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“Me” and “They” in the Climate and COVID Disasters

Posted on December 21, 2021 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 Figure 1 reflects the deadly strength of anti-vaccination sentiment. Its resistance to science, policy, and any desire to ensure continued public safety seems to be equally relevant for denial of climate change. My November 17, 2020 blog, “Teaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Water | Tagged antivax, autism, Climate Change, climate denier, consequence, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, denial, denier, DNNer, Global Warming, Health, infection, Italy, Kennedy, mandate, medicine, Policy, public health, restriction, safety, Science, US, vaccination, vaccine, Water | 1 Comment

Physics of Reality

Posted on February 2, 2021 by climatechangefork

Spring semester at my school started yesterday. I have a few senior physics students, each of whom will need to produce a research paper. I want their research to reflect some aspect of the world that we live in. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged Biology, Climate Change, climate change denier, coronavirus, covid, denial, denier, Education, Math, Physics, quantitative, reality, Science, scientific method, social physics, society, sociophysics, virus | Leave a comment

Pay Now or Pay Later: The Economic Costs of Climate Change

Posted on December 17, 2019 by climatechangefork

As an old guy who still teaches students and does scientific research, I have to be up-to-date on the science that relates to what I do. To study and teach climate change, I have to be current not only with … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability | Tagged action, biodiversity, business as usual, carbon emissions, cartoon, children, climate, Climate Change, climate change denier, climate denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cost, damage, denial, doubt, economic impact, Economics, Economist, Economy, effect, externality, Future, generation, GHG, greenhouse gas, Greta Thunberg, kids, Merchants of Doubt, Naomi Oreskes, News, Nicholas Stern, ocean acidification, Price, quid pro quo, risk, Science, stationarity, Stern report, worst-case | 6 Comments

Back to “Self-Inflicted Genocide”: Roger Hallam & the Holocaust

Posted on December 3, 2019 by climatechangefork

My original plan was to follow up on last week’s blog and look into the recurring complexities of the California fires. In light of the major power outages, some residents have gone so far as to claim that California has … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Holocaust | Tagged Adaptation, ADL, Anti-Defamation League, anti-semitic, antisemitic, business as usual, Climate Change, climate change denier, Climate Skeptics, Comment, denial, deniers, divest, extinction rebellion, Fork, Fossil Fuels, Future, Genocide, Holocaust, Holocaust denier, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jew, Jewish, Mitigation, moral evil, morality, Roger Hallam, Self Inflicted Genocide, self-inflicted, Timothy Snyder | 2 Comments

To Make America Great Again, Please Stand Tall

Posted on February 26, 2019 by climatechangefork

I interpret standing tall as holding your head up and meeting oncoming challenges rather than burying it in a pile of sand to avoid reality (see the October 16, 2018 post on ostrich myths and the American government’s deliberate obtuseness … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election, immigration, law, politics, refugee, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, administration, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arizona, Balance, Chuck Todd, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Congress, coral, Cost, damage, Dan Coats, Democrat, democratic socialist, denial, Donald Trump, Economics, EIS, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental refugee, evidence, Extreme Weather, fire, Florida, forest fire, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, GOP, governance, Government, green, green new deal, greenhouse gas, heat stress, house of representatives, immigration, impact, Industrial Revolution, intelligence, IPCC, law, legislation, Local, Media, Mitigation, North Carolina, North Korea, objective, opinion, ostrich, politics, reef, refugee, reporter, Republican, resolution, responsibility, Science, senate, socialist, subjective, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Trump, UN, US | 6 Comments

Wisdom from Australia: Are You Reading This?

Posted on February 12, 2019 by climatechangefork

In my first blog that I posted more than six and a half years ago, I described my early Holocaust experiences and their connection to my interest in climate change. I was born in Warsaw, Poland three months before the … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Holocaust, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, anomaly, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Australia, blog, brumby, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, cold, comic, consequence, denial, Donald Trump, effect, Environment, Family, feral, Future, Global Warming, heat, heat death, Heat Stroke, Holocaust, horse, Israel, Meteorology, Mitigation, NASA, NOAA, Polar Vortex, politics, Present, question, regulation, Science, survivor, Trump, understand, understanding, US, visit, vote, Weather, wild horse, winter, WMO | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged 3 shades, Adaptation, amazon, Antarctic, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arctic, Australia, Australian National University, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate skeptic, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Collective Suicide, committed warming, copy, copyright, court, denial, denier, domino, domino effect, doomsday, Earth, EU, European Union, fatalist, feedback, Future, gaia, Genocide, Global Temperature, Global Warming, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, hothouse, Hothouse Earth, inhabitable, internet, IPCC, Jai Pei, optimism, PNAS, positive feedback, Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The Potsdam Institute, ruling, sea ice, Self Inflicted Genocide, self-inflicted, skeptic, Stockholm Resilience Centre, suicide, Temperature, tipping element, Tipping Point, uninhabitable, Will Steffen | 3 Comments

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Marching for Science on Earth Day

Posted on May 9, 2017 by climatechangefork

In the span of a few months, the March for Science burgeoned into a global movement that galvanized support from hundreds of thousands of people in over 610 locations around the globe. The march’s organizers officially aim to create a … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Guest Blog | Tagged academia, academic, Anthropocene, antivax, apolitical, Bilingual, bottom-up, budget, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, critical thinking, denial, dialogue, Education, Einstein, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, engineering, Environment, eugenics, evil, faith, Fossil Fuels, fund, Global Warming, good, grassroots, greenhouse gas, Guest Blog, Islam, march, march for science, Math, mathematics, Mitigation, moral, nonpartisan, Organization, organize, outreach, partisan, physical world, Physics, Policy, political, politician, politics, protest, religion, Science, scientist, skeptic, Sofia Ahsanuddin, stem, sterilization, Sustainability, Technology, US, vaccine, Weill Cornell | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: denial

“Me” and “They” in the Climate and COVID Disasters

Pay Now or Pay Later: The Economic Costs of Climate Change

Back to “Self-Inflicted Genocide”: Roger Hallam & the Holocaust

To Make America Great Again, Please Stand Tall

Wisdom from Australia: Are You Reading This?

The Domino Effect

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Marching for Science on Earth Day

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