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Use of Computer Simulations in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Posted on February 6, 2018 by climatechangefork

Figure 2 in last week’s blog demonstrated our most important tool for determining how we identify human contributions to climate change on both a local and global scale. The figure, taken from the NASA site, describes simulated 20th century global … Continue reading →

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Saving the World through the Pursuit of Self Interest: Students Input

Posted on December 19, 2017 by climatechangefork

I have been teaching my Climate Change course using the TBL (Team Based Learning) system. I have 6 groups in my class, each composed of roughly 7 students that have been studying together throughout the semester. I have challenged the … Continue reading →

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Long-term Mitigation: Fusion

Posted on December 12, 2017 by climatechangefork

A month ago, I was working on a series of blogs about the long-term impacts of and solutions for climate change. I got sidetracked and decided to follow two dramatic events as they unraveled: first was the tax legislation that … Continue reading →

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Collective Irrationality and Individual Biases: Climate Change II

Posted on November 28, 2017 by climatechangefork

Last week I discussed some issues in terms of psychology of judgement and decision making; I feel that they need some clarification and expansion. I looked at how highly educated Democrats and Republicans diverge sharply in their opinions about the … Continue reading →

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Collective Irrationality and Individual Biases: Climate Change

Posted on November 21, 2017 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog looked at the connections between the latest effort to rewrite our tax code and the necessary detailed accounting of the resources we will need to compensate for the increasing damage that climate change will inflict on us … Continue reading →

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Long-Term Adaptations

Posted on October 17, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Scene from “The Martian” I was considering using a more descriptive title for the coming series of blogs, inspired by a recent article in the New York Times (NYT) called, “How to Survive the Apocalypse?” The article … Continue reading →

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Back to Climate Change: A Summary of What Happened in July

Posted on August 8, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Melting Siberian permafrost results in craters Figure 2 – Detachment of Antarctican Iceberg the size of Delaware Even though I was on a vacation in Asia and Australia for a month, in this day and age … Continue reading →

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Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 1 – Education and Transportation

Posted on July 18, 2017 by climatechangefork

As I have often mentioned, I teach two courses: one undergraduate climate change class and a more advanced one about Physics and Society that is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The latter mainly aims to provide advanced students … Continue reading →

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Coal

Posted on July 4, 2017 by climatechangefork

Happy 4th of July, everyone! Figure 1 – The rooftop of the Coal Mining Museum in Kentucky A coal mining museum in Kentucky is switching to solar energy, hoping to save money on energy costs. The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, owned … Continue reading →

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Me vs. Them vs. We – Time

Posted on June 6, 2017 by climatechangefork

Thursday (June 1st) was an event to remember. President Trump did indeed turn his back on the world, declaring that he was elected to serve Pittsburg and not Paris – except for the small detail that Pittsburg didn’t vote for … Continue reading →

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Saving the World through the Pursuit of Self Interest: Students Input

Long-term Mitigation: Fusion

Collective Irrationality and Individual Biases: Climate Change II

Long-Term Adaptations

Back to Climate Change: A Summary of What Happened in July

Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 1 – Education and Transportation

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