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Giving Up is Not an Option: Let’s Focus on What We Still Can Do
Bridge used to be one of my favorite social activities (when my free time was a bit more abundant). To those not familiar with the rules, the basic structure is simple: one deck of cards, two teams of two. Wikipedia … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, politics, Sustainability
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Climate Change and Federal Government Funding
Last week I looked at four Republican senators’ efforts to terminate government funding for television meteorologists who mention climate change as part of the forecast. I also discussed the issue in light of the global heat wave and the havoc … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, politics, Sustainability
Tagged accountability, Adaptation, administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, assessment, attribution, Britain, budget, causality, cause, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Drought, Environment, Extreme Weather, forecast, funding, GAO, Global Warming, globalization, Government, heat, heat wave, heatwave, indoctrination, James Inhofe, James Lankford, Japan, Kelvin Droegemeier, laos, Meteorologist, Meteorology, Mitigation, National Research Council, political, politics, probabilistic, propaganda, Rand Paul, Republican, risk, Science, science adviser, senator, Sustainability, Technology, Ted Cruz, TV, UK, Weather, weather system
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Science or Indoctrination?
Earlier this month (July 3rd and 10th) I wrote two blogs about a heat wave that was affecting my home of NYC and how it impacted me. The weather here now is lovely (around 85oF, with bearable humidity and no … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, immigration, politics, refugee, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, attribution, Britain, California, causality, cause, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, coping, dam, Drought, Environment, Extreme Weather, Finland, fire, Flood, Global Warming, globalization, Greece, heat, heat wave, heatwave, indoctrination, intensity, James Inhofe, James Lankford, Japan, laos, Meteorologist, Meteorology, NSF, political, politics, Pool, probabilistic, propaganda, Rand Paul, Science, Sustainability, Sweden, Technology, Ted Cruz, UK, Weather, wildfire, World Population
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The Economic Impacts of Ocean Decline
Last week’s blog about the Ocean Health Index stressed the importance of including the sustainability of human impacts in any discussions about ocean health (this accounted for about 50% of the indexing). This blog will focus on the economic impacts … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Water
Tagged 4th extinction, acidification, Adaptation, Africa, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, aquaculture, Asia, Australia, blue economy, Canada, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, definition, Economics, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Europe, export, FAO, farming, Fish, fish farming, fishery, fishing, Food, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, impact, indicator, Indonesia, IPCC, Ireland, Japan, microplastic, Mitigation, New Zealand, Ocean, ocean economy, Ocean Health Index, Ociania, overfishing, plastic, Pollution, Population, Power, Power Plants, Science, South Korea, Sustainability, Technology, Tourism, UK, UN, US, value added, World Bank, World Population
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Vulnerabilities: Oceans
Let’s get back to vulnerabilities, focusing specifically on the oceans this time. Since they cover 70% of the planet, the health of our oceans is paramount. The connections between anthropogenic climate change and said health are complex and multifaceted, so … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Water
Tagged Adaptation, anoxia, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Atmosphere, biodiversity, Central America, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, conodonts, Cuba, defaunation, deglaciation, doomsday, Elizabeth Kolbert, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, eruption, euxinia, extinction, Florida, Fossil Fuels, Future, geologist, Global Warming, graptolites, greenhouse gas, Hirnantian, hydrogen sulfide, isotope, mass extinction, Mitigation, Ocean, Ordovician, Ordovician-Silurian extinction, oxygen, Phanerozoic, Prediction, projection, radiation, Science, Silurian, sixth extinction, suffocate, suffocated, Sustainability, Technology, trilobites, uranium, Volcano, vulnerability, vulnerable
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Vulnerabilities: Water Stress
Figure 1 in last week’s blog listed key impacts of climate change as a function of increasing global temperature relative to the average temperature between 1980 and 1999. Based on NASA measurements (Figure 2 in the same blog), we have … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, Water
Tagged Adaptation, Agriculture, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, California, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Congo, dam, Desalination, divert, domestic, Drought, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Ethiopia, farm, farming, Fossil Fuels, Fresh Water, Future, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, Indonesia, industrial, Israel, Jerry Brown, LA, Marc Reisner, Mexico, Mitigation, NASA, Nigeria, OECD, Pakistan, Pat Brown, Russia, South Africa, Sustainability, Technology, temperature rise, US, Water, water distribution, Water Management, water productivity, Water Stress, water use, World Bank, World Population, WRI
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Water Cycle Vulnerabilities
Happy belated Earth Day and Happy 6th Birthday to Climate Change Fork! I have repeatedly mentioned that global climate change is driven mainly by our interruption of the energy cycle. Specifically, we use fossil fuels as our main energy source … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, politics, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Birthday, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, desertification, developed, developing, Drought, Earth, Earth Day, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy cycle, energy transition, Environment, Extreme Weather, Flood, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, heat, hot, IPCC, Israel, lowess smoothing, Mitigation, NASA, Population, Power, Power Plants, Science, sea level, Solar Energy, statistics, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, temperature change, US, Water, water distribution, Water Shortage, Water Stress, World Population
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If You Don’t Believe In Climate Change – Try It!
This blog is coming out three days after the March for Science and five days before Earth Day and my wife’s birthday. It’s a busy week. Climate change is an abstract issue. Its main impact is projected to take place … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged a/c, absolute zero, Adaptation, air conditioner, ambient light, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Atmosphere, baby, black body spectrum, car, Carbon, Carbon Cycle, chemistry, child, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, compromise, death, Earth, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Evaporation, Fossil Fuels, Future, glass, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, heat, Heat Stroke, hyperthermia, infant, infrared, infrared radiation, kelvin, light, micrometer, Mitigation, oxygen, ozone, pet, Power, Power Plants, public, quality of life, radiation thermal radiation, Science, Solar Energy, sun, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, ultraviolet, US, visible light, Water, wavelength, window
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Vulnerabilities: Local Environmental Displacements
Last week’s blog looked at one of the biggest vulnerabilities that anthropogenic climate change has already produced: the dislocation of people from land that is no longer inhabitable. The dislocated people either try to move to safer locations within their … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, immigration, refugee, Sustainability, UN
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, causality, cause, China, CIA, Civil War, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Congo, desertification, displacement, Drought, Environment, Ethiopia, fertile crescent, Germany, Global Warming, Government, immigrant, India, internal displacement, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, migrant, Mitigation, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, PNAS, Population, rain, rain fall, refugee, Rohingya, Science, security, security risk, Sudan, Sustainability, Syria, Technology, Temperature, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UN, UNHCR, US, Water Shortage, Water Stress, World Population, Yemen
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