Category Archives: Climate Change

Attribution Vs. Chaos

Posted on October 18, 2022 by climatechangefork

My previous blog cited a long 2016 report by the National Academy that outlines two classes of mechanisms used for climate events to assess the likelihood of attributions to climate change: Event attribution approaches can be generally divided into two … Continue reading →

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Attribution: Noah’s Ark

Posted on October 11, 2022 by climatechangefork

During the active academic year, my main focus for this blog is to provide help to my students in their research assignments. I try to address the blog’s main focus—global transitions (with an emphasis on climate change)—while also staying relevant … Continue reading →

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Campus as a Lab Part 5: Learning from Global Efforts

Posted on October 4, 2022 by climatechangefork

As I mentioned in last week’s blog, NY Governor Kathy Hochul issued Executive Order 22 regarding environmental stewardship; it reflected the thinking that the state government should form an example of such stewardship for the rest of society. The title … Continue reading →

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Campus as a Lab Part 4: In Defense of Failures; Happy New Year!

Posted on September 27, 2022 by climatechangefork

      Source: iStock Photo I know that the title makes for a strange combination! This blog is being posted on the second day of the Jewish New Year. Similar to other New Year postings (see the September 22, … Continue reading →

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Campus as a Lab Part 3: Serve Students Through Better Faculty/Administration Integration

Posted on September 20, 2022 by climatechangefork

Source: Rutgers Living Laboratories The figure at the top is a repeat from the first blog in this series (July 19th). The first two blogs were posted during the summer when I was working from home and traveling in Europe. … Continue reading →

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Back from Europe

Posted on September 6, 2022 by climatechangefork

As I have mentioned in previous blogs, after three years of COVID-19 hibernation, my wife and I just came home from visiting friends and family in England, Poland, and France. I will spend a few days teaching the first week … Continue reading →

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Vacation Notice

Posted on August 30, 2022 by climatechangefork

This week I am taking a break from the blog, so there will be no post. Please do come back next Tuesday, when I promise to continue our discussions.

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Can we Advance the Transition to a More Sustainable Future?

Posted on August 23, 2022 by climatechangefork

Where are we now and how can we advance or accelerate the energy transition to a more sustainable future? I am now in Europe, and this is the last blog that I wrote before I left. In fact, I started … Continue reading →

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Politics and Approval Ratings

Posted on August 9, 2022 by climatechangefork

*Note: This is a pre-written blog and may not reflect current events. If everything goes well, by the time this blog is posted, I will already be in Europe. I am writing it before I leave so that it reflects … Continue reading →

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Creation

Posted on July 26, 2022 by climatechangefork

My plan was to write a continuation of the previous blog about Campus as a Lab (CAL) (July 19, 2022) but as usual, reality interfered in a big way! I got a Facebook message from a friend that included the … Continue reading →

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