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“Peak” Oil: Self-Limiting or Open-Ended?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by climatechangefork

The Age of Oil started around 1800, when drilling techniques started to become available to extract oil from the ground. Figure 1 shows the oil price changes normalized to a constant US$ (2014) from the American Civil War until 2015. … Continue reading →

Posted in Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged alternative energy, availability, covid, COVID 19, Demand, drilling, economic, Economy, electric grid, Energy, energy intensity, EU, Europe, fluctuation, Gasoline, GDP, Germany, Growth, impact, invasion, Oil, OPEC, power grid, prices, renewables, Russia, Supply, Ukraine, US | 1 Comment

Meta (Facebook) and Cherry Picking

Posted on January 19, 2022 by climatechangefork

A recent announcement from Facebook informed us all that “Connection is evolving so are we … welcome to Meta.” While I was not born there, I grew up in Israel, so Hebrew is my “native” language. In Hebrew, “meta” refers … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged bias, cherry picking, Climate Change, communication, Education, Godwin's Law, impact, NSF, objectivity, Physics, reality, Science | Leave a comment

Integrate “Them” with “Me” and “We”: Omicron, Climate Change and Global Threats

Posted on December 14, 2021 by climatechangefork

Fall classes are over for the semester at my school (final exams are still coming, though, so it’s not over for the students). Christmas and New Year are around the corner and now’s the time to think and make wishes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, COP26, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, damage, developing, Economics, Emissions, finance, GHG, Glasgow, impact, Inequality, inequity, Investment, Mitigation, Paris, Piketty, pledge, socialism, Technology | 1 Comment

Phased Reopening and Lessons to Learn

Posted on May 19, 2020 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Dana Summers’ cartoon on phased opening Roughly two months ago, my campus completely shifted to remote learning and teaching and I started lockdown. I have made a corresponding shift here, covering the COVID-19 viral pandemic that now … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics | Tagged arctic melt, Atmosphere, atom bomb, Brooklyn College, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, chain reaction, Climate Change, CO2, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, Economics, Economy, feedback, flammability, Germany, GHG, Global Temperature, greenhouse gas, impact, interest, lockdown, neutron, Nuclear, nuclear fission, nuclear reactor, nucleus, pandemic, permafrost melt, polar ice, Population, R0, remote learning, reopening, Science, social distance, social distancing, spread, sustailable, Sustainability, sustainable development, test, uranium, viral, virus, water vapor, wildfire | Leave a comment

Economic Impacts Report: Worse than Predicted?

Posted on December 24, 2019 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog looked at Naomi Oreskes’ and Nicholas Stern’s October op-ed in The New York Times, “Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think,” which dealt with a report about the unexamined economic risks of climate change. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Extreme Weather, Sustainability | Tagged acceleration, Adaptation, aggregate, Agriculture, biodiversity, Climate Change, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Columbia, compound, Cost, Drought, economic, economic impact, economic model, Economy, ecosystem, Extreme Weather, Flood, Future, glaciers, Grantham, heatwave, ice sheets, impact, Mitigation, Naomi Oreskes, Nicholas Stern, op-ed, physical science, Policy, policy maker, Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The Potsdam Institute, references, Report, Research, risk, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Stern report, wildfire | 1 Comment

Expanding Environmental Impact Statements

Posted on March 5, 2019 by climatechangefork

I use the cartoon above to teach my students one of the most fundamental tenets of physics, unimaginatively called the “Second Law of Thermodynamics.” A quick Google search will tell you that thermodynamics is, “the branch of physics that … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged adapt, Adaptation, alternative, asbestos, bipartisan, business as usual, carbon dioxide, chemical, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, disorder, Economics, effect, EIS, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Entropy, Environment, environmental impact statement, EPA, evaluate, FERC, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, glass, Global Warming, governance, green new deal, greenhouse gas, impact, IPCC, law, mineral, mitigate, Mitigation, Natural Gas, NEPA, Oil, paper, Physics, pipeline, proposal, RCP, Recycling, regulation, SC-CO2, scenario, Thermodynamics, waste | Leave a comment

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

The Global Picture: Climate Hazards and Their Impact

Posted on November 27, 2018 by climatechangefork

More than three years ago, I posted a blog called, “What Do I Think of the World Bank Data? What Do You Think?” I showed the 41 indicators that the World Bank lists under its climate change category. I then … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability | Tagged acidification, Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate hazard, Climate Skeptics, Donald Trump, Drought, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Extreme Weather, extreme weather event, fires, floods, Food, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, hazard, Health, heatwaves, impact, indicator, Infrastructure, meta, meta research, Mitigation, ocean acidification, ocean chemistry, Precipitation, Research, Science, sea level, security, Storms, Sustainability, Trump, warming, Water, Weather, World Bank | 1 Comment

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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

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

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“Peak” Oil: Self-Limiting or Open-Ended?

Meta (Facebook) and Cherry Picking

Integrate “Them” with “Me” and “We”: Omicron, Climate Change and Global Threats

Economic Impacts Report: Worse than Predicted?

Expanding Environmental Impact Statements

To Make America Great Again, Please Stand Tall

The Global Picture: Climate Hazards and Their Impact

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The Economic Impacts of Ocean Decline

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