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As most of you who know me have found out, I spend a fair amount of time on this site not just making friends and having conversations, but also have debates which usually center around history. I am not a professional historian, but I am pretty well-read on the subject and consider it one of my hobbies, so I usually find myself debating with people not very familiar with the issues.
What I've noticed is that many atheists are not as historically literate as they think (I've come to blame this on the fact that for many people, science is what drives them away for religion, so most people on this site come from a scientific background rather than a historical one), and so they've usually accepted some historical myths which may or may not include:
- the New Testament canon was chosen by Constantine based on which ideas were most likely to help him as an Emperor
- Jesus never existed as a historical figure and is a construction of Messianic ideals/conglomeration of multiple preachers/alien
- the Roman Empire fell because it incorporated Christianity
- "the Vatican" suppressed science during the "Dark Ages" and basically whenever it could, burning many scientists in the process
- the Vatican actively helped National Socialism before, during and after the Second World War
- the Vatican blew up the Crab Nebula
- etcetera...
As it turns out these ideas are at the core of many people's atheism and their arguments against Christianity, which I believe to be a bad thing since (a) much of it is wrong bordering on the conspiratorial and (b) any half-informed Christian debater is going to kick your ass on this issue.
I'm not very fond of either result, but since these myths just refuse to die (and I get tired of refuting them sometimes) I thought I'd create a series of blog posts on these subjects to give you an idea of what we do and do not know about these subjects and what arguments (against Christianity) are sound and which are not.
I'll also probably tackle other issues from time to time and give you some arguments against Christianity from an atheist historical perspective (debunk the resurrection argument, expose the Turin Shroud as a fake, etcetera).
The first series is probably going to be about Jesus Mythicism. CP Hold is actually doing a series on his blog trying to refute the arguments against Jesus Mythicism (and doing a fantastically poor job). But he's chosen not to allow my comments, for reasons best known to him. So I guess I'll just address his arguments on my own blog and debunk some other stuff while I'm at it ;)
Stay tuned and kind regards,
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Hitchens was better in the other video that was linked.
But I'll write a blog post about what constitutes believable evidence and we can have the discussion then and there ;)
Far be it from me to intentionally upset you,but I found this you-tube video of Christopher Hitchens discussing the existence of Jesus today and thought it may "kick start" some discussion
unfortunately believers / followers of religion already believe they are considerate and kind. What do you say to them ?
I would not be bothered to try to influence them. They are too trapped in their own delusion to see themselves as causing harm. If they are the victims, they cling to their mental crutch.
Only the atheists, the people whose brain is ready for innate apistia, can themselves make a difference. Just not by the futile discussion the fallacy of beliefs, which fulfill people's psychological needs, but by starting new way senistive morals of treating people better and of teaching children to be sensitive and avoid hurting.
Maruli,Thie following statement may seem reasonable"Therefore I can see only one method to reduce religions:
Make people aware of their instinctive urges, teach them full knowledge of what these instincts cause them to do to others, enable them to learn the self control to resist the instincts and treat other people with consideration, care and responsibility." unfortunately believers / followers of religion already believe they are considerate and kind. What do you say to them ?
Jeremy: I consider the gullibility for religion as a psychological problem, as a coping strategy that has co-evolved with human cognition. The same instincts, that determine animal behavior, like the procreation instinct, the hierarchy instinct, the ingroup-outgroup instinct, to a certain extent subconsciously also determine human behavior and what humans do to each other. But the human cognition has evolved to experience excruciating emotional pain as the victim of behaviors, that animals do not experience as painful at all due to lacking cognition. Co-evolution balanced this by developing both the ability for self-control in the frontal lobe and the gullibility to justify the unavoidable pain by the delusion of a higher power, who will do justice in an afterlife.
Therefore I can see only one method to reduce religions:
Make people aware of their instinctive urges, teach them full knowledge of what these instincts cause them to do to others, enable them to learn the self control to resist the instincts and treat other people with consideration, care and responsibility.
The less people experience being the helpless and powerless victims of being harmed, hurt, abused and exploited, the less they need delusions provided by a religion.
