Letters to the editor from the December 2021 issue of Scientific American
MISOGYNY’S COLD SHOULDER In “Women on Ice” [Observatory], Naomi Oreskes describes how she applied to a geologist position at the British Antarctic Survey in 1981 and was rejected because she was a woman. I applied to the BAS in 1972, when they were looking for meteorological observers. I received a response similar to Oreskes’s. There was no mention of tents, but the letter essentially said, “It is not that we are misogynists, but we do not have facilities for women.” Ah, well.
Regarding Rothstein’s question: Stars are powered by fusion reactions in their core. The sun derives its energy by fusing hydrogen into helium. Stellar collisions can increase the mass of the remnant star, and more massive stars burn brighter and hotter, producing more energy. This happens in dense stellar clusters and could also be enhanced in a galactic merger.
The world has just been surprised by a series of extreme climate events. Quantifying the human role in global heating is the beginning rather than the end of evaluating current and future risks to communities. The physical science evaluation of those risks is a cornerstone for societal action.
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