This index links to all my articles published in the Arizona Daily Independent.
Major headings are: Book Reviews, Natural history of Sonoran Desert, geology, EPA, climate, general science, politics, energy, and miscellaneous
See ARTICLE INDEX for Wryheat articles
BOOK REVIEWS
“Global Warming Skepticism for Busy People” by Dr. Roy Spencer
Chilton Vs The Center For Biological Diversity by J.P.S. Brown – Book Review
America’s Culture, Its Origins & Enemies by John Harmon McElroy
Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming by Craig D. Idso, Robert M. Carter, and S. Fred Singer
Sagebrush Rebel by William Perry Pendley
On Gaia, A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth by Toby Tyrrell
Doubt and Certainty in Climate Science by Alan Longhurst
Just the Fracks Ma’am Myths about hydrofracking by Greg Kozera
NATURAL HISTORY OF SONORAN DESERT
The Past, Present, and Future State of Tucson’s Creeks and Rivers
Are Mexican wolves in Arizona actually wolf-dog hybrids?
Some not so natural critters of Arizona
The Desert in Winter, what to look for
Thirteen venomous animals of the Southwestern desert.
BIRDS
Cactus Wrens – Arizona’s very noisy state bird
Cardinals, Pyrrhuloxias and a cameo appearance by Phainopepla
Curve-billed Thrasher – a bold and inquisitive bird
Great Blue Herons in the desert
Nighthawks and Poorwills, birds of the night
Steller’s Jay – noisy and bold
The Three Accipiters Cooper’s hawk, northern gosshawk sharpshined hawk
Thick-billed Parrots in Arizona
Western Tanager – a flaming red-head‘
REPTILES
Horned Lizard’s clever defenses
Mexican vine snakes – just mildly venemous
MAMMALS
Creatures of the night – Cactus mouse
Creatures of the night – Ringtails
Creatures of the Night: The Bats
Bats of Western Abandoned Mines
Creatures of the night – Pocket Mice
Desert Museum gets new black bear
Ice Age Mammals of the San Pedro River Valley, Southeastern Arizona
Kit Fox – another creature of the night
Mountain lion dietary supplementation plan
New Bighorn sheep lamb born at Desert Museum
New mountain lion takes over at the Desert Museum
Pack Rats are Desert Archaeologists
Wolf attacks on humans in North America
Genetics of Mexican wolves: assessment of possible hybridization with other canids
ARACHNIDS AND INSECTS
Carpenter Bees – black and gold and smelling like roses
Don’t Touch Buckmoth Caterpillars
Palo verde root borers are emerging
Pepsis wasps have the most painful sting
The Cochineal, a little bug with a valuable product
The life of Walkingstick insects
The Sex Life of Bruchid Beetles
Venomous Centipedes and Cyanide-Oozing Millipedes
VinegaroonThe life of Walkingstick insectss and Sun Spiders
Western Spotted Orbweaver spider
AMPHIBIANS
Got Toads? Here Is What You Might Want To Know
Creature of the Night – Spadefoots
PLANTS
What goes on inside cacti “guts”
Agaves provide food, fiber and adult beverages
Cactus water will make you sick
Chain-fruit and teddy bear cholla cactus
Chiltepin peppers, spice and medicine
Chuparosa – the Hummingbird Bush
Desert Broom – another medicinal plant
Desert Tobacco, a Pretty but Poisonous Desert Plant
Desert Willows provide emergency food and medicine
Devil’s Claw provides food, fiber and medicine
Devil’s Trumpet, another pretty but poisonous plant
Globe Chamomile, an invasive species in Arizona
Guayacán a pretty flowering tree
Guayule, a desert rubber plant
Invasion of the Popcorn Flowers
Joshua Trees of the Mohave Desert
Matilija poppy (fried egg plant)
Medusa’s Head a strange and useful plant
Mesquite trees provide food, fuel, medicine, and more
War on the Range – Ranchers versus Mesquite
Mexican Cardon cactus – the largest in the world
Mormon Tea – a widely used medicinal plant
Oak trees of the Sonoran Desert region
Ocotillo – an aide to hummingbirds and geologists
Palo brea trees and their uses
Palo Verde trees about to turn the desert golden
Panicled Aster aka Day of the Dead Flower
Prickly Pear cacti – many varieties, many uses
Recovery of the Pima Pineapple Cactus
Sacred Datura – pretty, poisonous, and hallucinogenic
Saguaro Cactus Icon of the Sonoran Desert
Sida abutifolia and Euphorbia capitellata – two new flowering plants