My computer is preventing me from replying directly,so I hope you see this. I take your point about the ludicrous claims of religion, but, the problem, as I see it, is as follows. The Abrahamic religions currently hold in thrall approximately a 1/3 rd of the earths population between them, so simply pointing at them and saying (at least least metaphorically ) thus thee hath spoken total crap and I ignore thee, won't achieve very much. Because, if as Atheists we are serious about corfronting and combatting religious/ political influence it is essential that we undersrand what we are up against.
This would entail a historical knowledge of religion. This is important as it allows us to see the evolution of religious power and influence and it's contemporary manifestation. So, whilst debates about the existence of Jesus may seem trivial and a diversion ( and to some extent I agree with this ), however, what is important is this. How did the mindless mutterings of an apocolyptic Rabbi in 1st century Palestine become the basis of one of the most important and inflluential organisations on Earth. We can only understand that throuigh a study of religious history, just mouthing ludicrous won't cut it I'm afraid.
I was only meaning to convey more than I said. Proper English be damned.
I have not read a great deal about Bruno. However my understanding largely mirrors yours with the exception that he is given more credit for scientific tendencies. Sort of a newton in reverse, more a mystic and less a scientist. Chopra is yckkk especially because he appeals to dummy asses.
I allow for the possibility that you have done research and have reached a valid conclusion about this period and its impact on scientists. I know many anti-theists have this notion about the church and persecution of scientists and that it is one of the reasons they parade before the alter of hate.
I am here to tell you that it is interesting to the extent it is true. But it is chicken feed. Science flourishes where secular inroads are driven not in all-consuming christian cultures. And that knowledge does not fundamentally change one iota the perspective I have on the church. It is a dictatorship and a corrupter of minds and morals. Its improvement is a result of modernity and a loss of its power, only this and nothing more.
Discarding christianity does not require to be bothered about what they believe in, the claims are ludicrous enough not to waste any time on them.
Well that's fine, as long as you then don't make confident statements about precisely those subjects.
Matt, if Bruno be corrupt in whom the anti-theist trust, no wonder that the apologist wields an even broader brush.
That's not a proper English sentence.
Bruno wasn't a scientist - he was a believer in a highly esoteric form of magic and Hermetic mysticism and held some religious ideas that were, at the time, heretical. He never studied "natural philosophy" formally and actually scorned the use of mathematics as a way of understanding the universe.
Any positions on the universe he held were a result of his mysticism, not scientific inquiry.
This guy was a physicist in the same way that Deepak Chopra is one because he blabbers about "quantum consciousness", i.e. not at all.
What I've noticed is that many atheists are not as historically literate as they think
History is a huge subject. And being historically informed or ignorant can be restricted to specific topics. As a consequence of being an atheist, I am just not bothered about some elusive Jesus or the Vatican, when Mayans, Romans or Moguls are more fascinating. Discarding christianity does not require to be bothered about what they believe in, the claims are ludicrous enough not to waste any time on them.
Matt, if Bruno be corrupt in whom the anti-theist trust, no wonder that the apologist wields an even broader brush.
You say the protestants protest too much. No argument there. But questioning theology of the mother ship was the first step.
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She often was at odds with her colleagues on the board, who voted to censure her on two occasions. "It's clear that the citizens really want the status quo," Olson said. "They don't want reform. They don't want people like me. I gave it the old college try."
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Meantime, a marathon board meeting that begins at 3 p.m. on Thursday is scheduled to culminate in a nighttime decision on a replacement for Russell. The person chosen will serve the two years remaining on Russell's term.
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The fonds consists of material related to Alan Walker's research, recordings, and other professional activities. As well as personal material, including correspondence. The third accrual contains 30 items related to Liszt and his Circle, including...
Walker, Alan
The fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, printed and audio-visual materials which document Brott's life and career. There is also some material related to his parents and his brother, Denis, a cellist. The materials are mainly in English...
Brott, Boris.
The fonds is very comprehensive and includes: 32 notebooks in which Cockburn composed most of his song lyrics from 1969 to 2002; song sheets and scores; correspondence, including fan mail; awards, including gold records; promotional material, incl...
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The majority of the collection consists of letters from Parry to William S. Hannam, a member of the Leeds Music Festival Committee.
Parry, C. Hubert H.
