Evidence for Evolution

Just a cool video that presents some of the evidence for evolution. Feel free to click on the link to be entertained, enlightened, or maybe even offended. As they say - your mileage may vary.

http://statedclearly.com/videos/what-is-the-evidence-for-evolution/

The stated mission of the Stated Clearly folks is:

To promote the art of critical thinking by exposing people from all walks of life, to the simple beauty of science. We do this by taking complicated scientific topics like "What is DNA and how does it work" and creating short, information rich animations that explain the topic in clear language.

An interesting climate change animation by Bloomberg

The scientific evidence of climate change / global warming is irrefutable. Turning what really is settled science, raising political and ideological objections to it and then claiming that that makes the issue unsettled science is, to put it mildly, too stupid for words. There are so many studies and measurement and statistics that back this up and so few that call it into question even a little tiny bit that I'm not sure what to say to those who simply refuse to accept that we have a serious problem with what is happening to our climate.

Not only is the evidence that our climate is getting warmer irrefutable, it is also irrefutable that the primary driver of this warming is a consequence of what we humans have done and are doing. I have read a wide variety of alternative explanations for why our climate is getting warmer and, quite frankly, I have yet to encounter a non-anthropogenic explanation for global warming that even passes the laugh test.

Here's an interesting animation which illustrates just how fast our climate is changing. I will add more links as I encounter / remember them.

http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2014-hottest-year-on-record/

Thirteen of the fourteen hottest years are in the 21st century.

How Marie Tharp proved Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift

Here's an interesting article that explains how Marie Tharp put together the evidence that proved German geologist Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift was correct. Pretty cool!

http://mentalfloss.com/article/60481/how-one-womans-discovery-shook-foundations-geology