"Mapping Climate Change on Tatooine Over 110 Galactic Years" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Jul 2014 3:23 p.m. PST |
"Just because Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine is fictional doesn't mean it's immune to the effects of climate change. This map shows how, in the past 110 Galactic Standard Years, Tatooine has turned from a sprawling, desert wasteland into an even hotter sprawling, desert wasteland. It comes from Tatooine's first Intergovernmental Report on Climate Change, written by 23 droids (not really) and a human named David Ng, a molecular biologist from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Ng is in cahoots with several other science writers who are using Tatooine as a device to teach real world science. Ng writes on his blog that the report is an "overly elaborate teaching prop" that he hopes will help people understand how scientists come to a consensus on climate change…"
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 StoneMtnMinis  | 25 Jul 2014 4:05 p.m. PST |
Fantasy science on a fantasy planet. This should probably go to Fez land. |
| StarfuryXL5 | 25 Jul 2014 4:32 p.m. PST |
Maybe it should go on a Fantasy Board. |
| Stryderg | 25 Jul 2014 9:21 p.m. PST |
It's starting to get a little scary how many folks are using fictional devices to teach real world issues. I mean the Centers for Disease Control idea of using a zombie plague to teach people about emergency prep was a novel idea, but if you blur the line too much won't you just end up with delusional people? |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 25 Jul 2014 10:49 p.m. PST |
With possible Fez-ness, don't we already have delusional people? |
| Mr Elmo | 26 Jul 2014 2:46 a.m. PST |
Fantasy science on a fantasy planet. Well, it's better than fantasy science on a real planet. |
| jpattern2 | 26 Jul 2014 7:00 a.m. PST |
Perfect! Lots of sand on Tatooine for people to stick their heads in – just like on Earth. |
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paints and individually bases some 6mm sci-fi infantry.