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There have been six accruals. The first accrual consists mainly of sheet music. There are also programmes, books and pamphlets in the first accrual as well as puzzles and games, time blocks, wooden notes -- all of these used to teach children musi...
The fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, printed and audio/visual material related to DeBolt's life and music career. Included are material pertaining to her mother, Marjorie DeBolt, and grandfather, Percy Highfield, such as photographs,...
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sets of clipart/graphics from very talented artists over at TeacherspayTeachers!
Krista Wallden has a very cute set of Color Pencils Clipart
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Miss N has a very cool set of ThinChevron Digital Papers
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Blair Turner and made a set of Stripes and Chevron Digital Background Paper
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Randi has made a delightful Freebie Clip Art Set for Commercial Use
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Wax modelling
With cadavers difficult to acquire and preserve, wax models became important to students and practitioners of anatomy. They aimed to reproduce the human body in a form as complete and true to nature as possible. A mixture of wax from bees and other insects was used to make realistic models which were also fully pliable. Parts of the model could often be taken out to allow students to look inside, or manipulate individual parts. In some ways they were superior to real bodies as an educational tool, because specific structures or systems of the body could be highlighted (and, of course, unlike cadavers, they did not decompose).
The art of wax modelling reached its height in the late 1700s, in Bologna and Florence, with the work of anatomical artists such as Clemente Susini and Anna Morandi Manzolini. Creating models was highly labour-intensive, and many cadavers were needed. Plaster casts of dissected anatomical specimens were taken, which were then used to produce a wax copy. Structures such as membranes were either painted or imitated using thread. The complete model was normally assembled by a modeller and anatomist working together. Models were varnished both to protect them from dust and to provide an illusion of living tissue. Many of them, especially the female models, also had allegorical or symbolic meaning. Such was the beauty of many models that they were not only used for educational purposes but were sought by private collectors and museums.
In the 1800s moulages (waxes showing injuries or pathological change in the body) often formed part of travelling shows across Europe. Part entertainment, part public health education, they often featured the effects of sexually transmitted diseases, acting as a warning of the danger of venereal disease.
Wax modelling is no longer as important in medicine. However, it has not completely died out. Madame Tussaud's collections continue the tradition of trying to accurately represent the human body - even if the emphasis has now shifted towards reproducing individual celebrities.
Related links
A Maerker, 'The anatomical models of La Specola: production, uses, and reception', Nuncius: Journal of the History of Science 21/2 (2006), pp 295-321
R Panzanelli (ed.), Ephemeral Bodies: Wax Sculpture and the Human Figure (Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2008)
T Schnalke, Diseases in Wax: The History of the Medical Moulage, translated by K Spatschek, (Berlin: Quintessence books, 1995)
J Simon, 'The theatre of anatomy: the anatomical preparations of Honoré Fragonard', Eighteenth-Century Studies, 36/1 (2002), pp 63-79


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New study uses technology to help families caring for Alzheimer's patients
June 14, 2012
By Cori Ast
Today, more than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Kristine Williams, Ph.D., RN, wants these individuals to get the best care possible — and she believes that starts with helping the more than 15 million family members providing care for their loved ones with dementia at home.
"It's very stressful to be a caregiver," says Williams, associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Nursing. Williams says the stress can be related to a loved one's symptoms, such as losing the ability to care for oneself or communicate, and is exacerbated if the individual with dementia develops behaviors such as aggression or wandering.
Anne Arthur, executive director of the KU Alzheimer's Disease Center, says a patient could live with a dementia diagnosis for eight years or more, and that extended duration of caregiving amplifies the negative consequences for family members. "Watching your loved one deteriorate is stressful, but there's not a set time point that this caregiving experience is going to end," explains Arthur, MS, APRN.
Studies have shown that family members caring for patients with dementia have increased rates of mortality and morbidity, which is why Williams designed a study to support them.
"This is a completely new role for the caregiver, so the caregiver needs education and help in understanding the disease and how to handle different situations that come up in the disease process," says Arthur, a co-investigator on the study.
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The study is currently being piloted by Kansas City-area caregivers of patients at KU's Alzheimer's Disease Center, thanks to pilot funding from Frontiers: The Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the University of Kansas School of Nursing. To date, four caregivers have participated in the study, which can support up to four caregivers at one time.
