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Tag Archives: Flood
Saving the World Through the Pursuit of Self-Interest
I took part in the March for Science on Earth Day in New York City, where I live. The photograph above is my introduction to the next two blogs, which will both focus on the march. This week I want … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN
Tagged Adaptation, administration, antarctic ice, Antarctica, Bill Nelson, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, conflict, conflict of interest, Congress, Donald Trump, drain the swamp, Earth, Earth Day, Economics, Emissions, Environment, Flood, Florida, Fossil Fuels, Future, Glacier, Global Warming, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, Greenland, ice, Insurance, interest, IPCC, law, mar-a-lago, march for science, melt, Mitigation, model, national flood insurance, NOAA, NYC, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Physics, pleistocene, pliocene, Policy, Power, Power Plants, predict, Prediction, president, president trump, Real Estate, scenario, Science, sea ice, sea level, Sea-Level Rise, self interest, Sustainability, swamp, Tax, tax reform, tax returns, taxpayer, Technology, thermal ice, Trump, US, white house
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China – Water, Energy and the Yangtze
It seems right now that when China sneezes the world is shaken. Not only does that apply to the obvious recent economic upset, but it also means that in tackling any global issue we need the country’s involvement. Climate change, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged altitude, Chang Jiang, China, Chongqing, CO2, CO2 emissions, dam, displace, displacement, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy generation, Fengdu, Flood, Glacier, Himalayas, Lhasa, mountain, Population, propaganda, river, snow, Sustainability, Sustainable, three gorges dam, Tibet, Water, Water Cycle, Yangtze, Yangzi, Yellow River, Yichang
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Waiting for Joseph
In a few days, my family, together with Jews all around the world, will start celebrating Passover with the Seder meal (Seder in Hebrew means “order”). Meanwhile, I assume that following recent tradition, President Obama and many on the White … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, Bergen-Belsen, Bible, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Cycle, Drought, Egypt, Extreme Weather, Flood, Global Warming, Haggadah, History, Holocaust, IPCC, Israel, Israelites, Joseph, King James Bible, Mitigation, Passover, Pattern, Pentateuch, Periodicity, Pesach, Pharaoh, Power Plants, Science, Seder, Story, Sustainability, Thank you, Theresienstadt, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Weather
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Hamlet in California
For the last three years or so, we have observed (and in the case of many, lived through) the California drought. During the last week, we waited for news about the mud slide in Washington State with 25 confirmed dead … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Argument, Argumentation, California, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, DNNer, Drought, Environment, Flood, Global Warming, IPCC, John Holdren, Meteorologist, Roger Pielke, Science, Science Advisor, Scientific Evidence, Senator Sessions, Shakespeare, Water Cycle, Weather
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Back From Mauritius
I am back from the climate change conference in Mauritius (See my July 2 blog for the full program). I was away for almost a month in total – a long time on the road. I visited a few countries … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Africa, Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Conference, Economy, Flood, Maldives, Maurice Ile Durable, Mauritius, MID, Mitigation, Sandy, Sustainable, Tourism
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Adaptive Rebuilding
Hurricane Sandy, which struck the East Coast of the United States more than six months ago (October 2012), was the second-costliest hurricane in the recorded history of the United States . While climate scientists said that the storm was not … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Adaptive Rebuilding, Climate Change, Cuomo, Evacuation, Flood, Global Warming, Hurricane, Insurance, Keeling Curve, NYC, Sandy, Sea-Level Rise
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