Tag Archives: Australia

Vulnerabilities: Coral Reefs

Posted on June 26, 2018 by climatechangefork

In one of my earliest blogs (July 31, 2012), I talked a little bit about the start of my interest in man-made contributions to global climate change. Up until that time my main academic interest was focused on energy use. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Water | Tagged acid, acidification, adapt, Adaptability, Adaptation, algae, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Australia, carbon dioxide, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coral, coral bleaching, Earth Summit, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, great barrier reef, greenhouse gas, habitat, heat, heat wave, ice age, Israel, Keeling-Whorf, Mexico, Mitigation, NOAA, Oil, Power, Power Plants, reef, reversibility, Science, sea level, Solar Energy, stress, Sustainability, thermal stress, US, vulnerability, vulnerable, Water, World Resources Institute | Leave a comment

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

Vulnerabilities: Water Stress

Posted on May 1, 2018 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 in last week’s blog listed key impacts of climate change as a function of increasing global temperature relative to the average temperature between 1980 and 1999. Based on NASA measurements (Figure 2 in the same blog), we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, Water | Tagged Adaptation, Agriculture, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, California, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Congo, dam, Desalination, divert, domestic, Drought, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Ethiopia, farm, farming, Fossil Fuels, Fresh Water, Future, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, Indonesia, industrial, Israel, Jerry Brown, LA, Marc Reisner, Mexico, Mitigation, NASA, Nigeria, OECD, Pakistan, Pat Brown, Russia, South Africa, Sustainability, Technology, temperature rise, US, Water, water distribution, Water Management, water productivity, Water Stress, water use, World Bank, World Population, WRI | 3 Comments

Long-Term Adaptations

Posted on October 17, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Scene from “The Martian” I was considering using a more descriptive title for the coming series of blogs, inspired by a recent article in the New York Times (NYT) called, “How to Survive the Apocalypse?” The article … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, apocalypse, armageddon, asteroid, astronaut, Atmosphere, Australia, business as usual, California, chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, David Wallace-Wells, doomsday, Earth, earthquake, Emissions, End of Now, Environment, Equilibrium, extraterrestrial, fire, Future, global nuclear war, Global Warming, golden globe, greenhouse gas, Jessica Chastain, Mars, martian, Matt Damon, Mediterranean, Mexico, Mitigation, Physical Environment, Physics, Population, Power, prepare, Science, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, uninhabitability, uninhabitable, US, Volcano, wildfire, World Population | Leave a comment

Doomsday: Attributions

Posted on October 3, 2017 by climatechangefork

The high concentration of natural disasters taking place all over the world includes: Hurricanes and cyclones such as Harvey, with its flooding of Houston and the rest of Southern Texas and Louisiana, Maria and its devastating destruction of Puerto Rico … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Alabama, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, armageddon, Atmosphere, attribution, Australia, California, Canary Islands, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Clausius Clapeyron, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, desertification, doomsday, earthquake, Emissions, End of Now, end of the world, Environment, Evaporation, Extreme Weather, fire, Flood, Florida, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Global Temperature, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, half life, Harvey, Houston, human activity, human contribution, human influence, Hurricane, India, IPCC, irma, isotope, Louisiana, Maria, Mexico, Mitigation, mudslide, natural disaster, Nepal, Nitrogen, Now, Pakistan, Physical Environment, Puerto Rico, radioisotope, recovery, Science, sea level, Sierra Leone, sixth extinction, Sustainability, Texas, transpiration, troposphere, US, Volcano, Water Cycle | Leave a comment

Doomsday Predictions – Disaster Porn?

Posted on August 29, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Doomsday Clock Three weeks ago (before Charlottesville) I summarized the climate-change-related events that took place during my July vacation and promised to expand upon those issues. Given my necessary digression, I am reposting some of those elements … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Advocacy, Al Gore, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, attribute, Australia, biodiversity, business as usual, charlottesville, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, daniel aldana cohen, David Wallace-Wells, disaster, disaster porn, Donald Trump, doom, doomsday, doomsday clock, Economics, ecosystem, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy mix, energy transition, Environment, EPA, extinct, extinction, Fossil Fuels, Future, global nuclear war, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Holocaust, human contribution, inconvenient, IPCC, Mitigation, New Zealand, North Korea, Nuclear, nuclear weapon, Paul Ehrlich, PNAS, porn, Power, projection, Russia, Science, Sustainability, Technology, US, World Population | 2 Comments

Visible Transition to the Middle Class

Posted on August 1, 2017 by climatechangefork

I am back from a family vacation that took me to Australia, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and a few other Asian countries. I still haven’t completely recuperated from the jet lag (distance, duration, and age) so this blog will … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Australia, automobile, Bangkok, bicycle, bike, Cambodia, car, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, developed, developing, Development, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hanoi, Korea, middle class, Population, Power, power plant, Power Plants, rural, Science, scooter, Solar Energy, South Korea, Sustainability, Technology, Thailand, transportation, urban, Vietnam, World Population | Leave a comment

Me vs. Them vs. We – Time

Posted on June 6, 2017 by climatechangefork

Thursday (June 1st) was an event to remember. President Trump did indeed turn his back on the world, declaring that he was elected to serve Pittsburg and not Paris – except for the small detail that Pittsburg didn’t vote for … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, America, America First, Australia, Barron, Barron Trump, children, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Change Fork, Climate Skeptics, CNN, CO2 emissions, Coal, coal mining, Donald Trump, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Erick Erickson, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gallup, Global Warming, globalism, grandchildren, greenhouse gas, Ivanka, Kathy Griffin, Mitigation, nationalism, Now, Obama, Paris, Paris Agreement, Physics, Pittsburg, politics, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Tim Walberg, Trump, tweet, Twitter, US, vote, voter, Wealth, wealth distribution, wealth redistribution, withdrawal, World Population | Leave a comment

Limits to Global Affluence?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by climatechangefork

[TEVYE] “Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor. But it’s no great honor either! So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?” If … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Amancio Ortega Gaona, Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bill Gates, billionaire, Brazil, Carlos Slim Helú, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Denmark, dream, Economics, Education, Electricity, Energy, Environment, fiddler on the roof, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, impact, Income, income distribution, India, Indonesia, influence, IPAT, Japan, Jeff Bezos, Jew, Jewish, Lawrence J. Ellison, Lichtenstein, limit, Luxembourg, Macau, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael R. Bloomberg, millionaire, Mitigation, Monaco, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Population, Qatar, rabbi, Rich, richest, Rothschild, Russia, saturation, saturation point, Switzerland, Technology, Tevye, US, Warren E. Buffett, Wealth, World Population | 6 Comments

Happy New Year 2017

Posted on January 3, 2017 by climatechangefork

It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they have, thus far, so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Election, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, America, Australia, Canada, change, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Denmark, Donald Trump, Economics, Election, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Germany, global suicide, greatest, human needs, indicator, Infrastructure, Ireland, Kenneth Bone, Lincoln, Luxembourg, Mitigation, Netherlands, New Year, Norway, nuclear weapons, opportunity, president, president elect, problem, promise, resiliency, resilient, social progress, socioeconomic, Solution, Stephen Hawking, Switzerland, Trump, US, vote, voter, well being | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Australia

Vulnerabilities: Coral Reefs

The Economic Impacts of Ocean Decline

Vulnerabilities: Water Stress

Long-Term Adaptations

Doomsday: Attributions

Doomsday Predictions – Disaster Porn?

Visible Transition to the Middle Class

Me vs. Them vs. We – Time

Limits to Global Affluence?

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