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Tag Archives: Water
Doomsday: Local Timelines
The last few blogs focused on the ultimate consequences of continuing to make “progress” by relentlessly using the physical environment to serve humanity as if it were as a limitless resource. I tried to make the case that such efforts … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, immigration, IPCC, Sustainability, UN
Tagged Adaptation, AOGCM, apocalypse, Arizona, Bangladesh, business as usual, Clean Energy, climate central, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, doomsday, dry bulb, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Eun-Soon Im, Evaporation, evaporative cooling, Fossil Fuels, Ganges, GDP, Global Population, global trends, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, heat, heat dissipation, heat stress, heat wave, Himalayas, India, Indus Valley, IPCC, Local, Matthew Huber, Mitigation, MRCM, Pakistan, Phoenix, Population, projection, public health, rural, Science, sea level, simulation, South Asia, spatial resolution, Sri-Lanka, Steven Sherwood, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, UN, urban, US, Water, Weather, wet bulb, World Population
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Stabilization of Additional Indicators
We have spent the last two weeks examining how to stabilize our main socioeconomic indicators in order to achieve a long-term sustainable existence. Since climate change is one of the main early signs of the emerging human-dominated geological era (Anthropocene), … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, immigration, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Democratization, Desalination, economic, Economic Growth, Economics, Education, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, energy use, Environment, equality, Fossil Fuels, GDP, GDP per capita, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, gravity, greenhouse gas, hunger, immigrant, immigration, India, indicator, influence, Infrastructure, IPAT, IPCC, Japan, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Physical Environment, Physics, politics, Population, Poverty, Power, refugee, rural, Science, sea level, security, socioeconomic, Solar Energy, Stabilization, Stabilizing, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, Technology, Temperature, UN, urban, US, Water, Water Scarcity, Water Stress, watercycle, Wealth, wealth distribution, World Bank, World Population
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Audience Assessment: End of Year Test
2016 is about to end. It was a very challenging year around the world. Certain factions gained ground internationally, winning significant majorities in publicly elected government. In some senses, globalization has become a curse – when it gives rise to … Continue reading
Posted in assessment, Climate Change
Tagged Anthropocene, assessment, audience, Brooklyn College, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, CUNY, Donald Trump, Earth, Earth Day, EIA, Election, elections, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, exam, fake news, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, GDP, Global Warming, globalization, goal, greenhouse gas, IEA, India, institution, nationalism, Natural Gas, News, Paris Agreement, petroleum, Population, Power, Power Plants, reader, Science, student, Sustainability, teach, teacher, Technology, test, Trump, US, vote, voter, Water, World, World Bank, xenophobia
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Immigration: The Physics
Next week I will leave for my summer break. This time we are taking a complicated tour, starting in England a week after the Brexit referendum. Next we will spend a few days in Israel before continuing to Poland, Malta, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Berlusconi, BREXIT, Britain, candidate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Change Fork, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, conservation, Democratization, disorder, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, emigration, Emissions, Energy, England, Entropy, Environment, Europe, France, Global Population, Global Warming, Hungary, immigration, interrupt, Israel, Jacques Chirac, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Le Pen, Lionel Jospin, Malta, Marine Le Pen, Mexico, migration, Mitigation, National Front, Nazi, neo-Nazi, nominee, obstacle, order, Physics, politician, politics, Population, Power, president, refugee, Republican, safe haven, Science, Silvio Berlusconi, Slovakia, social entropy, society, sovereign, Sovereign State, State, Thermodynamics, Trump, US, Vacation, Victor Orban, wall, Water, World Population
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Climate Change and the Election: What is at Stake?
I started writing this blog on Wednesday, April 13. On that day, 71 years ago, I was liberated by American Army soldiers while on my way from Bergen-Belsen to Theresienstadt (Terezin). This blog will be posted on Tuesday, April 19 … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, American, analysis, Bergen-Belsen, Bernie Sanders, camp, candidate, China, civilization, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, concentration camp, death, democracy, Democrat, Democratization, detail, disaster, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, election day, eligible, Emissions, employment, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Germany, Global Warming, governance, greenhouse gas, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Holocaust, income distribution, indicator, Infrastructure, Jew, John Kasich, Judaism, liberator, Marco Rubio, Mitigation, Murder, Nazi, New York, NY, Obama, Past, Physics, political party, politician, politics, Population, Population Growth, Poverty, Power, president, presidential election, primary, Republican, sanitation, Science, soldier, State, survivor, Sustainability, Technology, Ted Cruz, Terezin, Theresienstadt, Unemployment, US, victim, vote, voter, Voting, Water, World Bank, World Population, Yom Hashoa
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A Redefinition of Sustainability: The Unilever Case
The 1987 United Nations’ Brundtland Report (World Commission on Environment and Development) was the first platform to articulate the idea of “sustainable development” to a wide audience. The Report framed it as “…development that meets the needs of the present … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, Education, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Brundtland report, business sustainablility, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, commodities, Conference, COP21, definition, Demand, Democratization, e p&l, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, Environment, Equilibrium, extraterrestrial, Fossil Fuels, Future, green, greenhouse gas, impact, IPCC, Lever Brothers, Life Cycle Assesment, loss, Margarine Unie, Mitigation, Now, Obama, Paul Polman, Physics, Pollution, Power, profit, Puma, Science, shoe, space, Supply, Sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable production, Technology, Time, time scale, UN, Unilever, US, Water, water use, work force
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COP21 – We Have an Agreement!!!!
This is going to be a long blog and to top it off, I’m posting it a day early. I often write these posts mid-week; this time, I waited to start writing it until the final resolution came out in … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, agreement, annex, China, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Conference, COP21, Economics, Education, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, final, France, Francois Hollande, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, guide, India, IPCC, Laurent Fabius, Mitigation, Paris, Paris Agreement, Power, resolution, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, study, Sustainability, Technology, test, UN, UNFCCC, US, Water, World Population
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The Extended Golden Rule
Last week I looked at how Pope Francis used the Golden Rule “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Mt 7:12) as an anchor for his call for global change. I ended with an attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Albedo, Anthropogenic, biosphere, California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, cloud, condensation, Desalination, do unto others, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy balance, energy budget, energy cycle, energy flow, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Fresh Water, freshwater, Global Population, Global Warming, golden rule, greenhouse gas, Lake, Mitigation, Ocean, Pope, Pope Francis, Population, Power, Power Plants, rain, river, saltwater, Science, Sea-Level Rise, snow, Solar, Solar Energy, solar radiation, stream, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, vapor, Water, Water Cycle, water distribution, Water Stress, World Population
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Pope Francis and the Golden Rule
On September 24th, Pope Francis delivered a message to a joint session of the American Congress (September 29, 2015 blog). He anchored his message on the Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Mt … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged 2030, Anthropocene, apostle, AWG, Bible, Climate Change, Congress, Economics, Energy, energy cycle, Environment, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, goal, golden rule, Physical Environment, Pope, Pope Francis, Population, Power, Salt Water, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, UN, United Nations, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Wealth, World Population
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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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