Although the study is being piloted in the Kansas City area, Williams believes her study could improve the quality of care for patients with dementia in rural areas too.
"Using already available telehealth technology could really help people who are living in isolated areas get professional support for being a caregiver," says Williams. The study plans to explore using other telehealth resources so the team can meet virtually with caregivers to provide feedback, which is currently given in-person or over the phone.
Williams is seeking to improve the technology to be ready for expansion. Her project is one initiative in U.S. Ignite, a private-public partnership to promote development of applications for ultra-fast broadband, such as Google Fiber, that will transform industries such as health care, energy, and education.
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I really love the current drama of the neo-baroque fashion style so evident in a number of runway collections.With lots of gilded gold trim, heavy velvets and embroidery what's not to like and it's a refreshing contrast to the popular minimalism. Click * for source.
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Happy Christmas
I'm a big fan of the current trend in multicolor christmas decor. So much prettier, in my opinion, and a refreshing change from red, green and white- not that there's anything wrong with that. Lovely images below are from Yvestown blog and Citrus and Orange.
Have a very merry and relaxing Christmas.
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You're Less Of A D*ck Than You Used To Be
(Note: The word asterisked above is not 'duck'. Nobody is less of a duck than they used to be when they're over 40, except perhaps ducks, because they don't live to that sort of age. By definition, if you're a duck that's over 40, you're likely to be dead, and thus you are indeed less of a duck than you used to be. 100% less of one.)
In his recent speech to students graduating from Syracuse University, the writer George Saunders said many wise, funny, beautifully written things. But two points particularly leapt out at me as I read it (and ah, if I'd only been a young person hearing it!). Firstly, Saunders essential point, the speech's main message, which was this:
"Who, in your life, do you remember most fondly, with the most undeniable feelings of warmth? Those who were kindest to you, I bet. It's a little facile, maybe, and certainly hard to implement, but I'd say, as a goal in life, you could do worse than: Try to be kinder."
He goes on to note that to do just that – to be kind – "is hard". And that brings me (or rather, him) to the second point:
"One thing in our favor: some of this "becoming kinder" happens naturally, with age. It might be a simple matter of attrition: as we get older, we come to see how useless it is to be selfish – how illogical, really. We come to love other people and are thereby counter-instructed in our own centrality. We get our butts kicked by real life, and people come to our defense, and help us, and we learn that we're not separate, and don't want to be. We see people near and dear to us dropping away, and are gradually convinced that maybe we too will drop away (someday, a long time from now). Most people, as they age, become less selfish and more loving."
As I read those words (overlooking such glaring spelling errors as 'favor' and 'defense'), I nodded. Because Saunders had expressed something which I had noticed in myself.
Namely: that I am less of a dick than I used to be.
I was having dinner last week with a friend who's a year younger than me; and she spoke about the time her dad went through something similar to what my dad is experiencing right now. My friend was 25 when it happened and admitted to me: "I couldn't cope with it back then". The implication being that she could cope with it – or at least have a better understanding of it, and a different response to it – now. Now that she's older.
I told her I felt exactly the same way about my response to my father's illness.
Because as I sit here back at my childhood home caring for my dad, like the lead in a Zach Braff movie whose soundtrack is not hipster indie bands but BBC Midlands Today, I realise I am, simply put, a better person than I used to be in my 20s, or even my 30s. George Saunders is right: I find it easier to not only show but to genuinely feel kindness; easier to be caring and more tolerant; easier to put myself second or even third (not fourth, though. I have my limits). Could I have coped with my father's illness in my 20s? Possibly. But it would have been just that – coping, and probably barely so – rather than genuinely dealing with it. I would undoubtedly have found it harder to be open and loving and kind (and just as importantly: brutally honest); and I probably would have been getting blind drunk far more often.
I'm not saying that I was a total dick (or a total drunk) when I was in my 20s and 30s – nor that I am some sort of saint now. But I know that I have a better idea of what's important now, and different priorities. Better priorities, I hope. I value kindness and sweetness in others more than I've ever done, for example; plus their ability to mix a good martini. This would have been unheard of in my 20s, largely because I didn't drink martinis. Back then, I would have admired someone's ability to mix a good tape (still a quality I would admire, to be fair, not least because of their initiative at getting their hands on a cassette tape).
