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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Responsible for nuclear physics which has given us nuclear power, and nuclear medicine which has opened up new avenues of medical treatment for such things as cancer. Finally, physics can be used to calculate the amount of energy produced by the processing and burning of biofuel just as it has for fossil fuels.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

That talk helped the [National Center for Atmospheric Research] scientists to see the big picture clearly and early on.” I show how Malthusians have used climate change to shift from claiming fossil fuels were scarce to claiming that the environment was scarce. The Malthusians significantly modified Malthus.