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Referencing vs. Plagiarism

Posted on May 22, 2018 by climatechangefork

The semester is about over (only some finals and the graduation ceremony remain). In a few days I’ll be celebrating my birthday – time for a selfie reflecting the integrity of my writing. I addressed some aspects of the ethics … Continue reading →

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Water Cycle Vulnerabilities

Posted on April 24, 2018 by climatechangefork

Happy belated Earth Day and Happy 6th Birthday to Climate Change Fork! I have repeatedly mentioned that global climate change is driven mainly by our interruption of the energy cycle. Specifically, we use fossil fuels as our main energy source … Continue reading →

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Dynamic Scoring: Taxes and Climate Change

Posted on November 14, 2017 by climatechangefork

Our government’s executive and legislative branches, are in the midst of discussing two important issues: tax breaks and climate change. Well, in truth, the only real discussion going on has to do with the tax legislation. Climate change is only … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, law, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Accounting, Adaptation, analysis, budget, business as usual, byrd rule, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, CO2 emissions, Congress, COP23, debt, deficit, Democrat, Donald Trump, dynamic accounting, dynamic analysis, Economics, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fiji, fire, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, GOP, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, Growth, heatwave, IPCC, loss, Mitigation, Obamacare, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Reagan, Republican, risk, Science, sea ice, sea level, Tax, tax cut, tax reform, Technology, Ted Cruz, Temperature, Trump, UN, UNFCCC, US, vote, voter | Leave a comment

Long-term Adaptations III – Following the Netherlands: Sea Level Rise

Posted on October 31, 2017 by climatechangefork

One of the most pressing problems jeopardizing our planet’s capacity to sustainably support (human and other) life is sea level rise. This comes as a direct consequence of the rise in global temperature: the accelerated melting of land-based ice combined … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Doomsday Early Signs: The Science

Posted on September 19, 2017 by climatechangefork

The New York Times last week tried to highlight the dangers of climate change. On Friday, Alexander Burns opened his contribution with the following two paragraphs: For years, climate change activists have faced a wrenching dilemma: how to persuade people … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Saving the World Through the Pursuit of Self Interest

Posted on April 25, 2017 by climatechangefork

I took part in the March for Science on Earth Day in New York City, where I live. The photograph above is my introduction to the next two blogs, which will both focus on the march. This week I want … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Water Cycle Vulnerabilities

Dynamic Scoring: Taxes and Climate Change

Long-term Adaptations III – Following the Netherlands: Sea Level Rise

Doomsday: Local Timelines

Doomsday: Attributions

Doomsday Early Signs: The Science

America First and American Sovereignty

Saving the World Through the Pursuit of Self Interest

Stabilization of Additional Indicators

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