Andrew Dickson
@agdco2.bsky.social
Marine chemist & animal lover
I’m not certain when I first encountered the term “global warming” but as a child born and raised in the tropics, who was then at a boarding school in northern England or perhaps at university in Liverpool, it certainly seemed “a good idea”.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I’m not certain when I first encountered the term “global warming” but as a child born and raised in the tropics, who was then at a boarding school in northern England or perhaps at university in Liverpool, it certainly seemed “a good idea”.
I recollect a book on scientific communication that stated: “No-one is persuaded by more facts.” Their point, I think, was that an effective story was not simply “true” but needed to evince an emotional response.
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I recollect a book on scientific communication that stated: “No-one is persuaded by more facts.” Their point, I think, was that an effective story was not simply “true” but needed to evince an emotional response.
Insofar as such mixing (from the depth the mining takes place to the surface) requires a substantial energy input to overcome stratification, I wonder if this is really a concern?
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Insofar as such mixing (from the depth the mining takes place to the surface) requires a substantial energy input to overcome stratification, I wonder if this is really a concern?
The 95% uncertainty of that number is quoted as encompassing a range from –0.8 to 1.6 Gt CO2 per year. Not reassuring if money is to change hands!
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The 95% uncertainty of that number is quoted as encompassing a range from –0.8 to 1.6 Gt CO2 per year. Not reassuring if money is to change hands!
He’s probably out by now, even if he served the full sentence(s).
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
He’s probably out by now, even if he served the full sentence(s).
Work on your diction and elegant phraseology and your friendly local AI assistant can take dictation. Just remember not to swear at others while cycling, or it may reflect excessive realism. 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Work on your diction and elegant phraseology and your friendly local AI assistant can take dictation. Just remember not to swear at others while cycling, or it may reflect excessive realism. 🤣
Ah yes, the good old days when one had to book a time for an international call . . . And local long distance was only affordable evenings and weekends, and even then barely so.
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Ah yes, the good old days when one had to book a time for an international call . . . And local long distance was only affordable evenings and weekends, and even then barely so.
Is this your claim to be “nobody”?
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Is this your claim to be “nobody”?
Insofar as electric vehicles are promulgated as healthful (less noise, less pollution), perhaps this is an exception to test the rule?
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Insofar as electric vehicles are promulgated as healthful (less noise, less pollution), perhaps this is an exception to test the rule?
At least in France listeria deaths are attributed to the cheese! 🤣
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
At least in France listeria deaths are attributed to the cheese! 🤣
As I learned in childhood: God surely loves poor people; he’s made so many of them . . .
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
As I learned in childhood: God surely loves poor people; he’s made so many of them . . .
Is it a percussion instrument, or do you rely on the crappy road surfacing to announce your presence?
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Is it a percussion instrument, or do you rely on the crappy road surfacing to announce your presence?
But who inflicts the obligation? Oneself? One’s parents? One’s peers? A larger society? Fate?
September 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
But who inflicts the obligation? Oneself? One’s parents? One’s peers? A larger society? Fate?
And so few of us can do our jobs so assiduously!
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
And so few of us can do our jobs so assiduously!
A technicality: an increase of 0.1 in pH is only 26%!
September 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A technicality: an increase of 0.1 in pH is only 26%!
Nor will the rest of the commercial ecosystem based on maritime transport, I suspect.
September 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Nor will the rest of the commercial ecosystem based on maritime transport, I suspect.
My youth in the UK gave many examples of the problems involved in state run utilities-largely the effort to reduce needs for subsidies while supporting a community of users. Eventually abhorrence of subsidies won out!
September 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My youth in the UK gave many examples of the problems involved in state run utilities-largely the effort to reduce needs for subsidies while supporting a community of users. Eventually abhorrence of subsidies won out!
Having first encountered such maps with the London Tube, my bias is for the picture on the right; though it is still too tied to the Cartesian representation of geography to be truly elegant .
September 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Having first encountered such maps with the London Tube, my bias is for the picture on the right; though it is still too tied to the Cartesian representation of geography to be truly elegant .
I suspect the challenge is to identify observations that allow one to clarify how reliable a model is for MRV of oceanic CDR - and also to quantify “reliable”.
September 16, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I suspect the challenge is to identify observations that allow one to clarify how reliable a model is for MRV of oceanic CDR - and also to quantify “reliable”.
Rhymes with ”muck”?
September 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Rhymes with ”muck”?
Likely an important task. Models are, undoubtedly, a likely key to MRV, but trust in models as the basis for large amounts of money changing hands is still some way off.
September 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Likely an important task. Models are, undoubtedly, a likely key to MRV, but trust in models as the basis for large amounts of money changing hands is still some way off.
Congratulations! Hope it’s lots of fun.
September 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congratulations! Hope it’s lots of fun.
And when I came to the US I considered a driver’s license to be a de facto ID card, an anathema to a 1970’s UK citizen - how the times are changing.
September 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
And when I came to the US I considered a driver’s license to be a de facto ID card, an anathema to a 1970’s UK citizen - how the times are changing.