Science Is Badass!

A semi-regular blog by Tim Barribeau, of all the science news he can't find a buyer for.

Independent Panel Clears “Climategate” Researchers of Wrongdoing

A dedicated panel has analyzed the emails and data from last year’s “Climategate” scandal that wasn’t, and found no evidence of wrongdoing. Said the report:

“We saw no evidence of any deliberate scientific malpractice in any of the work of the Climatic Research Unit and had it been there we believe that it is likely that we [...]

Giant Breakoff Glacier Threatens Climate, Worsening North Atlantic Winters

Just before Valentine’s Day, a 2,550 square-kilometer hunk of glacier separated from the Mertz Glacier Tongue, a peninsula of floating ice off of East Antarctica.

Current research indicates this mammoth hunk of ice will negatively alter weather patterns, animal migrations, and potentially aquatic life—though the effects aren’t likely to be felt for a few decades.

So how the [...]