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Presidential Debates and Science

Posted on October 20, 2020 by climatechangefork

After President Trump refused to take part in the newly virtual debate following his coronavirus diagnosis, the debate was cancelled. However, the debate didn’t stay cancelled, per se; it merely changed form. Originally meant to be one town hall, the … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Election, Trump, US | Tagged Amy Coney Barrett, anti-science, Biden, Britain, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, climate denier, Climate Skeptics, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Debate, Donald Trump, earthshot, Election, Environment, fact, Future, Global Warming, Government, Harris, Joe Biden, judge, Kamala Harris, law, lockdown, Media, News, Policy, politician, politics, president trump, prince william, RBG, ruth bader ginsburg, Science, scientist, Supreme Court, town hall, Trump, truth, UK, US | 10 Comments

COVID-19-Inspired Longer-Term Changes to the Energy Transition

Posted on June 16, 2020 by climatechangefork

I started to write this blog on Thursday, June 11th. On that day, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that, “we can’t shut down the economy again.” The Federal Reserve and others had already made grim predictions about the long-term economic … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged CO2, CO2 emissions, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, death, discounting the future, economic, Economy, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy intensity, energy transition, federal reserve, GDP, Health, healthcare, IEA, immunity, jobs, legal, lockdown, Mnuchin, negative emissions, pandemic, Science, scientist, shutdown, social distance, social distancing, spanish flu, stocks, Transition, US, waiver | 16 Comments

Global Disasters at Different Speeds: How Do We Teach and Learn Now?

Posted on May 26, 2020 by climatechangefork

Israeli beach, May 16th My university just wrapped up its 2020 spring semester. As in most schools, our classrooms all moved online shortly after the semester began. This shift has applied to most other activities as well. In the US … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged Australia, Bangladesh, Bolsonaro, Brazil, bushfire, chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, Climate Denial, climate denier, contagion, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, cyclone, dam, disaster, fire, Flood, Future, Gulf States, heat wave, India, Israel, Michigan, middle east, natural disaster, Online Education, pandemic, peak, Physical Environment, quarantine, refugee, Rohingya, Science, scientist, Scott Morrison, social distance, social distancing, socialism, time scale, Trump, US, Virginia, virus | 1 Comment

Use of Computer Simulations in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Posted on February 6, 2018 by climatechangefork

Figure 2 in last week’s blog demonstrated our most important tool for determining how we identify human contributions to climate change on both a local and global scale. The figure, taken from the NASA site, describes simulated 20th century global … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged acidification, Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, approximate, attribution, carbon dioxide, Cato institute, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, computer, Consequences, David Biello, disaster, driving forces, Emissions, Environment, extreme weather event, fake, fake science, Freeman Dyson, fudge factor, Future, GISS, Global Warming, Greenland, heresy, heretical, ice melt, infectious disease, James Hansen, manipulate, manipulation, Math, mathematical model. science, Mitigation, model, NASA, nuclear weapon, observe, opinion, parameter, physicist, Physics, predict, real, real science, Sahara, Science, scientist, Sea-Level Rise, simulate, simulation, skew, Social Science, subjective, Technology, Temperature, Warning | 1 Comment

Fake News

Posted on January 16, 2018 by climatechangefork

I am an old guy; my bucket list is modest but I am trying to check off the remaining items while I can still fully enjoy them. There’s only one that remains out of my reach: I want to travel … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Carbon, Carbon Cycle, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate science, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, denier, Donald Trump, Edward Teller, Elon Musk, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fake, fake facts, fake news, fake science, false, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Google, greenhouse gas, hockey stick, James Hansen, Mars, Methane, News, pollutant, Pollution, reproducible, Science, scientist, Stephen Hawking, Trump, US, venus | Leave a comment

Conflict and Confusion

Posted on August 15, 2017 by climatechangefork

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 | Leave a comment

Global Trends 2035

Posted on May 23, 2017 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog opened with a figure from the January 2017 intelligence report titled, “Global Trends Paradox of Progress.” It showed the projected average surface temperature change based on two emission scenarios: RCP8.5 – a high emission scenario that approximately … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, Bret Stephens, calculation, Carbon, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, decarbonization, Donald Trump, Earth, earth system, Education, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, global trends, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, impact, intelligence, IPCC, Mitigation, National Intelligence Council, Obama, paradox, Physical Environment, Power, progress, Report, Rising Tides, risk, scenario, Science, scientist, society, spring, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, uncertainty, US | Leave a comment

Bret Stephens and Uncertainty

Posted on May 16, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Taken from the 2017 Intelligence Report Figure 1 might look familiar – I took it from the fifth IPCC report (AR5) and showed it in my October 28, 2014 blog where I discussed the IPCC’s use of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, Andrew Revkin, Andy Revkin, Anthropocene, AR5, Argument, Atmosphere, average, Balance, Bret Stephens, Certainty, chemistry, Chinese hoax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Congress, conspiracy, DNNer, Economics, Economy, Electricity, emission, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Equilibrium, evidence, fact, feedback, Fossil Fuels, Future, global trend, global trends, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hoax, ice, intelligence, IPCC, journalism, journalist, mechanism, melt, Mitigation, model, NYT, op-ed, Physics, Power, president trump, progress, projection, rational, Report, reporter, scenario, Science, scientist, subscription, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, trend, Trump, truth, uncertainty, US | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Marching for Science on Earth Day

Posted on May 9, 2017 by climatechangefork

In the span of a few months, the March for Science burgeoned into a global movement that galvanized support from hundreds of thousands of people in over 610 locations around the globe. The march’s organizers officially aim to create a … Continue reading →

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Assessment: Earth Day and the Shifting Baseline Syndrome

Posted on April 18, 2017 by climatechangefork

The April assessment is usually a busy time here. It coincides with Earth Day, my wife’s birthday, and birds singing to celebrate the arrival of spring. Today is no different. The last three months have been kind of dark. Accordingly, … Continue reading →

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