Spectacular flowers of the red Torch Cactus
Staghorn and Buckhorn Cholla Cactus
Stinging spurge – mala mujer
The Jojoba bush and its valuable oil
Tufted evening primrose – a winter bloomer
Yuccas provide food, fiber, and soap
FISH
Gila Topminnow rediscovered in Santa Cruz River north of Tucson
GEOLOGY
A Brief Geologic History of Arizona Chapter 1 Precambrian
A Brief Geologic History of Arizona Chapter 2 Cambrian and Ordovician time
A Brief Geologic History of Arizona Chapter 3 Silurian to Permian
Arizona Geological History Chapter 4: Triassic Period
A brief geologic history of Arizona Chapter 5: Jurassic Time
A brief geologic history of Arizona Chapter 6: Cretaceous Time
A brief geologic history of Arizona Chapter 7, the Cenozoic Era
Island Mountains of Southeastern Arizona: Geology, Vegetation & Wildlife
A Guide to the geology of Sabino Canyon and the Catalina Highway
Paper Review: ‘Helvetia-Rosemont: Arizona’s Hardscrabble Mining Camp’ by David Briggs
Arizona’s Monsoon Season Drives Earth Fissure Activity
A Guide to the Geology of the Santa Catalina Mountains
A guide to geologic feature of Petrified Forest National Park
A Guide to the Geology of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve
A Guide toCatalina State Park – Geology for the layman
A Guide to the Geology of the Flagstaff Area
A Guide to the Geology of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve
Guide to geology of Picacho mountains and Picacho peak
A Geoheritage Tour of Southeastern Arizona
American Geosciences Institute’s Critical Issues program
Anatomy of the March 23 landslide in Washington
Arctic methane scare – cancelled
Arizona Geological Survey to inventory landslides in Arizona
Economic Impact of Arizona Mining 2021
American Mineral Production for 2017
American Mineral Production for 2016
Arizona was #1 mineral producer in 2014
Arizona zeolite minerals, ancient camels etc
A piece of fossilized lightning
Breccia pipes of northwestern Arizona and their economic significance
Coal – A Possible New Source of Rare Earth Elements
Desert Varnish and its life forms
Explosive geology of the Chiricahua mountains
Rocks in the Chiricahua National Monument and Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Geologic hazards in Arizona – Radon
Geologic History: PETM when it really got hot
Geology is responsible for some phenomena blamed on global warming
Geologic Setting of Icelandic Volcanoes
Catalina State Park – Geology for the layman
Geology of Petrified Forest National Park
A Guide to the Geology of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve
Governor proposes transferring Arizona Geological Survey to University of Arizona – Bad Idea
How uncorrected Forest Service errors and bureaucracy are blocking a marble mine in Southern Arizona
Houston’s long history of flooding
Interactive geologic map of Arizona
Manganese may be mined in Arizona
New Zinc-lead-silver mineral deposit discovered in SE Arizona
Mining stimulates Arizona economy
Mining lithium for batteries is no greener than mining copper
More perspective on Antarctica ice loss
Mystery of sliding rocks on Racetrack Playa
Old mines of the Tucson Mountains
Origin of the Grand Canyon and Lower Colorado River
Pirate fault of Canada del Oro
Proper remediation of acid mine drainage
Reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles, another scary scenario
Scientific misconduct at USGS lab affects Arizona
Some Surprises about the Copper Deposits near Green Valley
Sunset Crater – Arizona’s youngest volcano
Take a geology and logic test – Read the Rock
The dual nature of Hawaiian volcanoes
The New Madrid, Missouri Earthquakes, 1811-1812
The “Unstoppable Collapse” of the West Antarctic ice sheet
The old Jacobs tungsten mill in Tucson
The Siberian Crater – a Pingo is what done it
The Great Arizona-Sonora Earthquake of 1887
The Pontatoc mine lost in a north Tucson neighborhood
The Basin & Range Province of North America
Tucson Mountains geology – complex and controversial
Uranium mining ban near Grand Canyon all politics, no science
Volcanic rocks of “A” Mountain and Tumamoc Hill
Volcanic Threat Assessment in the U.S.
