Category Archives: Science

Rally for Science at ZooMT

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

Join hundreds of Billings kids and their adults at ZooMT on April 21, from 10-4pm for a celebration of science. Citizens Climate Education of Billings will be promoting Healthy Oceans.  Hear from scuba divers from Billings who have visited the … Continue reading →

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Dr. Keeling’s Curve

Posted on October 29, 2017 by

George Shea published a video of his play (1 hour, 17 mins), Dr. Keeling’s Curve,  on YouTube in February 2017.   Based at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Dr. Keeling measured carbon dioxide levels around the earth, starting in 1958.  In … Continue reading →

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Reliability of the grid

Posted on July 25, 2017 by

The National Academies Press  just published “Enhancing the resilience of the nation’s electricity system.” Electric power transmission and distribution reliability are critical to our “safety, productivity, comfort, and convenience.”  The electric power system has vulnerabilities that we would do well to … Continue reading →

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Dogs at the Zoo and the Universe too!

Posted on April 6, 2017 by

We enjoyed more than a hundred enthusiastic visitors at our “History of the Universe” table on April 22 at the Rally for Science ZooMT ! Citizens’ Climate Education (Billings) and Eco-Angela (a program of Angela’s Piazza in Billings) volunteers presented two activities:  a puppet … Continue reading →

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“The Power of Change”

Posted on September 8, 2016 by

This 300 page book published September, 2016, by the National Academies Press (chartered by Congress) is the most up to date and credible analysis of the current status of technologies and policies supporting clean electric power technology. It can be downloaded for … Continue reading →

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“314 species on the brink”

Posted on July 9, 2016 by

                                                           According to Audubon’s Birds and Climate Change Report  of 2014, “shrinking and … Continue reading →

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Regional Climate Change and National Responsibilities

Posted on March 19, 2016 by

The Letter from James Hansen and Makiko Sato  published March 2, 2016 by Environmental Research Letters is another in a long series of  “must-reads” from climatologist Hansen. The paper starts with an update on observed global warming in recent decades with … Continue reading →

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