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Back from Germany

Posted on September 13, 2022 by climatechangefork

A field of dead sunflowers in Farsleben, Germany I have described Germany’s energy transition in earlier blogs (December 9 – 30, 2014, and October 1 – 8, 2019). As I mentioned in last week’s blog, I followed my trip to … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Extreme Weather, Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged air conditioner, cooling, Demand, Drought, Economics, Economy, Energy, energy transition, EU, Europe, Flood, Gas, Germany, heat, heating, Hydropower, Market, nuclear power, Oil, Renewable, resilience, Russia, Supply, Transition, Ukraine, Wind | 4 Comments

Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Heat and COVID Disparities

Posted on June 22, 2021 by climatechangefork

Walking outside in southern Arizona right now is akin to walking into a giant oven. Waves of heat waft toward you from all sides the moment you set foot out the door. We always joke, “but it’s a dry heat,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Guest Blog, law, Sustainability, US | Tagged air conditioner, Arizona, Class, coronavirus, COVAX, COVID 19, Economics, Education, essential worker, ethnicity, GDP, heat, heat wave, homelessness, housing, Income, Inequality, inequity, legislation, occupation, OSHA, pandemic, Phoenix, Race, safety, socioeconomic, Tucson, vaccine, Wealth, work | 7 Comments

Simultaneous Global Disasters

Posted on September 1, 2020 by climatechangefork

About a month ago (August 4th), I wrote a blog that used a Venn diagram to show the overlap of climate change, COVID-19, projected population change, job availability, and socio-economic status. My discussion was relatively abstract. Now, only one month … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, law, politics, US | Tagged air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, apocalypse, apocalyptic, asteroid, Belarus, blackout, California, Christianity, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Durer, Election, Electricity, Energy, Extreme Weather, fire, Gulf Coast, Hurricane, Islam, Judaism, Kenosha, Laura, Louisiana, Marco, Minneapolis, police violence, Policy, religion, Science, sins, social justice, storm, Texas, wild fire | 5 Comments

Dubai: City of Contradictions

Posted on September 10, 2019 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – The proposed “Mall of the World” in Dubai Last week, I posted some outlines of the trip that my wife and I took over the summer. The trip anchored on three family weddings that took place in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged a/c, air conditioner, air conditioning, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Development, dome, Dubai, Electricity, Energy, greenhouse, Mitigation, old, ozonater, ozone, Power, proposal, Renewable, renewable energy, Solar, solar power, sterilization, Sustainable, sustainable city, Technology, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Water | 8 Comments

Extreme Heat: Big Cities, 2050

Posted on July 23, 2019 by climatechangefork

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 | 1 Comment

Living in Ice and Trees: Interesting, But How Can it Work Year-Round?

Posted on February 5, 2019 by climatechangefork

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 | Leave a comment

Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?

Posted on September 4, 2018 by climatechangefork

In the July 31st blog and several of the ones following it, I focused on an effort by four Republican senators to investigate federal grant making as it pertains to climate change: “Research designed to sway individuals of a various … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged a/c, Adaptation, air conditioner, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Balance, Brooklyn College, business as usual, carbon dioxide, censorship, China, Chinese hoax, Climate Change, climate change denier, consensus, coverage, Debate, denier, deniers, Economy, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, fake news, false equivalence, Future, Google, heat, heat wave, hoax, John Holdren, mccain, Media, Meteorologist, Mitigation, NCA4, Obama, Power, probability, projection, propaganda, risk, Science, science adviser, Sustainability, Sustainable, Trump, Twitter, USGCRP, worst-case | 1 Comment

Science or Indoctrination?

Posted on July 31, 2018 by climatechangefork

Earlier this month (July 3rd and 10th) I wrote two blogs about a heat wave that was affecting my home of NYC and how it impacted me. The weather here now is lovely (around 85oF, with bearable humidity and no … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, immigration, politics, refugee, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, attribution, Britain, California, causality, cause, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, coping, dam, Drought, Environment, Extreme Weather, Finland, fire, Flood, Global Warming, globalization, Greece, heat, heat wave, heatwave, indoctrination, intensity, James Inhofe, James Lankford, Japan, laos, Meteorologist, Meteorology, NSF, political, politics, Pool, probabilistic, propaganda, Rand Paul, Science, Sustainability, Sweden, Technology, Ted Cruz, UK, Weather, wildfire, World Population | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, air conditioner, air conditioning, Al Gore, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, arctic melt, Atmosphere, atmospheric water vapor, carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide solubility, Clean Energy, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Sensitivity, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, contribution, driving force, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, feedback, feedback mechanism, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, guilt, heat, hypocrisy, hypocrite, impact, Mitigation, permafrost melt, snow melt, Temperature, warming, water vapor | Leave a comment

Heat Wave

Posted on July 3, 2018 by climatechangefork

My school’s academic year is over and the summer break has started in full swing. Usually I take this time for a vacation and some new research initiatives. It is not surprising that I have far more flexibility now than … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, advisory, Afghanistan, air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, danger, dangerous, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, excessive heat, Extreme Weather, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, heat, heat advisory, Heat Exhaustion, heat index, Heat Stroke, heat wave, humid, humidity, Israel, Mitigation, Nepal, NOAA, Pakistan, Science, South Asia, summer, sunstroke, Sustainability, Temperature, thermometer, US, Warning, Weather, World Bank | 1 Comment

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Back from Germany

Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Heat and COVID Disparities

Dubai: City of Contradictions

Extreme Heat: Big Cities, 2050

Living in Ice and Trees: Interesting, But How Can it Work Year-Round?

Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?

Science or Indoctrination?

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