Vaguely philosophical

Speculation somewhere between funny and strange and sometimes bordering on profound. The information in these posts is serious, but the presentation is m ore relaxed. more literary than scientific.

78386 migrants have died since 2014 on the road to our Western paradise

Between 2014 and 2025, 78386 migrants have died on the long and risky road from… read more

Published on 2026-01-03

Updated on 2026-01-11

Tout doit disparaître!

Je continue à lire cet excellent livre de Dorian Lynskey Everything Must Go: The Stories… read more

Published on 2025-06-07

Updated on 2026-01-01

Nous sommes une espèce pusillanime et suicidaire

Les négociations climatiques volées par l'industrie pétrolière vont nous mener à notre perte. Nous mourrons… read more

Published on 2024-11-15

Updated on 2025-07-30

About Truth

I am ready to concede that “About Truth” is a very ambitious title1. It is… read more

Published on 2023-05-19

Updated on 2023-05-21

Be my guest: save the Planet!

Almost 13 years ago I published a post with the title Projects that will (perhaps)… read more

Published on 2023-01-25

Updated on 2023-06-16

L’ extraordinaire durabilité du béton romain

Le béton romain (Opus caementicium) et l’ opus reticulatum m’ ont toujours frappé par leur… read more

Published on 2023-01-07

Updated on 2023-01-15

How many cranes flew over Budapest airport on 4 November 2022 ?

Source of picture: https://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/birds/grue-cendree-212130.jpg

By Marton Bussay (MB) and Wergosum Cranes and their migrations have been around forever. They… read more

Published on 2022-11-15

Updated on 2022-12-30

Du nouveau du côté de l’intelligence artificielle et de la multiplication des matrices

Nature, une des journaux Scientifiques les plus consultés, vient de publier un article intéressantissime: grâce… read more

Published on 2022-10-14

Updated on 2023-01-08

Troubles du Déficit de l’Attention: les chasseurs sont parmi nous

Les TDAH, Troubles du Déficit de l’Attention (avec ou sans hyperactivité, aussi ATDH) sont en… read more

Published on 2016-03-14

Updated on 2023-01-08

The three rules of crop yield forecasting

When they have been in a business long enough, “experts” often develop a gusto for the more… read more

Published on 2014-07-27

Updated on 2022-08-14

Statistical Vs. agronomic significance in crop monitoring and forecasting

We all develop rules of thumb that help us make operational decisions. One of my… read more

Published on 2014-03-31

Updated on 2022-06-15

The return of the overbite

By Anna-Giulia, Eric, Jacques and Wergosum [First published on 20130217; updated 20130328] The idea for… read more

Published on 2013-02-17

Updated on 2022-06-15

Mixing time series and cross-sectional data

As I was updating a couple of things in another corner of this blog,  I… read more

Published on 2013-01-20

Updated on 2022-06-15

The risky business of forecasting

Forecasting the future is a difficult task, as there are many more ways to be… read more

Published on 2012-10-30

Updated on 2023-01-08

What, if anything, happened during the Neolithic?

First published 20121020 / Last updated 20121028 Bread is one of the most typical products… read more

Published on 2012-10-20

Updated on 2023-01-08

God(s) explained, somehow!

(Published 20100908 / Last updated 20121019) — As a student, I read  an article by… read more

Published on 2012-10-10

Updated on 2023-01-08

The cost of hunger and malnutrition

Malnutrition remains the world’s most serious health problem and the single biggest contributor to child… read more

Published on 2012-07-17

Updated on 2023-01-08

Naming the invisible

Published 20091223/Last updated 20131218 with the quote from Stefan Zweig under “additional information.” Reformatted 20250707.… read more

Published on 2012-03-15

Updated on 2025-07-12

News from the future

Version française, cliquez ici. After “The risky business of forecasting“, which focused on  natural disasters,… read more

Published on 2011-11-21

Updated on 2023-01-08

Driven into the mountains…

While writing the post on mountain climate(s), I wanted to provide examples for the severity… read more

Published on 2011-11-15

Updated on 2022-06-15

Are all EC and UN languages really needed

An estimate of the percentage of the world population that speaks a UN language, either as a native or a second language. Based on this link.

While writing the “fun” post below on Eurobabel, I collected some data on the actual… read more

Published on 2011-10-15

Updated on 2022-06-15

Climate-crop impacts: some data issues

1. Introduction (*) Crop-climate interactions are of relevance for a number of applications, in food… read more

Published on 2010-05-13

Updated on 2022-06-15

Exegesis of a scary and – therefore – often quoted passage from the second book of AR4 (II AR4, 9.4.4)

Updated 20111007 This post explains how a vague and unsubstantiated statement in a non-peer reviewed… read more

Published on 2010-02-05

Updated on 2022-06-15

How difficult it is to be a climatologist…

Just  before COP-15 took place in Copenhagen in December 2009, unknow people broke into the… read more

Published on 2009-12-10

Updated on 2022-06-15

Tout Service chez nous et disponible

J’ai recu par email, il y a déjà quelque temps, cette publicité du “mage” marocain… read more

Published on 2009-05-24

Updated on 2024-08-12