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Doomsday: Local Timelines

Posted on October 10, 2017 by climatechangefork

The last few blogs focused on the ultimate consequences of continuing to make “progress” by relentlessly using the physical environment to serve humanity as if it were as a limitless resource. I tried to make the case that such efforts … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, immigration, IPCC, Sustainability, UN | Tagged Adaptation, AOGCM, apocalypse, Arizona, Bangladesh, business as usual, Clean Energy, climate central, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, doomsday, dry bulb, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Eun-Soon Im, Evaporation, evaporative cooling, Fossil Fuels, Ganges, GDP, Global Population, global trends, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, heat, heat dissipation, heat stress, heat wave, Himalayas, India, Indus Valley, IPCC, Local, Matthew Huber, Mitigation, MRCM, Pakistan, Phoenix, Population, projection, public health, rural, Science, sea level, simulation, South Asia, spatial resolution, Sri-Lanka, Steven Sherwood, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, UN, urban, US, Water, Weather, wet bulb, World Population | 2 Comments

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

Climate-Related Doomsday – Early Signs: Harvey

Posted on September 5, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Before and during Harvey Figure 2 – Mumbai monsoon, August 2017 Figure 3 – Cost of recent hurricanes in the US The three figures above demonstrate early signs of a climate-related doomsday. Figure 1 shows Market Street … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged 1000 year flood, 500 year flood, Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, attribution, Bangladesh, Bible, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, Clean Energy, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, climatologist, CO2 emissions, deluge, disaster, divine retribution, Donald Trump, energy transition, Environment, estimate, estimated cost, federal flood insurance, Flood, flood insurance, flood myth, genesis, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Harvey, Houston, human contribution, Hurricane, India, Katrina, manu, Mitigation, Mumbai, mythology, natural disaster, Nepal, noah's ark, Obama, probability, Sandy, Science, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, US | Leave a comment

Coal

Posted on July 4, 2017 by climatechangefork

Happy 4th of July, everyone! Figure 1 – The rooftop of the Coal Mining Museum in Kentucky A coal mining museum in Kentucky is switching to solar energy, hoping to save money on energy costs. The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, owned … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, administration, America First, Arizona, Carbon, China, clean, clean coal, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, electric, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hydro, Hydroelectric, India, IPCC, job, jobs, Kentucky, mine, miner, mining, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Navajo, Nuclear, Obama, Ohio, Paris, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, politics, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, renewable energy, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, US, utilities, Utility, West Virginia, withdrawal | 1 Comment

“America First” and the Green Climate Fund

Posted on June 20, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Cumulative Carbon Emissions In his exit speech from the Paris Agreement on Thursday, June 1st (see the previous two blogs), President Trump characterized the parts of the agreement that call for developed countries to help pay for … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, America, America First, business as usual, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, developed, developing, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, EIA, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, gcf, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, green climate fund, greenhouse gas, incentive, India, IPCC, jobs, Mitigation, Nauru, Obama, OECD, Paris, Paris Agreement, pollutant, Pollution, Population, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, UN, US, Vatican, World Population | Leave a comment

Stabilization of Additional Indicators

Posted on February 7, 2017 by climatechangefork

We have spent the last two weeks examining how to stabilize our main socioeconomic indicators in order to achieve a long-term sustainable existence. Since climate change is one of the main early signs of the emerging human-dominated geological era (Anthropocene), … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, immigration, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Democratization, Desalination, economic, Economic Growth, Economics, Education, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, energy use, Environment, equality, Fossil Fuels, GDP, GDP per capita, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, gravity, greenhouse gas, hunger, immigrant, immigration, India, indicator, influence, Infrastructure, IPAT, IPCC, Japan, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Physical Environment, Physics, politics, Population, Poverty, Power, refugee, rural, Science, sea level, security, socioeconomic, Solar Energy, Stabilization, Stabilizing, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, Technology, Temperature, UN, urban, US, Water, Water Scarcity, Water Stress, watercycle, Wealth, wealth distribution, World Bank, World Population | 2 Comments

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

Audience Assessment: End of Year Test

Posted on December 20, 2016 by climatechangefork

2016 is about to end. It was a very challenging year around the world. Certain factions gained ground internationally, winning significant majorities in publicly elected government. In some senses, globalization has become a curse – when it gives rise to … Continue reading →

Posted in assessment, Climate Change | Tagged Anthropocene, assessment, audience, Brooklyn College, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, CUNY, Donald Trump, Earth, Earth Day, EIA, Election, elections, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, exam, fake news, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, GDP, Global Warming, globalization, goal, greenhouse gas, IEA, India, institution, nationalism, Natural Gas, News, Paris Agreement, petroleum, Population, Power, Power Plants, reader, Science, student, Sustainability, teach, teacher, Technology, test, Trump, US, vote, voter, Water, World, World Bank, xenophobia | Leave a comment

The Urban/Rural Voting Split: a Global Perspective

Posted on December 13, 2016 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog looked at the separation between the rural and urban vote in the just-concluded US presidential elections. This week I will examine whether this split is a unique American phenomenon or part of the global transition as we … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged Aberdeen, african american, Anthropocene, Beijing, Birmingham, black, Brazil, BREXIT, Bristol, Britain, Buenos Aires, Calcutta, Cardiff, change, China, city, Climate Change, Congress, constituency, constituent, Delhi, democracy, Democrat, democratic, democratic index, Dhaka, Edinburgh, elect, Election, electorate, Environment, Glasgow, Great Britain, Guangzhou, house, illiterate, India, Islam, Jakarta, Japan, Karachi, Kinshasa, Kolcata, LA, Lagos, Leeds, literate, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Manila, Mexico, Mexico City, Moscow, Mumbai, muslim, NDA, NYC, Paris, parliament, political, politician, politics, representation, Republican, Rio de Janeiro, rural, Sao Paulo, Sea-Level Rise, senate, Seoul, settlement, Shanghai, suburban, Tokyo, town, UPA, urban, vote, voter, Voting | 1 Comment

My Global Family Vacation Part 2: England and Brexit

Posted on August 16, 2016 by climatechangefork

Family grave in Golders Green Jewish Cemetery I’m going to try to connect my personal history (August 2) and the pieces of my family history that I gleaned from my recent travels with the global refugee issues. Above is my … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: India

Doomsday: Local Timelines

Doomsday: Attributions

Climate-Related Doomsday – Early Signs: Harvey

Coal

“America First” and the Green Climate Fund

Stabilization of Additional Indicators

Limits to Global Affluence?

Audience Assessment: End of Year Test

The Urban/Rural Voting Split: a Global Perspective

My Global Family Vacation Part 2: England and Brexit

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