ARTICLE INDEX
This index provides quick links to WryHeat articles by category: Geology, Natural History of the Sonoran Desert, Climate Change, Energy, General Science, Water, Politics, and Miscellaneous Subjects. Some of the categories have sub-categories. See also my Book Reviews page.
GEOLOGY
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
Arizona Geologic History: Chapter 1, Precambrian Time When Arizona was at the South Pole
Arizona Geological History: Chapter 2, Cambrian and Ordovician Time
Arizona Geological History: Chapter 3: Devonian to Permian Time
Arizona Geological History Chapter 4: Triassic Period
Arizona Geological History Chapter 5: Jurassic Time
Arizona Geological History 6, The Cretaceous Period
Arizona Geological History 7: The Cenozoic Era
Geologic History: PETM when it really got hot
Arizona Fires floods earthquakes and the Grand Canyon
Ancient Undersea Volcano in Arizona at Jerome
Geology of “A” Mountain and Tumamoc Hill
Twisted rock records profound environmental change
EARTHQUAKES ETC.
Arizona earthquakes, 1852-2011, a video time line
Precariously Balanced Rocks and earthquakes
Earthquake hazard near Flagstaff assessed, Video
Where the Next Big American Earthquake and Tsunami Might Occur
Spanish Scientists Find Technique to Predict Earthquakes Claiming 80% Accuracy
Local atmospheric changes may foretell large earthquakes
Lake Mead has series of small earthquakes
ICE AGES AND GLACIAL EPOCHS
MAGNETICS
Earth’s Magnetic Poles, Reversing or Not
MINES AND MINERALS
Arizona may become a major producer of potash
Arizona Geological Survey Leads Geothermal Energy Study
Arizona Geology: earthquakes, potash and educationChina Controls Rare Earth Elements Supply
Deep sea mud provides potential source of rare-earth minerals
Florence Copper another mining controversy
Fossil fuel resources of the United States
Gold of Cañada del Oro and rumors of treasure
The Geophysicist’s Guide to Striking It Rich
Local Politicians Against Jobs in mining
Mr. Grijalva, why imposing royalties on hard rock mining is a bad idea
Old mines of the Tucson Mountains
Oracle Ridge Mine on Mount Lemmon
The Pontatoc mine in a north Tucson neighborhood
Rare Earths Resources in the US
Rosemont’s dry-stacked tailings will be greener than those near Green Valley
Saginaw Hill, another old mine in a Tucson area neighborhood
Sierrita Mine is only U.S. source of Rhenium
Surprising Structure of the Copper Deposits near Green Valley, Arizona
Uranium mining and its potential impact on Colorado River water
Uranium mining ban near Grand Canyon all politics, no science
MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGY
Deep Carbon Observatory diamonds and possible aboitic natural gas
A home buyer’s guide to geologic hazards
A Geologist’s Tale how life developed on earth
Forest fires create inc reased danger of destructive debris flows
Moon has liquid core says NASA
READ THE ROCK test your geological skills
Research Review 3 Climate cycles and a Mammoth Mystery
San Pedro River Geology – Implications for water law
Size matters in sea level studies
Some Geologic Terms for Scrabble Players
Tsunami produces giant Antarctic icebergs, video
The future of the Arizona Geological Survey
VOLCANOES
The dual nature of Hawaiian volcanos
Iceland Volcano Blows a Smoke Ring
Iceland volcano and its effect on life Photos
Icelandic Volcanoes Geologic Setting
Katla volcano in Iceland may be priming to erupt
Some Effects of Volcanic Ash Eruptions
Some Fallout from Icelandic Volcanoes
Submarine volcano erupts near Oregon
Volcanic eruption in Chile Photos
Volcanoes may have greater influence on climate than previously thought
Yellowstone Super Volcano Update
Young Volcanic Fields of Arizona
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SONORAN DESERT
BIRDS
Harris’ Hawks, Wolves of the Air
Observations on Mourning Doves
MAMMALS
Cold Case: What Killed the Mammoths
Creatures of the Night: The Bats
Creatures of the Night: Kangaroo Rat
Creatures of the Night: Grasshopper Mouse
Desert Museum has a new Black Bear
New Prairie Dogs at Desert Museum
New Coatis at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Pack Rats are Desert Archaeologists
The Urban Coyote and a Creation Story
Urban Coyotes prowl Tucson neighborhoods
REPTILES
INSECTS & ARACHNIDS
Cochineal the Little Red Bug you probably eat this one
Desert Bees and Africanized Bees
Scorpions, Vinegaroons, and Sun Spiders
Tarantula Hawks Deliver The Big Sting
Venomous Centipedes and Cyanide-Oozing Millipedes
PLANTS
Can You Get Potable Water From a Cactus?
