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Category Archives: Extreme Weather
Climate Change Economics: Present Costs and Long-Term Threats
The Davos meeting in Switzerland is in full swing. President Trump is there, as is Greta Thunberg; climate change will be at the top of the agenda. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is organizing the meeting. In preparation, the WEF, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Extreme Weather, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, asset, Atlanta, BlackRock, Boston, Chicago, cities, Climate Change, construction, Dallas, Davos, debt, Detroit, economic, Economy, Environment, Extreme Weather, federal reserve, fire, Flood, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Greta Thunberg, gross value added, GVA, Houston, industry, Investment, LA, lending, Los Angeles, loss, losses, Miami, Minneapolis, Mitigation, mortgage, New York, Paris accord, Philadelphia, Physical Environment, Policy, politics, property, PwC, Real Estate, San Fransisco, San Jose, Science, sea level, Seattle, subprime, Sustainability, Trump, US, Washington DC, WEF
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Economic Impacts Report: Worse than Predicted?
Last week’s blog looked at Naomi Oreskes’ and Nicholas Stern’s October op-ed in The New York Times, “Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think,” which dealt with a report about the unexamined economic risks of climate change. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Extreme Weather, Sustainability
Tagged acceleration, Adaptation, aggregate, Agriculture, biodiversity, Climate Change, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Columbia, compound, Cost, Drought, economic, economic impact, economic model, Economy, ecosystem, Extreme Weather, Flood, Future, glaciers, Grantham, heatwave, ice sheets, impact, Mitigation, Naomi Oreskes, Nicholas Stern, op-ed, physical science, Policy, policy maker, Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The Potsdam Institute, references, Report, Research, risk, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Stern report, wildfire
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Extreme Weather: Fires and Floods
I have been busy analyzing global data about the ongoing energy transition to a more sustainable world. In addition to reflecting on my whirlwind (and worldwide) trip (September 4, 2019 blog), I wanted to look into global indicators with my … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather
Tagged amazon, Australia, California, Clausius Clapeyron, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, deforestation, Drought, electrical power, England, Extreme Weather, fire, fire season, fire-adapted, Flood, Global Warming, Indonesia, Italy, Jakarta, Java Sea, John Holdren, lightning, Oregon, PG&E, Ponderosa, power outage, rain, rainforest, Science Advisor, Sea-Level Rise, smoke, storm surge, Sumatra, Venice, water level, wildfire
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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 – 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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The Green New Deal Resolution: Is it Viable?
The “Green New Deal” that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass, have proposed has became the talk of the town. People are alternately warning it could spell disaster and praising it as our potential saving grace. To … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, immigration, law, politics, refugee, Sustainability, Trump, UN, Water
Tagged Adaptation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Congress, coral, Cost, damage, Democrat, democratic socialist, Donald Trump, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fire, forest fire, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, GOP, Government, green, green new deal, greenhouse gas, heat stress, house of representatives, Industrial Revolution, Mitigation, politics, reef, refugee, Republican, resolution, responsibility, Science, senate, socialist, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, UN, US, Water Stress, wildfire
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Wisdom from Australia: Are You Reading This?
In my first blog that I posted more than six and a half years ago, I described my early Holocaust experiences and their connection to my interest in climate change. I was born in Warsaw, Poland three months before the … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Holocaust, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, anomaly, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Australia, blog, brumby, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, cold, comic, consequence, denial, Donald Trump, effect, Environment, Family, feral, Future, Global Warming, heat, heat death, Heat Stroke, Holocaust, horse, Israel, Meteorology, Mitigation, NASA, NOAA, Polar Vortex, politics, Present, question, regulation, Science, survivor, Trump, understand, understanding, US, visit, vote, Weather, wild horse, winter, WMO
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Living in Ice and Trees: Interesting, But How Can it Work Year-Round?
I am starting to write this blog at home in NYC on Thursday, January 31st. The temperature this morning was 3oF (-16oC) and by early afternoon it went all the way up to 6oF. I started to read the paper … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability, Water
Tagged air conditioner, architecture, Arctic, arctic circle, bathroom, cold, Electricity, freeze, frozen, hotel, ice, ice melt, incinerator, insulation, low cost, melt, outhouse, Polar Vortex, Renewable, sanitary, sanitation, sculpture, Solar, Sweden, Temperature, toilet, tree, Vacation, Water, Water Scarcity, Water Stress, water use, winter
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Permafrost in Danger
My October 16, 2018 blog started with an ostrich burying its head in the sand; I talked about state legislations that did not allow for serious consideration of climate change, sea level rise, or assured water supply when granting construction … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, IPCC, politics, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, alaska, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arctic, arctic circle, arctic ice, arctic melt, bearing capacity, BP, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Donald Trump, drilling, Environment, Finland, Future, Gas, governance, Government, Infrastructure, IPCC, melt, Mitigation, Norway, Oil, Permafrost, Prediction, protection, regulation, Russia, Ryan Zinke, scandinavia, scenario, Sweden, thaw, Trump
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The Arctic: We’re Going to Lapland!
I don’t have too many things on my bucket list but my wife and I have decided to use our winter school vacation to cross off one item from both our lists: going to see the aurora borealis (northern lights). … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability
Tagged Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arctic, arctic circle, arctic ice, arctic ocean, aurora borealis, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Change Fork, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, energy transition, Environment, Finland, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Greenland, ice, infrastructureAlaska, Lapland, microplastic, Mitigation, NOAA, northern lights, Norway, scandinavia, Science, sea ice, Sweden, Temperature, tundra, Vacation, warming
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