Not so long ago on Brainy Radio (Radio 4), I heard a man talking about his autism. He described how, when he was 17, his stepfather died and he didn't understand why his mother had to see her late husband's body before they buried him. He said that this was a sign of his autism – but as I listened to his story (and I don't mean to deny his take on it in any way; this was simply mine), I thought to myself: 'That's not autism, that's youth'.
When I was 17, my best friend's mother died. And I'm not proud – indeed, I'm ashamed – of how I dealt with this awful event. Because I didn't deal with it at all. I didn't know how to deal with it. Because I was young.
But now, to paraphrase Maya Angelou: I would know better, so I would do better. And one of the many gifts/consolations (delete according to your world view) of getting older is that we hopefully learn what is better. Both for others and ourselves.
Are there plenty of people who are over 40 and still dicks? Of course. Vladimir Putin. Rush Limbaugh. A whole host of others, many of them EDL members. But does anyone become more of a dick than they used to be when they're over 40? I very much doubt it.
As for becoming more of a duck than you used to be: also very improbable. Just look at the ugly duckling, for example. He turned into a swan.


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The first records of European mariners sailing into 'Australian' waters occurs around 1606, and includes their observations of the land known as Terra Australis Incognita (unknown southern land). The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken captained by Dutchman, Willem Janszoon.
Between 1606 and 1770, an estimated 54 European ships from a range of nations made contact. Many of these were merchant ships from the Dutch East Indies Company and included the ships of Abel Tasman. Tasman charted parts of the north, west and south coasts of Australia which was then known as New Holland.


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It all started one day when a duck collecting friend of mine from Pennsylvania named Olivia had an idea…."Let's start a duck chain". What is a duck chain? Let me explain the duck chain and how it works (in non duckspeak)….. Olivia buys a duck. She begins by taking pictures of this duck (given the well-suited name "Explorer Duck") in her city. She then sends the duck out to another duck collector in another city. That person keeps the duck for a while and takes pictures of it in their city. Then that person would send it to another duck collector, and so on.
Explorer Duck has already traveled to 4 cities in the US with more to come. Then the duck heads across the pond to the UK and the Netherlands! And-Duckshow is going to be updating this lucky ducky's travels! Let's take a look at some of Explorer Ducks adventures thus far:
It all began in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Here she challenges the folks at Smokin' Joes to a game of pool.…
Explorer Duck: (talking about a previous game…er..hustle) "He called the case nine in the side, a two-railer. He bounced it off the point with a major choke, it banks it in the corner and he slips on the wrap, flips the stick out of his grip, and miscues. With ball-in-hand on the five I hooked him behind the six for the nine ride." I hear she's also good at darts.
Explorer duck also found time to hang out with the locals at Pat Catan's for some arts and crafts.
Next stop….Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Here are a couple of highlights of her stay there:
Here she is posing with Perry Como's statue.
Explorer Duck (singing): "Don't let the stars get in your eyes,
Don't keep your heart from me,
For some day I'll return,
And you know you're the only one I'll ever love!"
And here she is rocking out to her favorite band, Junk Fingers. (You can see her back there in the far left on the speaker.)
Then Explorer Duck was off to St. Paul, Minnesota where a flock of ducks were awaiting her arrival:
And I hear they had one hell of a party in her honor. Rubber ducks know how to party. If you have any doubts about their celebratory ways, you obviously haven't seen this clip:
Now you know.
Explorer Duck also visited Harriet Island Regional Park.
She then spent time enjoying the winter wonderland with one of the locals named "Bert." She found him lovely, but knew that it would never work out with her traveling lifestyle…so she bid him goodbye and promised to write. Am I reading too much into these adventures? Perhaps….but that's how we do it on Duckshow….with a little imagination and a lot of quackiness;)
Tune in tomorrow for her fourth stop…..Ohio! For now I bid you all adieu!
Photos by fellow duck collectors extraordinaire: Melissa, Olivia, Autumn, and Alena.


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Since Radiohead first released the Thom Yorke-penned song "Creep" seventeen years ago, numerous artists -- including many well known, high-profile acts -- have covered the Radiohead hit that became so popular that the band themselves distanced themselves from it for a spell.
