WSJ discusses IRI work

Tom Wright has a post about IRI on the Energy Roundup blog.

That’s because for most people, especially the world’s poorest, forewarning of short-term changes in temperatures can help them make life-or-death decisions, these scientists say. It’s also because scientists say models that predict climate can do so with accuracy only over a year or so. The International Research Institute for Climate and Society, part of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, outlined a project to help farmers on the Indonesian part of Borneo island to predict up to six months ahead when dry weather is likely to cause uncontrollable bush fires. The institute aims to raise funding to pay farmers not to use slash-and-burn techniques during those peak dry periods.

Read it here.

WSJ and COP13

The Wall Street Journal is covering Bali on its Energy Roundup blog, which, word has it, will transmogrify into a climate change blog in early 2008. About time. Looks like you don’t have to be logged in to access the posts, so check it out.

Speaking of Bali, anyone there now? I’ve never been to a COP, so I can only imagine the total chaos that must ensue, especially to the uninitiated. Please feel free to post your stories!

Wall Street Journal Exodus?

Ok, so while the following is a wholly non-scientific analysis, I thought it was interesting enough to comment on:

I am a member of LinkedIn, which is a myspace for yuppies. One of the nice features of the service is that it alerts you when your former colleauges or classmates join the network, so that you can reach out and “link” to them.

I also happen to be a former WSJ employee. Since I left the paper last year, I’ve been keen on staying in touch with my ex-colleagues there, and have used LinkedIn’s service to do so. Typically, I’ll get an alert every few days on my home page telling me that one or two, maybe up to four, WSJers have joind the network since I last logged on–which is typically every few days. This morning, FIFTY WSJers had become members in the last 48 hours.

Is something astir in the henhouse now that a fox has gotten the keys?