Before focusing this science Wednesday on global warming, a short analysis of what is happening with the presidential campaign. After all the bad-mouthing by Donald Trump about the  next presidential debate, this ABC event is now again on track for Tuesday, September 10 at 9PM (EDT)  at the National Constitution Center, where rests the Liberty Bell, in Phildelphia.  Moderators will be David Muir and Linsey Davis.  The ground rules will be the same as CNN's debate between Trump and Joe Biden.  There will be no third-party candidates nor audience.  In one corner, Donald Trump at 78 and in the other, Kamala Harris at 59. Kamala Harris has gained the endorsement of so many former Republicans that I've lost count. More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for former Presidents  George Bush, senior and junior. McCain and Romney.   Read their open letter  urging voters to reject Donald Trump. Here are other notables. By November 5, this l...

On Tuesdays I usually reach back into the past and repeat an early posting of importance, but today there will be two.  Let me start with  World Oceans Day , which is celebrated this month.  The concept was first proposed 30 years ago, around the time the concept of the  Blue Revolution  began to develop.  These international events about our seas almost always are devoted to "saving" our oceans, certainly not wisely utilizing them for the benefit of humanity. I've been in academia now for half a century.  Research funding is scarce for ocean resource development.  The National Science Foundation and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration focus their support just about only for science, not engineering, and more specifically to monitor and protect our seas.  The Department of Energy is more applications than pure science.  However, in the 1980's the UDOE hated ocean thermal energy conversion ( OTEC ).  Read my  14 Augu...