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Can we Advance the Transition to a More Sustainable Future?

Posted on August 23, 2022 by climatechangefork

Where are we now and how can we advance or accelerate the energy transition to a more sustainable future? I am now in Europe, and this is the last blog that I wrote before I left. In fact, I started … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy | Tagged Australia, Canada, Carbon, carbon dioxide, climate, Climate Change, CO2, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EU, Extreme Weather, Future, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, US, Weather | 4 Comments

Guest Blog: Jacob Kinnaman and Frank Huang

Posted on December 1, 2020 by climatechangefork

Welcome readers! This week’s guest blog is from Jacob Kinnaman and Frank Huang. Together, we hope to spread awareness about the correlation between climate change-induced migrations and the national security threats that they create. Although many people may view national … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Guest Blog, immigration, US | Tagged Adaptation, Belize, burn, California, carbon dioxide, Central America, Climate Change, climate refugee, CO2, CO2 emissions, Costa Rica, damage, desert, desertification, driving force, Drought, ecosystem, El Salvador, emigration, environmental refugee, Extreme Weather, fire, fire season, fire supression, fuel, Future, Global Warming, globalization, Guatemala, Honduras, humidity, immigrant, immigration, lawmakers, Mexico, Mitigation, moisture, national security, Nicaragua, Panama, Population, predict, sea level, security, spread, Terrorism, US, vapor pressure deficit, VPD, Weather, wild fire, wildfire | Leave a comment

Do-It-Yourself Climate Monitoring: the Weather Report

Posted on August 18, 2020 by climatechangefork

My wife and I start our day with breakfast and the print edition of The New York Times (NYT). When the paper arrives, we split it between us—she gets the front section and I get the rest. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education, Extreme Weather | Tagged Arizona, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Climate Change, CUNY, Data, data set, Education, El Paso, Extreme Weather, heat, Heat Exhaustion, heat index, Heat Stroke, heat wave, humidity, NYC, NYT, online, Phoenix, sun stroke, Temperature, Texas, Tucson, US, Weather, weather report | 2 Comments

School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

Posted on July 14, 2020 by climatechangefork

Last week I outlined my school’s effort to measure its energy use during the COVID-19 lockdown. As I mentioned there, I got the data following my (approved) visit to the campus. While I was there, I realized that even without … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Brooklyn College, Calgary, conversion, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Electricity, Energy, energy distribution, energy transition, EU, Europe, Future, Microgrid, New York, NY, NYC, PG&E, Portland, Power, power source, School, smart grid, Solar, sustailable, Sustainability, Technology, Weather, Wind, zero carbon | 2 Comments

Negative Energy Pricing

Posted on June 9, 2020 by climatechangefork

Last week, I outlined some markers of how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global energy transition and how that ties in with climate change in the long run. For instance, the global decrease in GDP and the resulting drop … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy | Tagged Battery, carbon emissions, CO2, Coal, conservation of energy, conversion, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, crude oil, Demand, Economics, Economy, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, fossil fuel, GDP, Germany, greenhouse gas, Hydroelectric, lockdown, negative energy pricing, Oil, pandemic, Physics, Power, power company, power plant, power prices, primary energy, Renewable, Solar, Supply, Sustainability, Sustainable, US, Weather, Wind | Leave a comment

The Little Ice Age

Posted on April 16, 2019 by climatechangefork

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 | 1 Comment

Wisdom from Australia: Are You Reading This?

Posted on February 12, 2019 by climatechangefork

In my first blog that I posted more than six and a half years ago, I described my early Holocaust experiences and their connection to my interest in climate change. I was born in Warsaw, Poland three months before the … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Holocaust, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, anomaly, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Australia, blog, brumby, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, cold, comic, consequence, denial, Donald Trump, effect, Environment, Family, feral, Future, Global Warming, heat, heat death, Heat Stroke, Holocaust, horse, Israel, Meteorology, Mitigation, NASA, NOAA, Polar Vortex, politics, Present, question, regulation, Science, survivor, Trump, understand, understanding, US, visit, vote, Weather, wild horse, winter, WMO | Leave a comment

Governing Through Denial

Posted on December 4, 2018 by climatechangefork

The consequences of continuing the business as usual activities that result in climate change are not a mystery. We are in the middle of an avalanche of credible reports about the present state of the world and near future prognoses … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, IPCC, law, politics, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, administration, air quality, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Balance, bias, black friday, business as usual, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, censor, China, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, conspiracy, Donald Trump, doubling time, economic damage, Economics, Economy, Emissions, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Exponential Growth, FEMA, Flood, Flooding, GHG, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Heartland, Heartland Institute, heat, heat wave, hoax, IPCC, Japan, keystone xl, Labor, mortality, NASA, NCA, Policy, Power, Power Plants, RCP, Report, security threat, Thanksgiving, Trump, tweet, US, Weather, WMO, worst, worst-case | Leave a comment

The Global Picture: Climate Hazards and Their Impact

Posted on November 27, 2018 by climatechangefork

More than three years ago, I posted a blog called, “What Do I Think of the World Bank Data? What Do You Think?” I showed the 41 indicators that the World Bank lists under its climate change category. I then … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability | Tagged acidification, Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate hazard, Climate Skeptics, Donald Trump, Drought, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Extreme Weather, extreme weather event, fires, floods, Food, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, hazard, Health, heatwaves, impact, indicator, Infrastructure, meta, meta research, Mitigation, ocean acidification, ocean chemistry, Precipitation, Research, Science, sea level, security, Storms, Sustainability, Trump, warming, Water, Weather, World Bank | 1 Comment

Election Day – Think Big!

Posted on November 5, 2018 by climatechangefork

I usually publish this blog on Tuesdays but this time I have asked my editor to put up the week’s post today so that I can address everyone – including my Monday class of 150 students – a day before … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election, law, politics, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, America, America First, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Charles Lindbergh, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Data, denier, Donald Trump, Drought, Election, Extreme Weather, farm, farming, Future, Genocide, Georgia, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, Hurricane, hurricane michael, Insurance, Lindbergh, millennial, nationalism, president, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Self Inflicted Genocide, skeptic, suicide, Trump, unilateralism, unilateralist, US, vote, voter, Weather, weather patterns, xenophobia | 1 Comment

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Can we Advance the Transition to a More Sustainable Future?

Guest Blog: Jacob Kinnaman and Frank Huang

Do-It-Yourself Climate Monitoring: the Weather Report

School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

Negative Energy Pricing

The Little Ice Age

Wisdom from Australia: Are You Reading This?

Governing Through Denial

The Global Picture: Climate Hazards and Their Impact

Election Day – Think Big!

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