Chiltepin peppers, spice and medicine
Creosote Bush, a Desert Survivor
Desert Tobacco, a pretty but poisonous desert plant
Edible Desert Plants – Barrel Cactus Fruit
Jojoba oil, good on the outside, bad on the inside
Mesquite Trees Provide Food and a Pharmacy
Palo Verde Trees Will Turn the Desert Golden
Saguaro Cactus Icon of the Sonoran Desert
The Old Man and the Totem Pole
MISCELLANEOUS NATURAL HISTORY
The most dangerous venomous animals of the Southwest
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum digital library adds new features
Haboobs and the anatomy of a thunderstorm
More on the Haboob dust storm that covered Phoenix
Raptor Free-Flight Returns to Desert Museum
Festival of Flight at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Research Review 3 Climate cycles and a Mammoth Mystery
Sea ice gone; walruses come ashore, not unusual
CLIMATE CHANGE
NATURAL CLIMATE CHANGE
A Perspective on Climate Change a tutorial
Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect
A 2485-year record shows current warming is a natural cycle
Astronomers predict a major drop in solar activity, that means a cold spell
CERN experiment confirms cosmic ray effect on climate
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Declining Sunspots my trigger deep cooling periodEl Nino incites wars and the Post Office controls temperature
20th Century temperatures explained as natural recovery from Little Ice Age
EL NINO climate models predict opposite of what really happens
Geophysicist predicts new “Little Ice Age” by 2050
Harrison Schmitt on climate history
How Mother Nature Fools Climate Scientists
Mississippi flooding and climate change
NASA says volcanoes, not coal burning is major source of sulfur dioxide in atmosphere
NASA Lowers Estimate of Carbon Dioxide Warming Effect
NASA Says Earth Is Entering A Cooling Period
Norwegian research shows that current warming is not unusual
More evidence that current warming is not unusual
Possible consequences of the coming solar minimum
Superstorms and magnetic poles
Temperature variations, not humans, control atmospheric CO2 content
Geologic History: PETM when it really got hot
Water evaporated from trees cools global climate
Winter Snowstorms and Global Warming
Your Carbon Footprint doesn’t Matter
ARCTIC, ANTARCTIC, OZONE
Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Due to Waves
Antarctic ozone hole may have larger role in climate change
Arctic and Antarctic instrument errors have warming bias
Arctic Temperatures: Not So Hot
Arctic tipping point, will there be an ice-free Arctic
Arctic sea ice reaches seasonal low
Ice core bubbles and carbon dioxide
DROUGHT
Droughts in the Southwest put in perspective
El Niño, bristlecone pines, and drought in the Southwest
University of Arizona Scientists Find Evidence of Roman Period Megadrought
IPCC, MODELING, AND OTHER BAD SCIENCE
A Superstorm for Global Warming Research
A Basic Error in Climate Models
Climate Model Projections vs Real World Observations
African Lake Study Leaves Some Questions
Another climate scandal brewing
The 98% climate consensus, where did the number come from?