Where the Next Big American Earthquake and Tsunami Might Occur
West Antarctica ice-sheet calving due to geology
Young Volcanic Fields of Arizona
EPA
EPA says Glyphosate is not harmful to humans
EPA claims on dangers of particulate matter are false
U of A says Gold King Mine release will have no effect on lower Colorado River
Did the EPA cause the Colorado mine spill on purpose?
Dump the EPA endangerment finding
Economic consequences of EPA power plant regulations
Electric cars are neither green nor practical
EPA targets wrong cause of haze in Grand Canyon
EPA emission standards for trucks: heavy cost, no benefit
EPA says fracking does not harm drinking water supply
EPA conducted illegal and potentially lethal experiments on children
EPA targets wrong cause of haze in Grand Canyon
EPA’s own human experiments debunk health claims
EPA’s Clean Power Plan would disproportionally hurt the poor
Global warming may be an unintended consequence of the EPA rule on sulfur
Replace the Environmental Protection Agency
EPA’s Clean Power Plan would disproportionally hurt the poor
Global warming may be an unintended consequence of the EPA rule on sulfur
Ozone, Asthma and EPA Junk Science
Replace the Environmental Protection Agency
CLIMATE
A review of the state of climate science
Consequences of the climate scam
Climate at a glance for teachers and students
Quadrupling Carbon Dioxide Would Cause Only 1.0°C Warming According to New Study
A Citizens Guide to Climate Change
Why Carbon Dioxide Is Necessary for Life on Planet Earth
Climate and energy reports in August show that nature is not cooperating with propaganda
Climate And Energy Reports Show Nature Is Not Cooperating With Propaganda Part 2
Global Warming and Rising Carbon Dioxide is a Boon for Plant Life
Methane- The Irrelevant Greenhouse Gas
Why reducing carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuel will have no effect on climate
What Global Surface Temperature is Ideal for Human Habitation?
Comments on the new IPCC climate report, April, 2022
IPCC still pedaling junk science with AR6
Recent Heatwaves are Weather – Not Climate Change
Two news studies say Antarctica gaining ice and snow
Effects of global warming on humans
Researchers want to deploy 100 million ice making machines to Arctic
The “Green New Deal” Will Send US Back to the Dark Ages
The Dangerous Ignorance of the Green New Deal
2014 was the third or sixth or 8000th warmest year
2014 the warmest? NASA now says never mind
A New Look at the Physics of Earth’s Atmosphere
A Review of Environmental and Climate Predictions
A Very Brief History of Climate Change in the Sonoran Desert
American Tradition Institute sues University of Arizona
Analysis of the National Climate Assessment Report
Fourth National Climate Assessment, Part 2 – no science, just scaremongering
Another climate model failure – there were no extremes in drought or rainfall in the 20th century
Comments on the alleged megadrought
Arizona Daily Star alarmed that Arizona summers are hot
Blowing dust and dust storms in Arizona
California drought caused by nature and politics
Carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect
The Broken Greenhouse – why CO2 is a minor player in global climate
New study shows that carbon dioxide is responsible for only seven percent of the greenhouse effect
No Reduction of Atmospheric CO2 Due to Economic Slowdown
Carbon dioxide is necessary for life on Earth
Carbon dioxide and ten thousand dots
Celebrate Earth Day by tripling your carbon footprint
Claim: Arctic getting darker, making Earth warmer
Climate science, perpetual motion and squirrels
Comments on the Pope’s Encyclical
Could One Trillion More Trees Stop Global Warming?
