North pole expedition looking for signs of climate change

A British team is on the arctic ice this Spring looking for signs of climate change. The Catlin Arctic Survey will be trying to determine if the Arctic ice cap is breaking up and if it is, put a solid time frame on the break up. To this end, the three team members, Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels, and Martin Hartley will be out on the ice from February to about May. They will be carrying a ground-penetrating radar that allows the expedition to measure ice thickness and composition.

You can follow the survey at the Catlin Artic Survey's website.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-15

• Gotta' get some sleep so I can learn to play with Android. Everything I've seen in the docs looks cool! #


• Fiction becomes fact. In the Matrix they used phones to jack in, now I use my G1. Any day the guy with shades will show up ... #

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Ikea introduces solar-powered lighting ...

CleanTechnica.com posted an article on Ikea's new line of solar lighting. The Swedish furniture superstore is a leader in green furnishings and lighting and it looks like they have no intention of losing that lead. The lights range from $6.99 to $19.99 in price. Here's a link to the $19.99 worklight.

Playing with the T-Mobile G1 (aka the Google phone)

I just purchased a new cell phone plan with T-Mobile. My new phone, purchased as part of the plan, is a T-Mobile G1, otherwise known as the "Google Phone".

What do I think of the phone? I like it a lot :) It has enormous potential, and a lot of that potential is locked up in the open source Android operating system. It'll be interesting to see what apps the Linux guys produce for the phone. More after I finish playing with my new toy ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-08

• anyone using a tmobile g1 to tweet or blog? #


• Pulled the trigger and bought a Tmobile G1! I'm a Google Fanboy now. #


• Stock market down to below 6600! Can't figure out if stocks are a bargain or just plain ugly... #

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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson at Power Shift 2009 ...

This is cool! EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson at Power Shift 2009 telling the kids to get involved and rock our government. Way to go Boss (I work for the US EPA)! It's about time we tell the kids to get involved.

No matter what happens now, they will be dealing with some degree of climate change in their future!

Here's Lisa's talk on You Tube.

A Major Setback in Global Warming Science - OCO Launch Fails

Bad news, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) failed to reach orbit last Tuesday. Apparently, a protective fairing failed to separate from the spacecraft and prevented the OCO from reaching orbit. The OCO would have allowed scientists to "fine tune" their climate models by finding carbon sources and sinks that are not currently understood. A big loss for our understanding of the Earth's climate.