Climategate Update Feb 18, 2010 Phil Jones and the NASA files
Climategate: Conflicts of interest and corrupted science
Climategate 2, more emails released
“Climastrologist” James Hansen versus reality
Why climate science is corrupt
Tree ring temperature data may be compromised by grazing sheep
NASA satellite data show climate models are wrong – again
SEA LEVEL AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
Ocean Acidification by Carbon Dioxide
Science Fiction from the University of Arizona?
More science fiction from the University of Arizona
University of Arizona dances with sea level
Sea Level Rise in the South Pacific: None
Sea Level Rise Declining says EU
Obama parts the waters, sea level drops
Size matters in sea level studies
TEMPERATURE DATA AND EXTREME WEATHER
NOAA accused of fabricating temperature data
Warmer nights no proof of global warming
The State of our Surface Temperature Records
Human induced warming in Tucson
A Matter of Degrees, Sizzle or Freeze
Press punked by Berkeley temperature study
Berkeley temperature study update
Berkeley Temperature record update2 the longer record
Media pawns in IPCC extreme weather hype
Pained Earth’s summer to forget: the rest of the story
Some real science might have leaked from IPCC
Invasion of blister rust, pine beetles, global warming, and forest extinction
The Warmer New Normal Temperature
MISCELLANEOUS CLIMATE POSTS
“Fakegate” A climate scam backfires
Al Gore faked video of warming experiment
Arizona and the Western Climate Initiative
A Modest Proposal: Triple Your Carbon Footprint
California’s crazy cap & trade scheme
Cancun Climate Conference, Japan Says No To Kyoto
Carbon Credit Trading, the next financial bubble to burst?
Carbon Credit Trading Collapses in US
Climate conference in Cancun is about redistributing wealth
Climate craziness and warming activists
Error-ridden University of Arizona press release hypes study
Environment Arizona – The Rest of the Story
Feds spend $10 million a day to study climate change
Feedback from a Vested Interest
Geoengineering Wacky Schemes to Control Climate
Global warming on Mars, Neptune and Pluto
Impact of burning Alberta’s oil sands
British Balloon to spew sulfur, another wacky geoengineering scheme
Global warming and malaria, another myth debunked
Gore Effect Nature’s Little Joke
Limit greenhouse gases or extraterrestrials may destroy us
Oops fighting global warming may cause global warming
Responses to comments on recent posts, causes of global warming
Saguaro National Park and Climate Change
So now burning coal causes cooling?
Strange or contrasting global warming stories
The Lighter Side of Global Warming
The total result of the Durban climate change conference
USDA says carbon dioxide can reverse effects of drought
ENERGY
ELECTRICITY GENERAL
APS wants electric energy efficiency to cost more
Arizona Corporation Commission May Ration Electricity
Demise of Incandescent Light Bulbs May Increase Energy Use
EIA says Clean Energy program will increase electricity costs 29%
Electricity supply endangered by EPA regulations
Electricity generated by wind power may raise temperatures and costs
National Renewable Energy Standard Will Mean Higher Electricity Bills
Slack lines cause power outages
Smart Grid may ration electricity
Solar energy cannot economically compete in electricity generation
Will you let the power company control your air conditioner?
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Chevy Volt officially introduced but is less than claimed
Does the Chevy Volt produce more CO2 from its battery than from its gasoline engine
Tax Dollars to Build Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles
The Chevy Volt, just the latest expensive toy
Which Vehicles Are Most Energy Efficient?
FOSSIL FUELS
Bureaucracy Bungling Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup
Clean Coal: Boon or Boondoggle?