Originally released in 1992 as their debut single, "Creep" was not initially a hit. But it did become one when it was rereleased the following year, when it also appeared on their debut album Pablo Honey. Out of uneasiness with becoming a sort of one-hit-wonder band associated with this sole major worldwide hit, plus the fact that Radiohead had shifted in style as the nineties progressed, Yorke and the band ceased playing it in concert altogether by 1998. After three years, they changed their mind and re-added it to their show playlists, although only sporadically.
Truth is that it is a great song and one that one that countless others have covered: many of which are included below in either video or audio format. Included in the versions are covers by Beck, Chrissie Hynde/Pretenders, Moby, KoRN, the Dutch band Shiver, Sad Kermit, and Weezer at a Hootenanny in Portland last summer. Weezer also played the song at a Hootenanny in the Bay Area and again at a concert in Tokyo last year. Also below is the original version by Radiohead. Not below but viewable on YouTube is Tears For Fears 1996 live in Brasil cover of the song.
My personal fave remains the original, with Chrissie Hynde coming in a close second. I place off-key Moby (an ariist who I normally like) in the last place, even behind the frog named Sad Kermit. If you have time, check out the versions below and post your opinion / rating of best to worst version in the COMMENTS below.
Amoeblog Update: thanks to the Amoeblog commenters SFatNIght who informed me of the Prince cover of "Creep" at Coachella last year which is not great audio quality recording but well worth checking out, and also to Amoeblog commenter Robert Gable who turned me onto the wonderful Edmund Welles bass clarinet quartet version of the song which I have added below. Thanks!


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The Carbon Cycle-Greenhouse Gases group conducts research to understand the global carbon cycle and its effects on climate. Measurements are made to determine baseline levels, trends and causes of variability of several atmospheric gases (carbon dioxide, methane and carbon monoxide), that have the potential to affect global climate. To obtain detailed understanding of the short term as well as long term variations of the greenhouse gases, measurements are made from a network of on-site (in-situ) locations.
NOAA Baseline Observatories
NOAA/ESRL/GMD operates staffed atmospheric baseline observatories from which numerous in situ and remote atmospheric and solar measurements are conducted. These observatories were established in order to provide sampling of the most remote air on the planet so that the true "background atmosphere" could be monitored. GMD measures greenhouse gases at four of the Observatories: Barrow, Alaska; Mauna Loa, Hawaii; American Samoa; and South Pole, Antarctica. GMD first began measurements of CO2 at the observatories in 1973, and added CH4 and CO measurements in the 1980's. Continuous in-situ measurements of these gases provides great detail in their long term trends, seasonal and short-term variations, and diurnal cycles.
Tall Towers
The NOAA ESRL/GMD tall tower network provides regionally representative measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) and related gases in the continental boundary layer. Recently we have also begun sampling gases that are relevant for air quality studies. We collect meteorological data that can be used to study boundary layer dynamics. The tall tower sites are part of the North American Carbon Program and are a primary data source for ESRL's Carbon Tracker CO2 data assimilation system.
ESRL's Global Monitoring Division (GMD) began making measurements from tall towers in the 1990s in order to extend long-term carbon-cycle gas monitoring to continental areas. Existing television, radio and cell phone towers are utilized as sampling platforms for in-situ and flask sampling of CO2 and other atmospheric trace gases, including carbon monoxide (CO). Carbon dioxide is the principal carbon greenhouse gas, and measurements of its abundance are sensitive to upwind fluxes, including fossil fuel emissions and uptake and release by vegetation and soils. Carbon monoxide is an indicator of combustion, and elevated levels can result from urban or industrial emissions or from biomass burning. CO data contribute to the interpretation of CO2 measurements by helping to identify and quantify pollution episodes. Plans call for the addition of six more towers distributed throughout the continental US over the next several years.
Additional In-Situ Sites
There are a few extra sites making in-situ measurements of greenhouse gases. These sites have lower intake heights (<50m) than the tall tower program, and are not part of the NOAA Baseline Observatory system.
