tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post5716282202364723899..comments2024-02-12T15:25:44.028+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Willis Eschenbach turns on the charm for NOAA's coral watch crewSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-68021060347028450072015-07-11T02:22:53.862+10:002015-07-11T02:22:53.862+10:00"normal suave style"
Remember when Will..."normal suave style"<br /><br />Remember when Willis would recount his menage-a-trois (and more) exploits from the late 1960's in his earlier WUWT posts? <br /><br />Is Willis just a case of performance art ?<br /><br />Everything Willis writes is cringe-inducing. But that is what sells for the horror-movie crowd.<br /><br /><br />@whuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297101284358849575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-91383452998123105232015-07-10T13:14:44.453+10:002015-07-10T13:14:44.453+10:00Charles Nelson doesn't know what he's talk...Charles Nelson doesn't know what he's talking about either. <br />Goldman Sachs sold everybody in the EU a scam... They didn't consolidate the debt before issuing the currency because debt is a very effective tool for looting a country...<br />GS sold them on a scam just like they sold everybody in the USA a scam by rolling back Glass-Steagall and installing the Commodity Futures Modernization Act among other things, so he's pointing fingers? Ha ha... It's a mafia style conquest. And the mafia sure as hell wants Russia too.<br /><br />So I went to a Greek restaurant and ordered Chaniotiko Boureki, they brought me an empty plate with an IOU on it. :]<br /><br />The markets are seesawing as much as the weather is. You cannot run an engine without oil or greece.looʞ oɹezhttp://arkansaswildlifephotography.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-20853155941630615582015-07-10T11:46:08.654+10:002015-07-10T11:46:08.654+10:00CC, Gershwin is an interesting and larger-than-lif...CC, Gershwin is an interesting and larger-than-life person. She's ebulliantly passionate about her subjects but also very blunt about the effect that they can (and will...) have on ocean ecosystem composition. Her work is definitely worth chasing up, and especially her book <i>Stung!</i>.Bernard J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16299073166371273808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-18635866965968497522015-07-10T10:30:29.273+10:002015-07-10T10:30:29.273+10:00Lionel,
No need for apologies, in fact, thank you ...Lionel,<br />No need for apologies, in fact, thank you for inspiring me to hunt around and catching up on recent jellyfish news… and giving me an excuse to share that above info. <br />By the way Craig Welch's Seattle Times series is excellent if you haven't read it (http://citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2014/04/ocean-acidification-already-eating-away.html :) . I wasn't familiar with Lisa-ann Gershwin, so that was a bonus.citizenschallengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559990934735912814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-74712851578616812382015-07-10T05:30:57.921+10:002015-07-10T05:30:57.921+10:00Sorry CC, I was not explicit enough in specifying ...Sorry CC, I was not explicit enough in specifying the species that is taking over oceans as a result of our activities. I was writing as if Willis was reading and would be prompted to discover more for himself.<br /><br />The dominoes are falling and most do not even know what the dominoes are. Invasive species such as the kissing bug moving up into north America, foreign species such as the Burmese python eating the heart out of the Florida Everglades, introduced for pets and dumped when they get too big. Humans really are stupid.<br /><br />The jellyfish scenario reminds me of the cautionary tale within a 1950s classic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kraken_Wakes%22" rel="nofollow">'The Kraken Wakes'</a> note at the beginning of the tale:<br /><br />"... it in fact takes years before the bulk of humanity even realise that their world has been invaded."<br />Lionel Ahttp://lionels.orpheusweb.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-2492554066388697992015-07-10T02:10:42.856+10:002015-07-10T02:10:42.856+10:00Oh that class of organisms! Yes sir, plenty of st...Oh that class of organisms! Yes sir, plenty of stuff to find there.<br /><br />Climate Change Devastating Ocean Fisherman: ‘Sometimes We’ll Catch 5,000 Pounds Of Jellyfish’<br />September 24, 2013<br />_________________<br />Mediterranean region struggles with warming, acidification and jellyfish blooms<br />June 26, 2014<br />________________________________________________<br />Massive Swarms of Jellyfish Are Wreaking Havoc on Fish Farms and Power Plant<br />March 3, 2015 <br />_______________________________________________<br />Hot weather sparks jellyfish invasion off Devon and Cornwall, UK coast<br />April 13, 2015<br />__________________________________________<br />Billions of Blue Jellyfish washing up on American beaches<br />All along the west coast - Washington, Oregon, California<br />APRIL 20, 2015<br />___________________<br />Why Dangerous Jellyfish Are Washing Up In N.J.<br />June 29, 2015<br />___________________<br />Jellyfish: Are They Taking Over In Sick Oceans?<br />September 27, 2013<br /><br />"Lisa-ann Gershwin sees evidence of global warming and human impact on the environment everyday in her work. She is one of a handful of jellyfish experts in the world.<br /><br />Her research shows that a booming jellyfish population is displacing penguins in Antarctica, crashing world fisheries, possibly starving the whales to extinction, gumming up nuclear power plants, even bringing down national economies.<br /><br />That’s because jellyfish thrive in the warmer, less-oxygenated water in many of the world’s oceans."<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Stung-Jellyfish-Blooms-Future-Ocean/dp/022602010X/?tag=wburorg-20<br />___________________<br />Sea Change, the Pacific's Perilous Turn<br />Ocean acidification, the lesser-known twin of climate change, threatens to scramble marine life on a scale almost too big to fathom.