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Burying our Heads in the Sand

Posted on October 16, 2018 by climatechangefork

Ostriches don’t actually bury their heads in the sand in the belief that it makes their predators unable to see them – but many of us do. Unfortunately many such human ostriches occupy high level positions of our government, putting … Continue reading →

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Blurred Lines: Balance, Bias, Kavanaugh, and Fox News on Climate Change

Posted on September 25, 2018 by climatechangefork

My original plan for this week was to focus on President Trump’s complaints that Google’s search engines are biased against him, and his demand that the Justice Department investigate. I found a fitting cartoon by Walt Handelsman. The Justice Department … Continue reading →

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The Domino Effect

Posted on August 21, 2018 by climatechangefork

Last week’s title was resolutely optimistic, drawing inspiration from the game of bridge and summing up the philosophy behind my teaching. After this summer, however, this attitude is a bit difficult to maintain. One thing I am constantly learning from … Continue reading →

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Feedback

Posted on July 10, 2018 by climatechangefork

I wrote my last blog in the middle of a heat wave that covered the city where I live along with great swaths of the East Coast and other parts of the world. The heat wave lasted almost a week; … Continue reading →

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Uncertainties Can Bring The Best Possible Outcomes, The Worst Possible Outcomes, and Everything In Between: Ocean Currents

Posted on June 19, 2018 by climatechangefork

I have addressed uncertainty on a number of previous occasions (December 10, 2012; May 16, 2017; January 9, 2018; and other blogs) but some important work came to light recently that put this idea to a test. Most of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Water | Tagged Adaptation, ambiguity, Antarctica, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, AR4, atlantic, business as usual, carbon dioxide, certain, circulation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, conveyor belt, Current, disaster, ecosystem, Emissions, energy transition, Environment, estimate, expectation, Fossil Fuels, Future, Glacier, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, humid, humidity, ice, ice age, IPCC, melt, methodology, Mitigation, MOC, Ocean, polar ice, Prediction, projection, Research, risk, risk aversion, risk management, Science, sea ice, Sustainability, Temperature, temperature rise, uncertain, uncertainty | 1 Comment

Vulnerabilities: Desertification

Posted on May 15, 2018 by climatechangefork

The ecological counterpart to water stress (May 1, 2018) is desertification. The table summarizing the IPCC’s assessments of five categories directly or indirectly connected to water use (April 24, 2018) refers to: “Decreasing water availability and increasing drought in mid-latitudes … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Vulnerabilities: Global Environmental Refugees

Posted on April 3, 2018 by climatechangefork

I am not the only one to predict (February 3, 2015 and October 3, 2017) that continuing our practices in a business as usual scenario will lead to destruction of the physical environment as we know it – as well … Continue reading →

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Markers for the Global Energy Transition

Posted on February 20, 2018 by climatechangefork

Last week I talked about Dieter Helm’s book, where he portrayed a future in which oil companies are going broke and fossil fuel prices are collapsing due to their practically infinite supply (via fracking and horizontal drilling). Growing awareness of … Continue reading →

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Fake News

Posted on January 16, 2018 by climatechangefork

I am an old guy; my bucket list is modest but I am trying to check off the remaining items while I can still fully enjoy them. There’s only one that remains out of my reach: I want to travel … Continue reading →

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Burying our Heads in the Sand

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Uncertainties Can Bring The Best Possible Outcomes, The Worst Possible Outcomes, and Everything In Between: Ocean Currents

Vulnerabilities: Desertification

Water Cycle Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities: Global Environmental Refugees

Markers for the Global Energy Transition

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