Covering up consensus on global cooling
Drought and predictions of doom for the Southwest
Economists say it is okay to lie about climate change
El Nino – La Nina, how natural cycles control temperature
Estimates of global warming reduction by reducing CO2 emissions
Evidence that CO2 emissions do not intensify the greenhouse effect
An examination of the relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide
Failure of climate models shows that carbon dioxide does not drive global temperature
Geology is responsible for some phenomena blamed on global warming
“Climategate” comes back to bite the University of Arizona
Global warming – the madness of our age
Climate Craziness, Politics, and Hypocrisy
Climate Madness 12, California is craziest
Climate Madness 13 – Climate Emergency Scam
Climate Madness 14 – Prof Mickey Mouse declares climate emergency
Climate Madness 15 – crazy research and ignorant politicians
Comments on Tucson climate action plan
There is no climate emergency (letter to AZ Star)
A Simple Question for Climate Alarmists
Claim: Global warming is increasing the intensity of the North American Monsoon
Fourth National Climate Assessment is junk science
Global warming and the Polar Vortex
Global Warming “Lost Pause” Update
Global warming may be an unintended consequence of the EPA rule on sulfur
Government climate science versus reality
Another Greenland melting scare
Gulf Stream Slowing – just another unfounded climate scare
Holes in the Ozone Hole Hypothesis
Ice core bubbles and carbon dioxide – the Gospel according to AGW
Impact of Paris climate accord and why Trump was right to dump it
Implications of projected climate change for groundwater recharge
IPCC scary stories and a dose of reality
Main temperature database used by IPCC found to contain multiple errors
March 2017 – hottest ever in Tucson?
Media hype about forest fires and global warming
Megadroughts and the Arizona Daily Star
Montini versus Ducey on climate change
National Climate Data Center adjusts data to erase warming pause
New paper on Earth’s albedo has some surprises
NOAA caught in temperature data manipulation – again
NOAA trouble with 2015 being hottest year
New NOAA data show cooling trend for last 10 years
NOAA data show an 18-year cooling trend in US
NOAA can’t find link between global warming and extreme weather
NOAA caught committing fraud in Congressional testimony about ocean acidification
Nitrogen in rocks identified as major plant fertilizer not considered by climate models
Obama’s Climate Action Plan is Clueless and Dangerous
Picacho Peak weather station – how not to measure temperature
Plastic bags and global warming
Polar Bear Population on the Rise Again
Political correctness and your carbon footprint
Predictions of an ice-free Arctic Ocean
Recent Tornadoes Are The Result of Cold Air Not Global Warming
Satellite data show that CO2 has almost no effect on global warming
Scientists claim to have directly measured carbon dioxide warming the Earth
Shrinking goats get researcher’s goat
Sierra Nevada snowpack – the larger picture
Solar cycle changes indicate a cooling period ahead
Some basic facts on carbon dioxide and climate
Some stupid studies on global warming
Study shows that greenhouse gas induced warming decreased in last 14 years
Study shows current warming not unprecedented
Surprising results from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory
Temperature trends published by NOAA 50% too high
The Bankruptcy of Climate Science
The fake two degree political limit on global warming
The Myth of Ocean Acidification by Carbon Dioxide
The 97 percent consensus of human caused climate change debunked again
The ocean ate my global warming – part 1
The ocean ate my global warming – part 2
Tuvalu and other Pacific islands resist sea level rise and add land area
Tucson’s March for Science – a plea for continued climate funding
UN IPCC Synthesis Report is a pack of lies
University of Arizona predicts that climate will change, proposes plan
University of Arizona Researchers Use Citizen Poll To Justify Climate Policy
University of Arizona produces another global warming food scare
Just another climate extinction prediction scare from the UofA
Water vapor and the climate, why carbon dioxide is a very minor player
Wacky Geoengineering Schemes to Control Climate
Winter Weather forecast – NOAA vs Old Farmer’s Almanac 2017-2018
Winter Weather Predictions from NOAA and Farmers Almanac 2018-2019
The Oman geoengineering scheme to save the planet
Welcome to a new geologic era – the Idiocene
What keeps Earth warm – the greenhouse effect or something else?
