Tag Archives: wildfire

Guest Blog: The Correlation and Effect of Wildfires and Climate Change

Posted on December 27, 2022 by climatechangefork

Hello, this week’s guest blog is from Mohdhar Yafai, Ariel Rukhlis, and Safiyah Mumin. We are all physics majors at Brooklyn College. As a previous blog (October 25, 2022), describes, wildfires are often large and rapidly spreading fires affecting forests, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Guest Blog | Tagged aerosol, black carbon, California, cause, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, correlation, damages, Drought, Emissions, Extreme Weather, fire, forest, Guest Blog, Guyana, Health, hospitalization, human activity, human contribution, Population, Population Density, Population Growth, Precipitation, rain, rainfall, realty, respiratory disease, Siberia, waterfront, wildfire | 2 Comments

Heath Death Indicators

Posted on August 3, 2021 by climatechangefork

I have been spending most of my evenings watching the Tokyo Olympics. One of the most frequent questions directed to athletes who have performed outdoors is how they handle the heat. Right now, Tokyo is having highs of 90oF, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged acclimatization, Adaptation, business as usual, Climate Change, danger, dehydration, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, fire, Global Warming, heat, heat death, heat index, heat stress, humidity, IPCC, Olympics, safety, Tokyo, warming, Water, wildfire | 3 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

Happy Jewish New Year

Posted on September 22, 2020 by climatechangefork

Let This Year be as Short as Possible and Mark the End of the Virus I started to write a blog about opening schools—a timely topic right now. However, I got a message from my Australian family for Rosh Hashana—the … Continue reading →

Tagged Australia, bridge, bush fire, Climate Change, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Extreme Weather, fire, Flood, forest fire, Global Warming, holiday, Hurricane, Islam, Jew, Jewish, kugel, mental health, muslim, New Year, rosh hashana, School, social distance, social distancing, strategy, tzimmes, wild fire, wildfire | 2 Comments

Two Contradictory Versions of “Too Expensive”

Posted on September 15, 2020 by climatechangefork

I’m still in lockdown but I have the resources to communicate with the world. I have the opportunity to expose myself to different kinds of information while avoiding exposure to the pandemic. The piece below came from Forbes magazine, which, … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged California, cherry picking global energy transition, choice, Climate Change, Coal, consequence, disease, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental, fire, fire storm, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Germany, Global Warming, goals, Hydroelectric, hydroelectricity, individual bias, Insurance, Kenya, mitigating, Mitigation, Oil, Oregon, paradigm, phase-out, Policy, probability, prospect theory, Renewable, renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, UN, unlivable, Washington, wild fire, wildfire, Wind, World Bank | 4 Comments

Phased Reopening and Lessons to Learn

Posted on May 19, 2020 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Dana Summers’ cartoon on phased opening Roughly two months ago, my campus completely shifted to remote learning and teaching and I started lockdown. I have made a corresponding shift here, covering the COVID-19 viral pandemic that now … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics | Tagged arctic melt, Atmosphere, atom bomb, Brooklyn College, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, chain reaction, Climate Change, CO2, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, Economics, Economy, feedback, flammability, Germany, GHG, Global Temperature, greenhouse gas, impact, interest, lockdown, neutron, Nuclear, nuclear fission, nuclear reactor, nucleus, pandemic, permafrost melt, polar ice, Population, R0, remote learning, reopening, Science, social distance, social distancing, spread, sustailable, Sustainability, sustainable development, test, uranium, viral, virus, water vapor, wildfire | Leave a comment

The Federal Reserve and Climate Change

Posted on January 14, 2020 by climatechangefork

Four days ago, the NYT featured Paul Krugman’s op-ed, “Australia Shows Us the Road to Hell,” where he described the urgent situation of the fires now engulfing the entire continent and hypothesized about strategies for confronting the political issues blocking … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Election, law, politics, Trump, US | Tagged Australia, bank, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, Congress, Dallas, Fed, federal reserve, fire, Government, open market committee, Real Estate, reserve banks, San Fransisco, US, wildfire | 1 Comment

Where Are We Living? Can We Stay There?

Posted on January 7, 2020 by climatechangefork

A New Year! A New Decade! By now, we have all made our wishes and resolutions. I am sure that everyone is hoping for better times. However, the news around the world has been very bleak. Globally, since the New … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, immigration, Sustainability | Tagged anti-semitic, Arizona, atomic bomb, Australia, Brisbane, Cape Town, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Colorado, degradation, Economy, fire, Florida, Future, generation, Global Warming, Gold Coast, Growth, habitat, Idaho, immigration, Iran, Mauritius, Melbourne, New Year, North Carolina, NYC, Population, Real Estate, retreat, Science, sea level, shifting baseline, Soleimani, South Africa, South Carolina, states, suicide, Texas, tide, US, Utah, Washington, wildfire | 3 Comments

Economic Impacts Report: Worse than Predicted?

Posted on December 24, 2019 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog looked at Naomi Oreskes’ and Nicholas Stern’s October op-ed in The New York Times, “Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think,” which dealt with a report about the unexamined economic risks of climate change. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Extreme Weather, Sustainability | Tagged acceleration, Adaptation, aggregate, Agriculture, biodiversity, Climate Change, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Columbia, compound, Cost, Drought, economic, economic impact, economic model, Economy, ecosystem, Extreme Weather, Flood, Future, glaciers, Grantham, heatwave, ice sheets, impact, Mitigation, Naomi Oreskes, Nicholas Stern, op-ed, physical science, Policy, policy maker, Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The Potsdam Institute, references, Report, Research, risk, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Stern report, wildfire | 1 Comment

Extreme Weather: Fires and Floods

Posted on November 26, 2019 by climatechangefork

I have been busy analyzing global data about the ongoing energy transition to a more sustainable world. In addition to reflecting on my whirlwind (and worldwide) trip (September 4, 2019 blog), I wanted to look into global indicators with my … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged amazon, Australia, California, Clausius Clapeyron, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, deforestation, Drought, electrical power, England, Extreme Weather, fire, fire season, fire-adapted, Flood, Global Warming, Indonesia, Italy, Jakarta, Java Sea, John Holdren, lightning, Oregon, PG&E, Ponderosa, power outage, rain, rainforest, Science Advisor, Sea-Level Rise, smoke, storm surge, Sumatra, Venice, water level, wildfire | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: wildfire

Guest Blog: The Correlation and Effect of Wildfires and Climate Change

Heath Death Indicators

Guest Blog: Jacob Kinnaman and Frank Huang

Two Contradictory Versions of “Too Expensive”

The Federal Reserve and Climate Change

Where Are We Living? Can We Stay There?

Economic Impacts Report: Worse than Predicted?

Extreme Weather: Fires and Floods

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