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Physics of Reality
Spring semester at my school started yesterday. I have a few senior physics students, each of whom will need to produce a research paper. I want their research to reflect some aspect of the world that we live in. It … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Biology, Climate Change, climate change denier, coronavirus, covid, denial, denier, Education, Math, Physics, quantitative, reality, Science, scientific method, social physics, society, sociophysics, virus
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Freedom and Liberty
Today is election day. We’ll be voting for state and local officials but the race the whole world is watching is the one for US president. People everywhere are calling this the most important election of our lifetime. Of course, … Continue reading
Posted in administration, coronavirus, Election, politics, Trump, US
Tagged America, collective, constitution, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, doctor, Donald Trump, Election, freedom, Future, Health, individual, law, liberty, lockdown, mask, pandemic, religion, rights, safety, Science, Trump, turnout, US, vote, voter, voter turnout
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COVID and Climate: Learning From One to Use On the Other
I have mentioned the concept of “constructive destruction” in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic before (June 16, 2020). By necessity, our status quo is being disrupted, but that also means we are beginning to grow in unexpected ways. At … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, coronavirus, politics, Trump, US
Tagged bacteria, Biden, Bill Gates, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Debate, disease, Donald Trump, Economy, elections, Europe, fact, Fauci, fossil fuel, Future, ice melt, Joe Biden, lockdown, Oil, pandemic, Pennsylvania, Permafrost, permafrost melt, president trump, Science, Texas, Transition, Trump, truth, US, virus, zero carbon
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Arguing Over Different Realities
The morning after it took place, I got an email from my Australian family about the debate: “Well, from what was shown here what a DEBACLE not a debate. Still laughing about Trump making fun of Biden’s son saying he … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Trump, US
Tagged America, apprentice, Australia, Biden, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Debate, fact, fact check, fake news, Future, lie, moderator, News, Observation, Popperian, president, reality, Science, scientific method, socialist, Trump, truth, US
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Simultaneous Global Disasters
About a month ago (August 4th), I wrote a blog that used a Venn diagram to show the overlap of climate change, COVID-19, projected population change, job availability, and socio-economic status. My discussion was relatively abstract. Now, only one month … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, coronavirus, Extreme Weather, law, politics, US
Tagged air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, apocalypse, apocalyptic, asteroid, Belarus, blackout, California, Christianity, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Durer, Election, Electricity, Energy, Extreme Weather, fire, Gulf Coast, Hurricane, Islam, Judaism, Kenosha, Laura, Louisiana, Marco, Minneapolis, police violence, Policy, religion, Science, sins, social justice, storm, Texas, wild fire
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School Curriculum: The NYT
Why do we send our kids to school? Why did our parents send us to school? People are wondering this more than ever, now that many schools are still closed physically and have moved to an online educational experience. But … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, coronavirus, Education, Water
Tagged college, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, database, democracy, Desalination, distanced learning, Fresh Water, Future, hamburger, index, learning, learning network, lesson plan, pandemic, Resources, Salt Water, Saudi Arabia, School, Science, social distance, students, Teaching, university, Water, water quality, Water Scarcity, Water Stress, weather report
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COVID-19-Inspired Longer-Term Changes to the Energy Transition
I started to write this blog on Thursday, June 11th. On that day, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that, “we can’t shut down the economy again.” The Federal Reserve and others had already made grim predictions about the long-term economic … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, coronavirus
Tagged CO2, CO2 emissions, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, death, discounting the future, economic, Economy, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy intensity, energy transition, federal reserve, GDP, Health, healthcare, IEA, immunity, jobs, legal, lockdown, Mnuchin, negative emissions, pandemic, Science, scientist, shutdown, social distance, social distancing, spanish flu, stocks, Transition, US, waiver
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Global Disasters at Different Speeds: How Do We Teach and Learn Now?
Israeli beach, May 16th My university just wrapped up its 2020 spring semester. As in most schools, our classrooms all moved online shortly after the semester began. This shift has applied to most other activities as well. In the US … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, coronavirus, Extreme Weather
Tagged Australia, Bangladesh, Bolsonaro, Brazil, bushfire, chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, Climate Denial, climate denier, contagion, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, cyclone, dam, disaster, fire, Flood, Future, Gulf States, heat wave, India, Israel, Michigan, middle east, natural disaster, Online Education, pandemic, peak, Physical Environment, quarantine, refugee, Rohingya, Science, scientist, Scott Morrison, social distance, social distancing, socialism, time scale, Trump, US, Virginia, virus
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Phased Reopening and Lessons to Learn
Figure 1 – Dana Summers’ cartoon on phased opening Roughly two months ago, my campus completely shifted to remote learning and teaching and I started lockdown. I have made a corresponding shift here, covering the COVID-19 viral pandemic that now … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, coronavirus, Economics
Tagged arctic melt, Atmosphere, atom bomb, Brooklyn College, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, chain reaction, Climate Change, CO2, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, Economics, Economy, feedback, flammability, Germany, GHG, Global Temperature, greenhouse gas, impact, interest, lockdown, neutron, Nuclear, nuclear fission, nuclear reactor, nucleus, pandemic, permafrost melt, polar ice, Population, R0, remote learning, reopening, Science, social distance, social distancing, spread, sustailable, Sustainability, sustainable development, test, uranium, viral, virus, water vapor, wildfire
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