Who is afraid of two degrees of warming?
White roofs, global warming, and unintended consequences
Why scientists disagree about global warming – book review
Why Hurricanes Can’t Be Blamed On Global Warming
Hurricane strength and frequency just part of natural variation
Hurricane Florence and Fake News
Wildfires and Warming – It’s complicated
Wildfires Not Related to Global Warming
Will global warming weaken the North American Monsoon?
Claim: “Worsening Wildfires Linked to Temp Rise”
GENERAL SCIENCE
An example of misleading headlines in medical research
Ancient potion kills superbug MRSA infections
Cold Case: What Killed the Mammoths?
Data presentation in Santa Catalina Mountains plant study misleading
Desalination of Sea Water Can Augment Our Water Supply Without Harming Sea Life
Don’t leave children or pets in a parked car
Forest thinning may increase runoff and supplement our water supply
Forest thinning needed to save water
Genetically modified food, nothing to fear
GMO modified rice eliminates methane emissions and increases nutrition
Habitat niche modeling, predictions of extinction, and a dose of reality
Hype about Mercury in the oceans
On Gaia, A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth
USGS claims that mercury and selenium are accumulating in the Colorado River
What the Arizona Daily Star left out of the Condor-DDT story
Why We Depend on China for Most of Our Medicines
Zika virus and 100 things you should know about DDT
POLITICS
Unprotected border at the Chilton ranch is a much-used route for drug smuggling
Statehood for Washington, D.C. is probably Unconstitutional
An Arizona Rancher’s Request of President Biden
President Biden’s Policies Don’t Follow the Science
Comments on Tucson City Council’s plan on recycling glass
Tucson’s Glass Disposal Plan Draws Ire of Glass Recyclers
Tucson City Council and the “Climate Emergency”
Biden’s Dangerous Ignorance of Energy and Climate
Treaty with Ukraine on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
How Greenpeace games the system
Did Trump Win the Democrat Candidate Debate
Comments on the new Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area
Why We Need the Electoral College System
A Petition from Southern Arizona Ranchers
Multi-shot Assault weapons of the 1700s and the 2nd Amendment
Bloomberg versus the Second Amendment
http://arizonadailyindependent.com/2013/07/04/the-contract-with-america-how-our-constitution-came-to-be/Capitalism is not a zero sum game
Could storm water runoff be used to recharge our aquifers?
County economic plan lacks necessary maps
Don’t recycle plastic – burn it or bury it
Examining The Effect Of The Border Wall On Private And Tribal Landowners
Eminent Domain versus Private Property Rights
It’s time to dump the EPA “endangerment finding” which classified carbon dioxide as a pollutant
Endangered species listings based on questionable science and lack of independent review
Endangered Species Act administration changes bode ill for property rights
Some Notes on Property Rights and the Environment
ESA could halt American energy boom
Export-Import Bank represents crony capitalism
Federal land grabs hurt economy and trample property rights
Free Speech and Tender Feelings
Political Correctness and Free Speech
Happy birthday soon America, but we still have some complaints
Has the Fourth Amendment been repealed?
How is the Tucson Water Conservation Fund Money Spent?
Jury Duty and Jury Nullification
Last American lead smelter closing
Mining royalties, another bad, job-killing idea from Raul Grijalva
Grijalva’s Proposed Change to Mining Law Would Be Disastrous for America
Observations on Tucson’s $33 million budget deficit
Permitting, Economic Value, and Mining in the United States
Pima County still trying to scuttle Rosemont mine
Pima County bond election – Vote NO on proposition 430
Pima County spins its politically correct environmental programs
Plymouth colony tries and rejects collectivism
Private Property Rights vs Environmental Feudalism
Pygmy owls and property rights
Raul Grijalva on witch hunt for climate skeptics
Reclaiming Americanism and the Constitution
Replace the Environmental Protection Agency
Rosemont and some troublesome cats
Sagebrush Rebel by William Perry Pendley
Should we amend the Constitution to balance the federal budget?
