An Inconvenient Whizz? Urine of Ancient Species Proves Useful in Climate Research

An international team of researchers have been looking into crystallized piles of urine from the hyrax, a common mammal in places like Nambia and Botswana, to get clues about how the climate in those areas has changed over thousands of years.
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Carr says the data the researchers have gathered show a very dynamic climate since the last ice age and offer a key puzzle piece that can be compared to other climate-change data gathered from places like ice cores.

Progressives Against Progress by Fred Siegel, City Journal Summer 2010

The rise of environmentalism poisoned liberals’ historical optimism.

- Bishop Hill blog - Cowrin', timorous beasties

Big, bad Pielke Jnr is in town next month and has invited the Grantham Institute to debate some current global warming issues with him.

Unfortunately, the academic staff are apparently unavailable.

All of them.