A valuable lunch
I had lunch today with my new friend (a friend of old friends) Henry Olds and his friend Mark Bowen. 
Mark is the author of a really good book called Thin Ice. Well I have to admit that my opinion is only half-baked, because I haven’t finished it yet. When I do, I will write a good review in my new Book Reviews section.
Mark has impressive credentials. Besides his Ph.D. from MIT, he’s also a highly experienced mountain climber and a hell of a writer. The book is about some climate researchers who’ve been all around the world drilling ice cores in the high tropics. The ice cores have remarkable data about the history of temperature and climate on our planet.
More when I review the book.
There were two great quotes from today. We were talking about the perception of the quality of the science versus the reality, and Mark said:
“I don’t think people understand just how good scientists really are. There’s no doubt left in this discussion.”
And later we were talking about how the global warming game rates your progress. Mark is particularly concerned about sea level rise and its effect on civilization:
“The score is how many people die.”