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Election Day – Think Big!

Posted on November 5, 2018 by climatechangefork

I usually publish this blog on Tuesdays but this time I have asked my editor to put up the week’s post today so that I can address everyone – including my Monday class of 150 students – a day before … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Unsustainable Desert: People Have Been Living in Tucson for Thousands of Years; How Much Longer Can That Continue?

Posted on October 9, 2018 by climatechangefork

I have been Micha’s editor and helped run this blog since the beginning. I’m excited to have the chance to contribute to Climate Change Fork. Tucson is a magical place. Then again, I’m biased – it is my home town … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Guest Blog, immigration, refugee, Sustainability, Water | Tagged Adaptation, aquifer, Arizona, AZ, cacti, cactus, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, Colorado River, coyote, cultivation, death, desert, dry heat, Economics, ecosystem, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, farming, Florence, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, gray water, groudwater, ground water, Guest Blog, heat, heatstroke, History, hot, Hurricane, immigrant, immigration, life, Maldives, Maria, Mexico, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Phoenix, Population, Power, Power Plants, Puerto Rico, reclaimed water, refugee, Reservoir, roadrunner, Science, sea level, Solar, Solar Energy, solar panel, Sonora, Sonoran desert, Sonya Landau, Sustainability, Sustainable, Tucson, undocumented, US, Water, water level, water portfolio, Water Scarcity, Water Shortage, Water Stress, water supply | 5 Comments

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: 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 →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, immigration, IPCC, refugee, UN, Water | Tagged Adaptation, Aftica, Agriculture, Algeria, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arid, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, car, Chad, China, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, climatologist, CO2, CO2 emissions, desert, desertification, displacement, Drought, environmental refugee, Eritrea, Ethiopia, farming, Future, Gambia, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Guinea Bissau, herding, History, immigrant, immigration, Inner Mongolia, IPCC, irrigation, Mali, Mauritania, migrant, migration, Mitigation, monsoon, Niger, Nigeria, Population, rainfall, refugee, reversibility, Sahara, Sahel, Science, Senegal, South Sudan, UN, Water, Water Stress, World Population | 1 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 II – Following the Netherlands: Food and Habitability

Posted on October 24, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Indoor lattice growing setting from National Geographic magazine article The photograph above resembles the one I included in last week’s blog. Both show the process of growing crops in a glass enclosure – except that Matt Demon’s … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: farming

Election Day – Think Big!

Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Unsustainable Desert: People Have Been Living in Tucson for Thousands of Years; How Much Longer Can That Continue?

The Economic Impacts of Ocean Decline

Vulnerabilities: Desertification

Vulnerabilities: Water Stress

Long-term Adaptations II – Following the Netherlands: Food and Habitability

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