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Category Archives: Anthropocene
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, 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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Happy Holidays!
Happy New Year! The end of the year brings Christmas (December 25th) and Hanukkah (December 22nd-30th), two traditional holidays, and Kwanzaa (December 26th – January 1st), which began in 1966. All three include giving presents. Children all over the world … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change
Tagged 2050, carbon dioxide, Christmas, Climate Change, climate refugee, CO2, coast, dutch, Flood, Flooding, Future, GHG, greenhouse gas, Hanukkah, high tide, holidays, Kwanzaa, Netherlands, presents, refugee, Sea-Level Rise, WMO
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Renewable Energy Use – Is Zero Carbon Achievable by 2050?
If you’ve been following my latest series detailing the indicators for the global energy transition (starting October 15th), you’ll agree that it’s time to ask the most important question: how are we doing? We can estimate the answer by examining … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
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Cherry-Picking Data in an Energy Transition: Renewables & Polar Bears
My original plan was to continue writing about what I learned during my summer-long trip. Last week I focused on Dubai and I thought to focus this week’s blog on the greenhouses in the Netherlands. However, as usual in this … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Al Gore, Anthropogenic, Arctic, arctic melt, biogas, cherry picking, climate, Climate Change, conservation, Economy, Electrical Grid, Electricity, energy transition, Environment, experiment, Germany, global energy transition, Greta Thunberg, ice, ice melt, inconvenient, inconvenient truth, initiative, matter, Netherlands, phase transition, photovoltaics, polar bear, profit, Renewable, renewable energy, renewables, satellite, Science, sea ice, Solar, subsidy, Sustainability, Sustainable, thermometer, turbine, Water, wildlife, Wind, wind farm, wind power
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Children and Climate Change
Children are our future, and this is especially true with regards to climate change. They are the ones that will bear the brunt of its effects. Fortunately, some of them are well aware of this and taking action: our grandchildren … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged adapt, Adaptation, Belgium, Carbon Footprint, children, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate concern, concern, Electricity, Energy, energy audit, England, experiment, Fertility, Future, generation, grandchildren, Greta Thunberg, influence, intergenerational, intervention, kids, Kill-A-Watt, kwh, lawsuit, legal, mitigate, Mitigation, Nobel, parents, perception, psychologist, psychology, Randee Zerner, science fair, sue, Teaching, teaching climate, teaching science, UK, UN, United Kingdom, United Nations, USA, youth, Youth Strike for Climate
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Extreme Heat: Big Cities, 2050
We are entering new levels of extreme heat. June 2019 was the warmest June ever recorded. The Weather Channel summarized it: At a Glance Four separate analyses, including from NOAA and NASA, found Earth’s warmest June on record was in … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability
Tagged 1880, 2050, a/c, Adaptation, air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Beijing, Britain, C40, Cairo, China, city, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Delhi, Drought, Dubai, Egypt, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Europe, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Health, heat, heat wave, heatwave, India, Istanbul, Japan, Ljubljana, London, Madrid, Mexico, Mexico City, Mitigation, Moscow, NASA, New York City, NOAA, NYC, Renewable, renewable energy, risk, Science, Seattle, Slovenia, Solar, Spain, summer, Sustainability, Temperature, temperature change, Tokyo, urban population, US, Water, water crisis, Water Shortage, Water Stress, Wind
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Campus Sustainability – NYC and CUNY
Sustainability in NYC In mid-April, the New York City Council passed an incredibly important piece of legislation regarding our city’s sustainability, calling for landlords to upgrade the built environment: New York City Passes Historic Climate Legislation The Climate Mobilization Act … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, AOC, Bloomberg, budget, building, built environment, C40, campus, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, carbon neutral, city council, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Mobilization Act, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, conversion, Cornell, Cost, CUNY, Ed Markey, Emissions, Energy, energy footprint, energy transition, Environment, environmental, experimentl science, funding, Future, Global Warming, goal, governance, Government, green new deal, greenhouse gas, initiative, insulation, lab, laboratory, landlord, law, legislation, Mitigation, natural science, New, New York, NYC, old, PlaNYC, PlaNYC2030, Population, projection, Renewable, renewable energy, renovation, retrofit, School, Science, Solar, study, Sustainability, Sustainable, US, Wind, zero carbon
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Campus Sustainability – National
About three weeks ago, shortly after spring began, The New York Times ran a short article about how local leaders in many communities are approaching adaptation to the major increase in flooding. Two short paragraphs capture the essence of the … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, politics, Sustainability
Tagged adapt, Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arizona, campus, Carbon, carbon neutral, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, college, Colorado, dike, Education, Efficiency, efficient, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, finger in the dike, Flood, fossil fuel, Future, Global Warming, Government, greenhouse gas, human caused, mitigate, Mitigation, Policy, private, public, School, Science, Sierra Club, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, technology fee, university, US
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Graduation: Congrats to My Students!
Classes ended this week. By the time that I post this blog, my students’ final exams will also be history. The last four guest blogs were written by students in my Physics and Society course—a research-based course that I offer … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, alternative energy, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, asphalt, Bilingual, Brooklyn College, bus, butane, car, Carbon, carbon equivalent, Carbon Footprint, chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate science, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, coefficient, diesel, EIA, Electricity, emission factors, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, energy use, Environment, EPA, estimate, fuel, fuel oil, Future, Gas, Gasoline, Geothermal, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, heat, home energy, kerosene, language, literacy, lubricant, Mitigation, naptha, Natural Gas, Oil, petrochemical, petroleum, propane, Public Transportation, recycle, Science, Solar, Sustainability, transportation, US, waste
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Guest Blog: How Income Inequality Correlates with CO2 Emissions and What We Can Do About It
Hello readers! This week’s guest blog is from Benjamin K, Quinn Downes, and Michael Guerin. Combined, we carry degrees in the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology. Through this blog post, we hope to spread information on the correlation between … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, Education, Guest Blog, Sustainability
Tagged Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Carbon, carbon emissions, cattle, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, correlation, developed, developing, Economics, Economy, Electricity, electricity generation, Emissions, Environment, environmental degradation, equality, GDP, gini coefficient, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Guest Blog, Hypothesis, Income, income distribution, Income Inequality, industrial economics, Inequality, Kuznets, lognormal, Lorenz, Policy, Power, power plant, ratio, rural, Science, transportation, Turkey, urban, US
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