Argyle, Maine
- Affiliation: Unicel
- Elevation: 50 masl
- Intake Heights: 12, 30, 107 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
The AMT site uses a 107m Unicel cellular telephone transmitter tower near Argyle, Maine. This site was instrumented in September 2003 in time for the CO2 Airborne Budget and Regional Airborne (COBRA) - Maine Study, which occurred during summer 2004.Partners:
- University of Maine (John Lee),
- USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station (David Hollinger),
- Harvard Univerisity (Steve Wofsy, Bill Munger)
Erie, Colorado
- Affiliation: NOAA
- Elevation: 1584 masl
- Intake Heights: 22, 100, 300 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
The Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) tower has been operated by the ESRL Physical Sciences Division (PSD) since the 1970s and serves as a unique facility for monitoring the Earth's atmospheric boundary layer. Instrumentation for monitoring CO2 and CO was installed in April 2007. Because of its proximity to the Denver metropolitan area, measurements from the BAO tower will provide detailed information about urban and industrial sources of CO2.
Barrow, Alaska
- Affiliation: NOAA Observatory
- Elevation: 11 masl
- Intake Heights: 16.46 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CH4, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
Barrow is the northern most point in the United States. It was the first NOAA/GMD site to begin continuous in-situ measurements of CO2, starting in July 1973. CH4 measurements began in January 1986, and CO measurements in September 1991.
Cherskii, Russia
- Affiliation:
- Elevation: 30 masl
- Intake Heights: 2.6, 16.2, 34.4 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CH4
- Available datasets | Data visualization
Grifton, North Carolina
- Affiliation: WITN-TV
- Elevation: 9 masl
- Intake Heights: 51, 123, 496 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2
- Available datasets | Data visualization
The WITN-TV transmitter tower was the first tall tower measurement site in the GMD network. Measurements began in June, 1992, with continuous monitoring of CO2 and 222Rn mixing ratios, wind speed and direction, temperature, and relative humidity at 51, 123 and 496 m above the ground. Unfortunately, our work at the WITN tower site had to be discontinued in June 1999 because the tower owner need the space that was occupied by our equipment in order to install an HDTV transmitter, as mandated by Congress. We thank American Family Broadcasting for hosting our measurements for 7 years.
Park Falls, Wisconsin
- Affiliation: WLEF-TV
- Elevation: 472 masl
- Intake Heights: 11, 30, 76, 122, 244, 396 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
The 447-m tall WLEF-TV transmitter tower in northern Wisconsin became the second site for the tall tower program in October, 1994. This tower is owned by the State of Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. A large program has evolved around our measurements at the WLEF tower, involving a number of university and federal research institutions. The goals are to assess the carbon budget of the forests in the region (the Chequamegon National Forest), and to examine the influence of forest/atmosphere CO2 exchange on CO2 mixing ratios within and above the atmospheric boundary layer over the continent. This program is known as the Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (ChEAS). The ChEAS project is also a part of the AmeriFlux program. Scientists from Caltech and NASA JPL began making total column CO2 measurements at the base of the WLEF tower in 2004 by FTIR spectroscopy. These measurements are part of the validation effort for NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory to be launched in 2008.Partners:
- Penn State University (Ken Davis),
- University of Wisconsin (Ankur Desai),
- USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station (Ron Teclaw and Dan Baumann)
Mount Bachelor, Oregon
- Affiliation: University of Washington
- Elevation: 2731 masl
- Intake Heights: 11 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
The Mt. Bachelor Observatory is located at the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area and is run with the cooperation of Mt. Bachelor, Inc. An isolated volcanic peak with a summit at 2.7 km asl, Mt. Bachelor receives mostly free tropospheric air and sometimes stratospheric air which has been relatively undisturbed during transport from Asia.Partners:
- University of Washington (Dan Jaffe),
Mauna Loa, Hawaii
- Affiliation: NOAA Observatory
- Elevation: 3397 masl
- Intake Heights: 40 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CH4, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) is a premier atmospheric research facility that has been continuously monitoring and collecting data related to atmospheric change since the 1950's. CO2 measurements began in 1957 by Dave Keeling of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. NOAA/GMD began continuous in-situ CO2 measurements in 1974, then followed with CH4 in 1987 and CO measurements in 1992.
