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Tag Archives: War
Back from Europe
As I have mentioned in previous blogs, after three years of COVID-19 hibernation, my wife and I just came home from visiting friends and family in England, Poland, and France. I will spend a few days teaching the first week … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy
Tagged air conditioning, Britain, C02, Coal, cooling, covid, Drought, dutch, Emissions, Energy, energy supply, Environment, Extreme Weather, France, Gas, Germany, inflation reduction act, Italy, Netherlands, Nuclear Energy, prices, Regulations, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, transportation, Ukraine, War, Water, Water Scarcity
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US: Cruel Laws Must Still be Enforced??
Two weeks ago (April 12th), I wrote about how busy we all are this April, both with personal and global events: “COVID-19 is still with us and continues to have an impact on most of us. The Russian invasion of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Bergen-Belsen, Bucha, concentration camp, democracy, dictatorship, governance, Government, Holocaust, laws, mass grave, Military, Nazi, Nuremburg, obedience, oligarchy, Puerto Rico, Putin, Russia, Supreme Court, Ukraine, US, War
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Fighting Russian Aggression & Learning How to Fight Global Wars in the Nuclear Age
Figure 1 – Source: Interest.co.nz The world is busy right now with several simultaneous global transitions that will leave an impact long after they are over. I have mentioned these transitions in earlier blogs. They include climate change, demographic saturation, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Antarctica, Anthropogenic, Atmosphere, atomic bomb, Carbon, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, covid, COVID 19, Demand, economic, Economy, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Gas, human caused, inflation, Mauna Loa, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, Oil, petrostate, Putin, Russia, sanctions, Supply, tree rings, Ukraine, War, WWI
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April 2022
Monument for our April 13, 1945 liberation in Farsleben, Germany The “official” start of spring this year was on March 20th. However, this month started with April Fool’s Day and it seems that if the world’s events were divided among … Continue reading
Single-Use Plastic and Decarbonization
Source: Advanced Waste Solutions As I mentioned in last week’s blog, I will temporarily leave the topic of the devastating Russian aggression against Ukraine and shift back to the impending global environmental threats connected to climate change. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged CUNY, legislation, NY, NYC, NYPIRG, plastic, Pollution, Russia, SUNY, SUP, Ukraine, university, War, waste, zero carbon
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Fogs and Clear Skies
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Source: BBC) Previous blogs emphasized the fog of the Ukrainian-Russian war (March 8th) and the fog of the peace attempts (March 22nd) but even the combination doesn’t cover the reality of the Russian aggression. Many more … Continue reading
The Fog of Peace and the Online Revolution
Right now, peace in Ukraine is the top priority for all of us. Both sides are talking compromise, however, the reports are anything but clear. The fog of peace adds to the fog of war, amplifying confusion. While there seems … Continue reading
Posted in Russia/Ukraine
Tagged Lavrov, NATO, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, nuclear weapon, Poland, Putin, Russia, Stalingrad, Ukraine, Volgograd, War, WWIII
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Fog of War: A Dark Sky
(Source: EverEdge) Unsurprisingly, this blog will be a continuation of last week’s post, focusing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As with almost all wars (I took part in a few) the “fog of war” has already taken over and … Continue reading
Posted in Russia/Ukraine
Tagged Energy, Gas, invasion, Lavrov, Nuclear, Oil, oligarch, OPEC, Power, Russia, stock market, Ukraine, War
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Russia: The Large Gas Station With Nuclear Weapons
The current situation between Russia and Ukraine started in November 2021, when the Russian army began encircling Ukraine. It was about two months before the Winter Olympics were scheduled to start, and President Putin had promised President Xi that he … Continue reading
The Little Ice Age
Last week, I talked about Philipp Blom’s book, “Nature’s Mutiny.” It illustrates some of the historical impacts of global climate change, especially with regards to the stress that it has inflicted on society. The book also looks into some of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Agriculture, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, bicycle, black death, borehole, bubonic plague, Byron, Capitalism, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, coral, creative destruction, degradation, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Europe, Fahrenheit, famine, feudalism, fishing, France, Frankenstein, French revolution, Future, generation, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, historian, History, hockey stick, ice cores, immune system, indicator, literacy, little ice age, Manchu, Mary Shelley, migration, Ming, Mitigation, paleothermometry, Past, Philipp Blom, Physical Environment, pollen, Population, potato, proxy, Qing, riot, Science, sediments, shifting baseline, shortage, society, stress, sub-fossil pollen, Sustainability, Tax, Temperature, thermometer, thirty years' war, tree rings, US, Variability, War, Watershed, Weather, witch, witch trial
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