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Doomsday Predictions – Disaster Porn?

Posted on August 29, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Doomsday Clock Three weeks ago (before Charlottesville) I summarized the climate-change-related events that took place during my July vacation and promised to expand upon those issues. Given my necessary digression, I am reposting some of those elements … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Advocacy, Al Gore, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, attribute, Australia, biodiversity, business as usual, charlottesville, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, daniel aldana cohen, David Wallace-Wells, disaster, disaster porn, Donald Trump, doom, doomsday, doomsday clock, Economics, ecosystem, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy mix, energy transition, Environment, EPA, extinct, extinction, Fossil Fuels, Future, global nuclear war, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Holocaust, human contribution, inconvenient, IPCC, Mitigation, New Zealand, North Korea, Nuclear, nuclear weapon, Paul Ehrlich, PNAS, porn, Power, projection, Russia, Science, Sustainability, Technology, US, World Population | 2 Comments

Back to Climate Change: A Summary of What Happened in July

Posted on August 8, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Melting Siberian permafrost results in craters Figure 2 – Detachment of Antarctican Iceberg the size of Delaware Even though I was on a vacation in Asia and Australia for a month, in this day and age … Continue reading →

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Visible Transition to the Middle Class

Posted on August 1, 2017 by climatechangefork

I am back from a family vacation that took me to Australia, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and a few other Asian countries. I still haven’t completely recuperated from the jet lag (distance, duration, and age) so this blog will … Continue reading →

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Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 2 – Shift in Carbon Emissions Dominance from Electricity to Transportation

Posted on July 25, 2017 by climatechangefork

The global shift that I talked about last week – from electricity to transportation as the biggest contributor to carbon emissions – is complicated. It has to do with the increased demand for transportation (mainly fueled by gasoline) within developing … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, bicycle, carbon dioxide, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, consumption, Economics, EIA, Electricity, electrification, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, GDP, Global Population, global trends, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, middle class, Mitigation, Natural Gas, OECD, Pollution, Population, Power, Power Plants, rural, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, transportation, urban, World Population | Leave a comment

Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 1 – Education and Transportation

Posted on July 18, 2017 by climatechangefork

As I have often mentioned, I teach two courses: one undergraduate climate change class and a more advanced one about Physics and Society that is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The latter mainly aims to provide advanced students … Continue reading →

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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 American Sovereignty

Posted on June 27, 2017 by climatechangefork

I have cited President Trump’s withdrawal speech a lot in my previous two blogs so I will restrict myself to the directly relevant paragraphs. Below is the part of his speech on American sovereignty: At what point does America get … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN | Tagged #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, acid rain, Adaptation, America, America First, build a wall, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, comodity, conflict, constitution, developed, developed countries, developing, Developing Countries, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Gary Cohn, GDP, Global, global community, Global Population, global trends, Global Warming, globalization, Goldman Sachs, greenhouse gas, H.R. McMaster, immigration, insecurity, IPCC, migration, Mitigation, national security, North Korea, Obama, ozone layer, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Power, Power Plants, scarcity, Science, sea level, Sea-Level Rise, security, shortage, Solar Energy, sovereign, Sovereign State, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, UN, US, wall, Water Scarcity, weather pattern, withdrawal, World Population | 6 Comments

“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 →

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Remedies for Abdication of Duties?

Posted on June 13, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Trends in global urbanization I am starting to write this blog on Tuesday, June 6th. I am doing this a bit earlier than usual in preparation for a trip that I will be taking in July to … Continue reading →

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Me vs. Them vs. We – Time

Posted on June 6, 2017 by climatechangefork

Thursday (June 1st) was an event to remember. President Trump did indeed turn his back on the world, declaring that he was elected to serve Pittsburg and not Paris – except for the small detail that Pittsburg didn’t vote for … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Power

Doomsday Predictions – Disaster Porn?

Back to Climate Change: A Summary of What Happened in July

Visible Transition to the Middle Class

Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 2 – Shift in Carbon Emissions Dominance from Electricity to Transportation

Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 1 – Education and Transportation

Coal

America First and American Sovereignty

“America First” and the Green Climate Fund

Remedies for Abdication of Duties?

Me vs. Them vs. We – Time

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