Beech Island, South Carolina
- Affiliation: Augusta Tower LLC
- Elevation: 115 masl
- Intake Heights: 30, 61, 305 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
NOAA/ESRL began continuous measurements of CO2 and CO at the "South Carolina Tower" in August 2008 as part of a partnership with the Department of Energy Office of Science to expand carbon cycle research at the Savannah River Site. The SCT site takes advantage of a pre-existing comprehensive meteorological network in the region that is operated by the Savannah River National Laboratory. The SRNL network includes 3-dimensional sonic anemometers and fast response CO2 and H2O sensors at each of the sampling heights on the tower that are now also used for the NOAA CO2 and CO measurements. This location samples the southeastern US within a mixed use agricultural, residential, and industrial zone.Partners:
- Savannah River National Laboratory (Matt Parker),
- University of Georgia (Professor Monique LeClerc)
Tutuila Island, American Samoa
- Affiliation: NOAA Observatory
- Elevation: 42 masl
- Intake Heights: 18 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2
- Available datasets | Data visualization
The American Samoa Observatory (SMO) is located in the middle of the South Pacific, about midway between Hawaii and New Zealand. It is characterized by year-round warmth and humidity, lush green mountains, and strong Samoan culture. The observatory is situated on the northeastern tip of Tutuila Island, American Samoa, at Cape Matatula. NOAA/GMD began continuous in-situ CO2 measurements at SMO in 1976.
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
- Affiliation: University of Virginia
- Elevation: 1008 masl
- Intake Heights: 5, 10, 17 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
South Pole, Antarctica
- Affiliation: NOAA Observatory
- Elevation: 2810 masl
- Intake Heights: 11 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2
- Available datasets | Data visualization
The South Pole Observatory (SPO) is located at the geographic South Pole on the Antarctic plateau at an elevation of 2837 m above sea level. The South Pole Observatory was established in 1957 as part of the International Geophysical Year. The National Science Foundation provides the infrastructure for the GMD scientific operations including a state of the art science building named the Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO). NOAA/GMD began continuous in-situ CO2 measurements at SPO in 1975.
West Branch, Iowa
- Affiliation: KWKB-TV
- Elevation: 242 masl
- Intake Heights: 31, 99, 379 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
Instrumentation was installed on the KWKB-TV tower in July 2007. The WBI site samples agricultural ecosystems in the corn belt. Summertime CO2 levels in this region are among the lowest in North America due to strong uptake by corn and other crops. We expect to see interannual variability in the CO2 seasonal cycle that is related to crop yields, which are carefully tracked. For example, 2007 is expected to be a record corn crop, as demand has increased for production of biofuels.Partners:
- University of Iowa (Charles Stanier)
Walnut Grove, California
- Affiliation: Richland
- Elevation: 0 masl
- Intake Heights: 30, 91, 483 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CH4, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
The WGC tower was instrumented in September 2007 through a collaborative effort with the Deparment of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The California Energy Commission is funding the project through its Public Interest Energy Research Program. The WGC site is equipped to provide continuous measurements of CO2, CO and CH4. WGC is the first tall tower site with continuous CH4 measurements. WGC is instrumented with automated flask sampling systems that provide daily measurements of a suite of greenhouse gases, carbon isotopes, halocarbons and other compounds.Partners:
- Affiliation: KWKT-TV
- Elevation: 251 masl
- Intake Heights: 30, 122, 457 meters above ground
- Gases Measured: CO2, CO
- Available datasets | Data visualization
Moody, Texas
Sensors were installed on the KWKT-TV transmitter tower in February 2001. In May 2006, this site became the first to use our newly redesigned instrumentation suite. The upgrades were made in time for the Texas Air Quality Study 2006 . We also carried out a demonstration study during 2006 where an O3 sensor was mounted at our highest sampling level (457 m above ground level). The O3 data showed clear evidence of nighttime transport of ozone in the nocturnal jet at the top of the planetary boundary layer. This site periodically samples air that has passed over the Dallas - Fort Worth and Houston metropolitan areas. At other times, the site samples relatively clean air from the Gulf of Mexico. Summertime weather patterns are dominated by a monsoonal circulation over the Gulf. WKT thus provides a measurement of the initial CO2 concentration for air passing over the continent from the south. As air moves northward, the CO2 concentration is modified by the action of sources (fossil fuel combustion, plant respiration, biomass burning, cement production) and sinks (photosynthesis).Partners: