration of literacy is to be held. One of the books and film, An Inconvient Truth, is to be featured. Apparently, the organizers of the Hay conference are very impressed with Gore’s ideas about Global Warming, and he will be one of the many speakers.… Read more

Science for the Environment

By Jack Hassard

September 26, 2005

Several years ago, I was a reader on a doctoral dissertation at La Trobe University, in Melbourne. The focus of the study was an examination of the history of environmental education over the past 30-40 years. In an analysis of the research, environmental education projects, and action groups, the researcher used a tri-analytic paradigm in which she identified three clusters of environmental education.… Read more

Hurricane Katrina: A Citizen Resource

By Jack Hassard

September 7, 2005

The devastation of Hurricane Katrina was beyond belief, and might be the worst natural disaster in US history. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, and other severe storms have impacted more than 2.2 billion people in the past 10 years. This is a very large increase from the previous ten years, and it will increase in the forseeable future.… Read more

Using the Web to Transform Learning Possibilities

By Jack Hassard

May 19, 2005

Fifteen years ago, a team of educators from Georgia took 6 Macintosh SE 20 computers, modems, and printers to the then Soviet Union, and then proceeded to install one computer, modem and printer in five different schools we were collaborating with (2 in Moscow and 3 in St. Petersburg). We connected each computer to a telecommunications system using the school’s phone line and modem.… Read more