<br />Story by Craig Welch<br /><br />http://apps.seattletimes.com/reports/sea-change/2013/sep/11/pacific-ocean-perilous-turn-overview/citizenschallengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559990934735912814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-4914930231713430792015-07-09T22:08:42.603+10:002015-07-09T22:08:42.603+10:00No worries CC, there are many hits on a search, st...No worries CC, there are many hits on a search, strange that you found none, here is one:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rmmagazine.com/2013/11/01/the-power-of-the-jellyfish/" rel="nofollow">The Power of the Jellyfish</a>, from para 2:<br /><br />"In 2006, jellyfish took out the USS Ronald Reagan after they were sucked into the aircraft carrier’s nuclear reactor cooling system while it was docked in Brisbane, Australia."Lionel Ahttp://lionels.orpheusweb.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-67037902742836168802015-07-09T16:23:43.704+10:002015-07-09T16:23:43.704+10:00Lionel, I was curious about what you said regardin...Lionel, I was curious about what you said regarding the USS RR - CVN-76, but couldn't find anything searching the internet. What are you referring to and do you have any sources to share?citizenschallengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559990934735912814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-78941881786737820722015-07-09T13:29:46.322+10:002015-07-09T13:29:46.322+10:00Could we have an arrested development ranking for ...Could we have an arrested development ranking <a href="http://pictures.mastermarf.com/blog/2010/101120-haz-moar.jpg" rel="nofollow">for these cats, Please?</a>looʞ oɹezhttp://arkansaswildlifephotography.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-47829203731637915292015-07-09T10:51:57.918+10:002015-07-09T10:51:57.918+10:00Discursive Fury.Discursive Fury.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807913317731807617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-8739206513120722022015-07-09T03:27:51.383+10:002015-07-09T03:27:51.383+10:00It is almost as if Willis has been unaware of the ...It is almost as if Willis has been unaware of the threat posed to coral reefs by temperature and pH shifts and now finds himself so frightened that he has to blame somebody for keeping him in ignorance.<br /><br />Willis, if you are reading this then go find out about red tides in the oceans, green algal blooms in the North American lakes, the increasing areas of oceanic dead zones and the class of organisms that are flourishing and threaten not only fisheries but coastal power generation infrastructure and has even crippled a US supercarrier the USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 (there is a certain irony in that name).<br /><br />Willis, you may also like to consider the spread of invasive species by humans. Take the curse of the Asian Carp in US waterways introduced to clean up water in treatment plants. Nobody, it would appear, thought to consider what would happen in the case of flooding. Lomborgists should consider the law of unintended consequences when it comes to bioengineering and geoengineering.<br />Lionel Ahttp://lionels.orpheusweb.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-76610219317706584112015-07-08T20:57:26.672+10:002015-07-08T20:57:26.672+10:00The letter makes a lot more sense when you realise...The letter makes a lot more sense when you realise it was tailored to be read by the nutters at WUWT rather than by anyone who is sensible.Millicentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-12731238290797068042015-07-08T20:50:15.778+10:002015-07-08T20:50:15.778+10:00I just noticed that he is in fact a Tassie born an...I just noticed that he is in fact a Tassie born and bred, so maybe you should withhold the forgiveness. :)<br /><br />Indeed Oz punches greatly above its weight, IIRC with only Switzerland able to make a similar claim. Hopefully that status will survive the present government.Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-28736815907647554242015-07-08T20:46:13.608+10:002015-07-08T20:46:13.608+10:00Quite.
His first line suggests the rest might not...Quite.<br /><br />His first line suggests the rest might not be up to scratch:<br />"In the British magazine The Guardian"<br /><br />That would be daily newspaper. If he can't get that right, the harder bits will be beyond him.Catmandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12313870265499015076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-30764317147869497512015-07-08T20:14:48.430+10:002015-07-08T20:14:48.430+10:00Steve, does that mean I should forgive Karl for ta...Steve, does that mean I should forgive Karl for talking to Ove without consulting me first?<br /><br />(Nice to know we can punch above our weight in science to counteract <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2015/jul/08/liberals-attack-on-climate-science-is-groundless-ignorant-and-embarrassing-say-scientists" rel="nofollow">the ratty deniers</a> we have.)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-37400802100033757152015-07-08T20:06:58.509+10:002015-07-08T20:06:58.509+10:00Mark has been tweeting about this for a while now ...Mark has been tweeting about this for a while now (@MarkEakinCRW), way before that press release. <br /><br />I'm trying to figure out what was so exclusive about the story, but maybe its just that things have been so busy on the climate beat that the Graun was the first to publish something. And a thorough, well-written something it was, too.<br /><br />Re Willis, the phrase "savaged by a dead sheep" recommends itself.<br /><br />Also, the Graun is a tri-national publication these days, very much including the U.S., and Karl Mathiesen seems to be an Aussie (a UTAS graduate, anyway).<br /><br /> Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-16860518110446044432015-07-08T20:05:48.994+10:002015-07-08T20:05:48.994+10:00He was taking a leaf from the book of his arch-riv...He was taking a leaf from the book of his arch-rival (or nemesis), Bob Tisdale - who makes a habit of writing silly "open letters" at WUWT. Plus <a href="http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2015/07/curses-its-conspiracy-fury-is-back.html" rel="nofollow">stirring up conspiracy theorists</a> is a favoured pastime at WUWT :)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-8638826260255384712015-07-08T19:57:40.904+10:002015-07-08T19:57:40.904+10:00What a nutter Willis is! :DWhat a nutter Willis is! :DCeistnoreply@blogger.com