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Tag Archives: denier
Climate Skepticism and Schools?
A few days ago, my wife emailed me a piece from PBS about the state of climate change education in K-12 classes: Dueling Books Compete to Educate Kids on Climate Change: The group that mailed books and DVDs arguing that … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptability, Adaptation, American Meteorological Society, AMS, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Brooklyn College, clilmate change deniers, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate science, Climate Skeptics, CUNY, Data, database, Debate, denier, DeVos, Education, eligible voter, Emissions, Environment, false debate, Future, Global Warming, Heartland, human caused, ignorance, K-12, k12, Meteorology, misinformation, Mitigation, multidisciplinary, NASA, Policy, political, politician, politics, prevention, professor, School, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sustainability, teach, teacher, teacher training, Teaching, voter, Voting
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Election Day – Think Big!
I usually publish this blog on Tuesdays but this time I have asked my editor to put up the week’s post today so that I can address everyone – including my Monday class of 150 students – a day before … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election, law, politics, Sustainability, Trump
Tagged #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, America, America First, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Charles Lindbergh, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Data, denier, Donald Trump, Drought, Election, Extreme Weather, farm, farming, Future, Genocide, Georgia, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, Hurricane, hurricane michael, Insurance, Lindbergh, millennial, nationalism, president, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Self Inflicted Genocide, skeptic, suicide, Trump, unilateralism, unilateralist, US, vote, voter, Weather, weather patterns, xenophobia
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Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?
In the July 31st blog and several of the ones following it, I focused on an effort by four Republican senators to investigate federal grant making as it pertains to climate change: “Research designed to sway individuals of a various … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged a/c, Adaptation, air conditioner, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Balance, Brooklyn College, business as usual, carbon dioxide, censorship, China, Chinese hoax, Climate Change, climate change denier, consensus, coverage, Debate, denier, deniers, Economy, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, fake news, false equivalence, Future, Google, heat, heat wave, hoax, John Holdren, mccain, Media, Meteorologist, Mitigation, NCA4, Obama, Power, probability, projection, propaganda, risk, Science, science adviser, Sustainability, Sustainable, Trump, Twitter, USGCRP, worst-case
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The Domino Effect
Last week’s title was resolutely optimistic, drawing inspiration from the game of bridge and summing up the philosophy behind my teaching. After this summer, however, this attitude is a bit difficult to maintain. One thing I am constantly learning from … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability
Tagged 3 shades, Adaptation, amazon, Antarctic, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arctic, Australia, Australian National University, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate skeptic, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Collective Suicide, committed warming, copy, copyright, court, denial, denier, domino, domino effect, doomsday, Earth, EU, European Union, fatalist, feedback, Future, gaia, Genocide, Global Temperature, Global Warming, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, hothouse, Hothouse Earth, inhabitable, internet, IPCC, Jai Pei, optimism, PNAS, positive feedback, Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The Potsdam Institute, ruling, sea ice, Self Inflicted Genocide, self-inflicted, skeptic, Stockholm Resilience Centre, suicide, Temperature, tipping element, Tipping Point, uninhabitable, Will Steffen
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Fake News
I am an old guy; my bucket list is modest but I am trying to check off the remaining items while I can still fully enjoy them. There’s only one that remains out of my reach: I want to travel … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Carbon, Carbon Cycle, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate science, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, denier, Donald Trump, Edward Teller, Elon Musk, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fake, fake facts, fake news, fake science, false, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Google, greenhouse gas, hockey stick, James Hansen, Mars, Methane, News, pollutant, Pollution, reproducible, Science, scientist, Stephen Hawking, Trump, US, venus
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“Natural” or “Anthropogenic”? – Climate Change
Last week’s blog looked at various methods of distinguishing “natural” vs. “artificial” vanilla. I used this as a jumping off point to facilitate answering the much more important question of how we distinguish anthropogenic climate change from “natural” climate change … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability
Tagged antarctic ice, Antarctica, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, artificial, Atmosphere, biomass, Bomb, C13, C14, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Sensitivity, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, denier, Edward Teller, emission, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Equilibrium, fake news, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hydrogen bomb, IPCC, man made, Mauna Loa, natural, Oil, outgassing, Physical Environment, Power, Power Plants, radiation, Science, Skeptical Science, spectroscopy, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, Tom Curtis, tree, tree rings, vanilla, Volcano, WWII
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Happy Earth Day: Climate Change Fork Turns 4!
Today is Earth Day, which means that it’s been 4 years since I started this blog! Not only that, but it’s my wife’s birthday and Passover too – a triple celebration. You can check out my first post, where I … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, anniversary, Birthday, celebration, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, denier, Earth, Earth Day, Environment, Global Warming, Holocaust, Mitigation, Passover, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sustainability, World
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First Post
It’s with excitement and some trepidation that I write my very first blog post today. As a trained scientist, it really isn’t in my nature to write short blips about weighty subjects like climate change. But I’ve taken up this … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Arnold Toynbee, Atmosphere, Book, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Democratization, denier, DNNer, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Genocide, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hitler, Holocaust, IPCC, Mein Kampf, Mitigation, Murder, Nature, Nazi, Now, Planet, Poland, Population, Power, Power Plants, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, suicide, survivor, Sustainability, Technology, Toynbee, World Population
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