Some thoughts on the philosophy of religion and civil society
Trouble with squirrels in Los Angeles – a feminist, posthumanist view
Sustainability indoctrination invades our colleges
The Flaws in the Endangered Species Act
Abuse of the Endangered Species Act
The Real State of the Union – 2014
The dark side of Common Core Standards for education
The great budget end game ploy
Top UN official admits climate change is about transforming world economy
Unconstitutional federal spending
Vote NO on Arizona proposition 127 the renewable energy mandate
Why You Should Vote NO on Arizona Proposition 127, the renewable energy mandate (Update
Let’s Finish the Job and Repeal Arizona’s Renewable Energy Mandate
Water and Irrigated Agriculture in Arizona
VA too busy being green to care for veterans
Whatever happened to Pima County’s Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan?
Your taxpayer dollars at work and play
ENERGY
Tucson Electric Power Should Dump Wind and Solar Generation of Electricity – Go Nuclear
The Biden Administration Has Swallowed the “Climate Kool-Aid”
California Electricity Blackouts – A Result of Political Correctness
Tucson Electric goes politically correct
Electric Vehicles Need Fossil Fuels
Problems with wind and solar generation of electricity – a review
The Enormous Costs of Wind and Solar Electricity Generation
The Tale of a Texas Town on 100% Renewable Energy
The “Green New Deal” Will Send US Back to the Dark Ages
A New Type of Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor
American Energy Renaissance Act
Avian mortality from solar farms
British study shows wind power generates only 2 percent of rated capacity
Can we afford electricity from wind and solar generation?
Cryogenic fracturing of shale to recover oil and gas
Economic consequences of EPA power plant regulations
Electric cars are neither green nor practical
EPA says fracking does not harm drinking water supply
EPA targets wrong cause of haze in Grand Canyon
Ethanol mandate fails economically and environmentally
Five reasons Arizona should repeal its renewable energy standards mandate
Highly Touted Green building is an energy hog
IER documents Obama administration actions that increase energy costs
Impact of Solar and Wind Electricity Generation
Is a proposed Tucson Metropolitan microgrid of solar energy feasible and cost effective?
Ivanpah solar plant wants to burn more natural gas
Ivanpah solar seeks government grant to pay off government loan
Just the Fracks book review Myths about hydrofracking
Obama Crony Capitalism and Green Tech Failures
Pima County Solar Project with Solon raises some questions
Pima County’s Solar Power Math
Prairie Chickens versus Wind Turbines
Renewable energy causes electricity cost to skyrocket
Renewable energy mandates and politics versus science
Russian collusion with environmentalists to disrupt American energy production
http://www.arizonadailyindependent.com/2014/08/13/san-luis-arizona-to-get-1-5-billion-wind-power-generator/San Luis to get $1.5 billion wind/power generator
San Luis solar downdraft tower – Updates and Corrections
Sierrita natural gas pipeline controversy in Altar Valley
The effect of wind turbines on human health
The Price of Obama’s New Carbon Dioxide Emission Rules
The green dream in Europe turns black as renewable energy fails
The “Social Cost of Carbon” Scam
Top Google Engineers Say Renewable Energy ‘Simply won’t work’
UN admits that growing crops to produce biofuel is bad for environment
Wind turbine farm proposed for Willcox area
MISCELLANEOUS
Did China commit an act of war?
A Hidden Tucson Treasure – WomanKraft Art Center
Steel wool keeps mice out of the garage
Clean Tarnished Silver and Copper the Easy Way
Content bias at the Arizona Daily Star
Federal dietary recommendations may increase greenhouse gas emissions
Is TUSD a victim of victimhood?
Scam alert – fake Walgreens call
Sell more State Trust Land to help fund schools
The Michigan Left at Grant and Oracle
Will the Tucson modern streetcar be a money pit?
Tucson’s Trendy Electric Scooters Won’t Reduce CO2 Emissions
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