Category Archives: Anthropogenic

The Economic Impacts of Ocean Decline

Posted on June 12, 2018 by climatechangefork

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 | Leave a comment

Ocean Health Issues – How Do We Measure Health?

Posted on June 5, 2018 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog was an introduction to the vulnerabilities that we face with the deterioration of our oceans. It paid particular attention to the recently published study of evidence associating the 4th mass extinction with ocean deoxygenation – which effectively … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Water | Tagged acidification, Adaptation, anoxia, Anthropocene, anthropocentric, Anthropogenic, atlantic, biodiversity, Brundtland report, Carbon, carbon storage, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, coast, coastal, CSSR, deoxygenation, Economy, ecosystem, Emissions, Environment, Evaporation, extinct, extinction, fishing, food provision, Fresh Water, Future, Global Warming, goal, greenhouse gas, habitat, Health, heat, heat content, heat feedback, indicator, livelihood, marine, mass extinction, melting, Mitigation, NCA4, Ocean, ocean health, Ocean Health Index, Pacific, polar ice, Precipitation, rain, recreation, Salt Water, Science, sea ice, sea level, sea water, Sea-Level Rise, species, stratification, Sustainability, Temperature, Tourism, Variability | Leave a comment

Vulnerabilities: Oceans

Posted on May 29, 2018 by climatechangefork

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 | 12 Comments

Referencing vs. Plagiarism

Posted on May 22, 2018 by climatechangefork

The semester is about over (only some finals and the graduation ceremony remain). In a few days I’ll be celebrating my birthday – time for a selfie reflecting the integrity of my writing. I addressed some aspects of the ethics … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, politics, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Antarctic, antarctic ice, Antarctica, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, audience, Beatles, blog, Brooklyn College, citation, cite, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Congress, copy, CUNY, Data, Donald Trump, edit, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, ethics, Fossil Fuels, Foucault, George Harrison, Geraldine DeLuca, Global Warming, Google, governance, Government, house of representatives, ice, integrity, lawmaker, method, methodology, mitigate, Mitigation, Mo Brooks, NASA, permission, plagiarism, plagiarize, plagiarizing, Popperian, public, reference, Republican, Richard Owen, Science, scientific method, sea level, Sea-Level Rise, selfie, Social Media, source, subconscious plagiarism, subscription, Sustainability, target, Technology, Trump, US | 1 Comment

Laboratory Observations of Collective Suicide

Posted on May 8, 2018 by climatechangefork

Rafik, a young, dear, French relative of mine, was born in Algeria. He still has family there that he visits often, occasionally going with some of them to tour the Sahara desert. We discussed his trips and the history of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Holocaust, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, antibiotics, bacteria, brain, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, consciousness, delibrate, ecological suicide, Emissions, Environment, experiment, Fossil Fuels, Genocide, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, latrine, microbe, ocean acidification, pH, Pollution, Population, resource, sanitary, sanitation, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, suicide, Sustainability, toilet, waste, World Population | 1 Comment

Water Cycle Vulnerabilities

Posted on April 24, 2018 by climatechangefork

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 | 1 Comment

If You Don’t Believe In Climate Change – Try It!

Posted on April 17, 2018 by climatechangefork

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 | 2 Comments

Vulnerabilities: Local Environmental Displacements

Posted on April 10, 2018 by climatechangefork

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 | 2 Comments

Energy Transition: Regional Impacts and Highlights

Posted on March 20, 2018 by climatechangefork

I started this series (February 20, 2018) by introducing energy-related indicators for the ten most populous countries (with the addition of two African countries that are projected to join those ranks by 2040). I aim to use these indicators as … Continue reading →

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Fossil Fuel Preferences and BP’s Energy Outlook

Posted on March 13, 2018 by climatechangefork

I started this series on February 20, 2018 to explore the IPAT identity. The last term within that identity that I have yet to cover includes the nature of the fossil fuels used. The popular perception is that use of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, BP, Brazil, Carbon, carbon emission, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, Congo, consumption, Denmark, developed, developing, Economics, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy demand, energy mix, energy transition, Environment, Ethiopia, Finland, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, fracking, Future, Gas, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, indicator, Indonesia, IPAT, Mexico, Mitigation, Natural Gas, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, outlook, Pakistan, Physics, Population, Power, Power Plants, primary energy, Russia, scenario, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sweden, Technology, US, World, World Population | 9 Comments

Category Archives: Anthropogenic

The Economic Impacts of Ocean Decline

Ocean Health Issues – How Do We Measure Health?

Vulnerabilities: Oceans

Laboratory Observations of Collective Suicide

Water Cycle Vulnerabilities

If You Don’t Believe In Climate Change – Try It!

Vulnerabilities: Local Environmental Displacements

Energy Transition: Regional Impacts and Highlights

Fossil Fuel Preferences and BP’s Energy Outlook

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