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SciGuy Eric Berger

PapaLobo — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:57:05 -0800

One of my favorite blogs happens to be local to me. Eric Berger, the Houston Chronicle's "SciGuy" usually reports on the weather. But he also posts entertaining and serious stuff as well. Example of some fun posts: --Use a condom, save the planet. --Why fingernails scratching on a chalkboard is so annoying. --That creepy guy may be reading your texts. Then there's more serious (and SCIENCE!) stuff: --Nasa "bullshit" --"Great Lakes" on Europa. --Dark Energy and the Nobel Prize. Mr. Berger is my first source for bad weather news, as he always keeps a level head and is pretty much on-the-spot with criticism about how mainstream media overhypes KILLER STORMS and other things. There's tons of interesting stuff here. I hope you find it fun and interesting ... and informative!

May have a chilling effect

anigbrowl — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:29:00 -0800

Sunspots, first observed by Galileo, normally follow an 11-year cycle. We are into a few years into (recorded) cycle number 24 but according to NASA it's looking rather underpowered. Nobody is certain exactly what the consequences will be, but one distinct possibility is a cold period; a previous low in solar activity, the Maunder minimum, is correlated with a brief Little Ice Age. Nobody really knows how this unusual solar weather pattern might interact with human-caused climate change. Previously, albeit somewhat controversially.

For your nocturnal viewing pleasure

nekton — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:34:48 -0800

The clear sky clock (this one is for Boston) provides a graphical representation of seven factors that affect the clarity of stargazing: cloud cover, transparency, seeing, darkness, wind, humidity, and temperature. Once you've figured out where and when to go stargazing (probably somewhere rural) make a custom map for your location so you know what you're seeing.

Exterior Decorator

hortense — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 23:25:14 -0800

Missouri Skies: The show me state .

Darkness, sweet darkness

gottabefunky — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:49:45 -0800

Clear Sky Clocks. How dark is it going to be tonight?