Tag Archives: heat

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

Heath Death Indicators

Posted on August 3, 2021 by climatechangefork

I have been spending most of my evenings watching the Tokyo Olympics. One of the most frequent questions directed to athletes who have performed outdoors is how they handle the heat. Right now, Tokyo is having highs of 90oF, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged acclimatization, Adaptation, business as usual, Climate Change, danger, dehydration, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, fire, Global Warming, heat, heat death, heat index, heat stress, humidity, IPCC, Olympics, safety, Tokyo, warming, Water, wildfire | 3 Comments

Heat Deaths and Cold Deaths

Posted on July 27, 2021 by climatechangefork

We have been seeing a slew of catastrophes throughout the world that roughly coincided with the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere (June 20th). Almost all of them have been either partially caused or worsened by climate change. These … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged Arizona, Baghdad, Bjorn Lomborg, California, Climate Change, cold, Damascus, Death Valley, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, fire, Flood, heat, Heat Exhaustion, heat index, heatstroke, humidity, Hurricane, Idaho, Nevada, record, Riyadh, skeptic, sunstroke, Teheran, Temperature, Tornado, Utah, WHO | 3 Comments

Heat Dome: Business as Usual

Posted on July 6, 2021 by climatechangefork

The “heat dome” has been at the top of the news in recent days, starting almost immediately after the official start of summer on Sunday, June 20th. Sonya Landau, the editor of this blog, wrote a beautiful and timely guest … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, CO2, CO2 emissions, dome, Emissions, heat, heat dome, Mauna Loa, NOAA, oscillation | 3 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

Electricity Generation: Carbon Intensity and Composition

Posted on May 25, 2021 by climatechangefork

Two years ago (June 18, 2019), I discussed higher-education carbon emissions. This included the lists that organizations such as the Sierra Club made to rank campuses across the country by their emissions. We split emissions into three categories: Scope 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged carbon emissions, carbon intensity, CO2, Coal, EIA, Electricity, Emissions, energy production, EPA, fossil fuel, Gas, generation, heat, heat rate, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, petroleum, primary energy, secondary energy | Leave a comment

The Election as a Teachable Moment

Posted on November 10, 2020 by climatechangefork

Like many others, I stayed up late on Tuesday evening to watch the election results. Like them, my wife and I went to sleep not knowing the end results of the election but sure about two things: the Democratic landslide … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Election, Extreme Weather, politics, Sustainability, Trump, US | Tagged alaska, America, Arizona, BC, Biden, Climate Change, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, Future, Georgia, Global Warming, heat, heatwave, IPCC, Joe Biden, Nevada, North Carolina, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, presidency, president, Republican, scenario, teach, teacher, Temperature, temperature rise, Trump, uncertainty, US, vote, voter | 3 Comments

Do-It-Yourself Climate Monitoring: the Weather Report

Posted on August 18, 2020 by climatechangefork

My wife and I start our day with breakfast and the print edition of The New York Times (NYT). When the paper arrives, we split it between us—she gets the front section and I get the rest. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education, Extreme Weather | Tagged Arizona, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Climate Change, CUNY, Data, data set, Education, El Paso, Extreme Weather, heat, Heat Exhaustion, heat index, Heat Stroke, heat wave, humidity, NYC, NYT, online, Phoenix, sun stroke, Temperature, Texas, Tucson, US, Weather, weather report | 2 Comments

How Do We End a Pandemic?

Posted on May 12, 2020 by climatechangefork

When I read my morning paper on May 4th, three articles jumped out at me: As Trump Pushes to Reopen, Government Sees virus toll nearly doubling WASHINGTON — As President Trump presses states to reopen their economies, his administration is … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Economics | Tagged administration, Bloomberg, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, coronavirus, COVID 19, Cuomo, disease, Economy, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, flu, Future, Global Population, heat, hospital, infection, NY, NYC, projection, Science, social distancing, spanish flu, test, Trump, US, virus | 1 Comment

Coal Intensity & Coal Consumption

Posted on October 30, 2019 by climatechangefork

Today I am continuing my series (which started October 15th) examining the early signs of the global energy transition. In the previous two blogs my emphasis was on use of primary energy and electricity. This week, I’m looking at coal … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, America, Bangladesh, BP, Brazil, Britain, Carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity, carbon production, China, Clean Energy, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, coal intensity, data transmission, electrical power, Electricity, electricity access, electricity intensity, Emissions, Energy, energy intensity, energy transition, France, fuel, GDP, Germany, heat, high income, India, indicator, Indonesia, intensity, IPAT, Japan, low income, Mexico, middle income, Natural Gas, Nigeria, Nuclear, Oil, Pakistan, Physics, power consumption, primary energy, Renewable, renewal, Russia, secondary energy, Solar, solar power, Sustainability, Sustainable, Thermodynamics, Turkey, UK, US, Wind, wind power, World Bank | 4 Comments

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Back from Germany

Heath Death Indicators

Heat Deaths and Cold Deaths

Heat Dome: Business as Usual

Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Heat and COVID Disparities

Electricity Generation: Carbon Intensity and Composition

The Election as a Teachable Moment

Do-It-Yourself Climate Monitoring: the Weather Report

Coal Intensity & Coal Consumption

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