EPA fuel standards costly and ineffective
Fossil fuel resources of the United States
Gasoline prices oil subsidies and politics
Gasoline Prices and the Obama Energy Policy
Gulf Oil Disaster – Beneath the Waves
Impact of burning Alberta’s oil sands
Keystone XL pipeline and the Ogallala aquifer
Peak Oil Prognosticators at it again and are wrong again
Shale oil and environmental concerns
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Arizona Geological Survey Leads Geothermal Energy Study
Biofuel from Prickly Pear Cactus
Blowing in the Wind, a look at green jobs
Electricity generated by wind power may raise temperatures and costs
Ethanol fuel not as green as you think
Ethanol from Sugarcane, not so green
Ethanol mandate fails economically and environmentally
Health Hazards of Wind Turbines
Solar Updraft Towers, an alternate, alternative energy source
Two 2500-foot solar towers to be built in Arizona
Vertical axis wind turbines may provide more energy on less land
Could Gila Bend, Arizona, Become the Solar Capital of the World?
ENERGY GENERAL
Another questionable energy deal $16 jet fuel
The cost of energy conservation
A good reason to eliminate the Energy Department and its budget
BLM Wild Lands Designation Attempts To Bypass Congress
Book Review: The Energy Gap by Doug Hoffman and Allen Simmons
Energy and convenient solutions Johnson
How Many Haz-Mat Suits Do You Need to Change a Lightbulb?
Is Proposed City Solar Project Good For Ratepayers?
Kerry-Lieberman Bill Bad for Consumers
Obama administration still clueless on energy
Obama Clueless on Energy – Part 2
Obama Clueless on Energy – Part 1
Politics versus American Energy Security
Pima County Solar Plan Could Save Money
Radiation Fears in Perspective
Would you pay $50 for a light bulb?
GENERAL SCIENCE
Activist group trots out tritium scare
Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Due to Waves
Be skeptical of health studies linking X to Y
Biosphere 2 Ready for New Research
Buenos Aires National Game Refuge
Constructing a Landmark Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge
Consumer Reports and Bisphenol A
EPA may change Dioxane standards in Tucson water
Excessive amounts of lead found in reusable grocery bags
Historic Topographic Maps Available Online
Jaguar Listing and Habitat Designation Based on Junk Science
Mars Images from University of Arizona HiRISE Project
Meteorite Hunters,Book Review: The Fallen Sky by Christopher Cokinos
NASA’s Mono Lake Arsenic Microbes Not Quite As Advertized
National Academies of Science offers its publications free
Research review 4 mica sheets champagne bermuda triangle
Research Review #2: The Blue Mystery, toads, and rare earth metals
Rotenone, government fish poisoning my be poisoning us
Satellite photos of Arizona wildfires
Statistical Games #2 Stroke for Stroke
Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, Pima County’s ambitious but flawed scheme
WATER
Water Supply and Demand in Tucson
Trends in groundwater levels around Tucson
Do magnetic or electrical water treatment devices really work?
POLITICS
Arizona Corporation Commission May Ration Electricity
Cancun Climate Conference Concludes with Promises, Promises
Capitalism is not a zero sum game
County Responds to Questions on assisting Raytheon
Dereliction of Duty by Congress and Obama
Does Congress Really Have to Raise Debt Ceiling?
Do we need the US Forest Service?
Eliminate non-essential Tucson programs to help balance budget
Endangered Species paperwork to cost $206,098,920
EPA Admits CO2 Regulation Ineffective
Federal debt limit reached, will dire consequences follow?
Government, 1070, Rights, and Public Funds
Greenhouse gas regulations could cost trillions
Is Pima County Park Plan Legal?
Modern Streetcar turning into another City boondoggle
Will Tucson’s streetcar infatuation become a money pit
Obama spends $20 million to create 14 green jobs in Seattle
Questions on assisting Raytheon
Red Squirrels and Green Dollars
Repeal the Endangered Species Act
Rosemont copper mine would benefit economy and community but is buried in bureaucracy
Tax the Rich by Lowering Tax Rates
The economy, the deficit, and the blame game
MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS
View historical stereograms of Arizona
An Easy Way to Clean Tarnished Silver
Beware of Extreme Digital Cinema
Is Ford’s New High-Tech Control Dangerous?
Marijuana causes global warming
“Mineral madness” at Desert Museum
