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Category Archives: Anthropogenic
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, 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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Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst: COVID-19
Last week, I promised to shift my focus to COVID-19’s impact on developing countries. So far, most of the media attention has been limited to the coronavirus’ impact on richer countries (e.g. US, Europe, Australia, Canada, etc.). The exact definition … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change
Tagged Anthropogenic, asymptomatic, carbon intensity, chart, Chris Murray, Climate Change, coronavirus, COVID 19, Cuomo, death, Deborah Birx, Economics, Economy, epidemic, epidemiology, Europe, Future, GHG, Global Warming, Health, healthcare, hospital, ICU, IHME, infection, lockdown, methodology, metrics, model, modeling, pandemic, Prediction, social distance, social distancing, spanish flu, Stabilization, stabilize, symptom, test, US, WHO
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Do-It-Yourself Ranking: How We Measure
When I first became a professor, I taught chemistry and physics. Both are traditional sciences with well-defined prerequisites. For physics you must first learn about mechanics (Kepler, Newton, etc.); in chemistry you have to start with the periodic table before … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, assessment, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability, UN
Tagged air quality, biodiversity, chemistry, company, Data, database, ecosystem, Emissions, Environment, environmental science, EPI, ESG, framework, higher education, index, indicator, Kepler, method, methodology, Nature, Newton, Physics, Policy, policymakers, Pollution, prerequisite, proximity to target, Ranking, sanitation, scale, School, Science, score, scoring, subjective, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, UN, Water
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Climate Change Refugees: Where Will They Go?
I have seen some alarming new reports of late. Two of them describe the start of environmental, climate change-powered migrations within rich countries. In the US, the key motivator is sea level rise: The Great Climate Retreat is beginning with … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, immigration, refugee, UN, US
Tagged Army, asylum, Australia, bushfire, buyout, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, climate migrant, climate refugee, Davos, Developing Countries, Donald Trump, Environment, environmental refugee, fire, Flood, Florida, global trend, home, Houston, immigrant, immigration, migrant, migration, Military, National Intelligence Council, New Orleans, New York, NIC, refugee, Russia, Sea-Level Rise, security, Staten Island, Trump, UN, US
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Is California Unlivable?
A few weeks ago, I read an eye-opening op-ed in the NYT: “It’s the end of California as we know it” – By Farhad Manjoo But lately my affinity for my home state has soured. Maybe it’s the smoke and the … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, law, Sustainability, US
Tagged atomic bomb, BlackBerry, Blockbuster, California, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cost, electric, electric grid, electrical, Emissions, Evacuation, fire, Flood, floods, Future, GDP, GHG, greenhouse gas, Insurance, neutron, PG&E, Pollution, Population, Power, power lines, power outage, Prediction, Price, smoking, trigger, undergrounding, unlivable, Utility, Voltage, WMO, yellow vest
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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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Around the World in 5 Weeks: Three Weddings, Climate Change, and the Holocaust
Travel My wife joined me on a whirlwind trip from New York City to Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia to Dubai, UAE to Paris, France to The Hague, Netherlands to Farsleben and Berlin, Germany to Krakow, Poland. We returned a few … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Holocaust, Sustainability
Tagged airplane, Anthropogenic, Australia, Berlin, Brisbane, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, contribution, D Day, Dubai, Emissions, Farsleben, flight, fossil fuel, France, fuel economy, fuel efficiency, Germany, Greta Thunberg, human contribution, invasion, Krakow, Melbourne, Mitigation, Netherlands, New York City, NYC, Paris, plane, Poland, Science, Sustainability, The Hague, travel, UAE, Vacation, Warsaw, WWII
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Guest Blog: US Medical Schools Must Train Medical Students for Climate Change
This week, a medical student friend of mine presents a guest blog. As always, we welcome your comments and questions. We’d love to start a discussion about this topic. SA is a second year medical student interested in global surgery. … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Guest Blog, immigration, refugee, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Advocacy in Medicine, AMA, American Medical Association, Anthropogenic, baseline data, Brooklyn College, Climate Change, climate migrant, climate refugee, Clinical Climate Change Conference, CO2, CO2 emissions, Colorado, Conference, curricula, curriculum, Data, disease, doctor, Drought, Education, educator, environmental impact, Extreme Weather, Flood, food security, Future, global health, Health, health professional, hospital, Illinois, incentive, med student, medicaid, medical, medical school, medical student, medicare, Minnesota, mitigate, Mitigation, Mount Sinai, New York Academy of Medicine, NY, patient, physician, public health, student, Sustainability, sustainability reporting, UCSF, Urbana-Champaign, US, USMLE, Water, Yale
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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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Back to “Self-Inflicted Genocide”: Roger Hallam & the Holocaust
My original plan was to follow up on last week’s blog and look into the recurring complexities of the California fires. In light of the major power outages, some residents have gone so far as to claim that California has … Continue reading →