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Tag Archives: Science
Climate-Related Doomsday – Early Signs: Harvey
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
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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
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Doomsday Predictions – Disaster Porn?
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
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Conflict and Confusion
The Trump administration’s approach to climate-related, policy becomes clear from the following: The administration gave “official” indication to the UN that it will abandon the Paris 2015 international agreement: WASHINGTON — The White House formally notified the United Nations on … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, UN
Tagged Adaptation, administration, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate science, Climate Skeptics, Donald Trump, Environment, fake news, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Government, jeff sessions, leak, News, nrcs, Paris 2015, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Report, Science, scientist, Trump, UN, US, vocab, vocabulary, Weather, weather extremes
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Back to Climate Change: A Summary of What Happened in July
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
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, Sustainability, UN
Tagged Adaptation, Al Gore, alarmist, Antarctica, Anthropocene, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, crater, David Wallace-Wells, Delaware, DNNer, Donald Trump, doomsday, Economics, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, fear, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, iceberg, impact, inconvenient, IPCC, Media, Methane, Mitigation, News, Paris, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, Power, Science, Siberia, Sustainability, teach, teacher, Technology, Trump, UN, US, worst-case
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Visible Transition to the Middle Class
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
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Australia, automobile, Bangkok, bicycle, bike, Cambodia, car, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, developed, developing, Development, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hanoi, Korea, middle class, Population, Power, power plant, Power Plants, rural, Science, scooter, Solar Energy, South Korea, Sustainability, Technology, Thailand, transportation, urban, Vietnam, World Population
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Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 2 – Shift in Carbon Emissions Dominance from Electricity to Transportation
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
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Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 1 – Education and Transportation
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
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Mitigation, Physics, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, US
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Coal
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
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America First and American Sovereignty
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
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“America First” and the Green Climate Fund
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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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
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