I don’t admire Mitt Romney as a person, and I certainly don’t envy the political position in which he finds himself. At the very best, he faces the same dilemma he did four years ago: figuring how to appear far enough …
Category: Climate Change
Is Human Activity Causing Climate Change? That Depends on Whom You Ask.
Here’s good reading for those who don’t mind laughing and crying at the same time: the U.S. Senate’s discussion and voting on the acceptance of the theory of climate change. I’m reminded of the report I wrote a few years …
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Rising Sea Levels
I mentioned just the other day that sea level rise is arguably the most frightening aspect of climate change. In a comment to this post, I wrote: Of all the terrifying aspects of climate disruption, sea level rise is the …
"Discontinuous" Climate Change
Here’s a “Ted Talk” that outlines the worst-case climate change scenario. The presenter is correct in that the IPCC’s projections are very likely on the conservative side, insofar as they need to be accepted by many hundreds of scientists before they’re …
Averting Climate Disaster Will Require Courage and Intelligence
From today’s New York Times – and two replies from a team of scientists that has added me to their distribution list: • Only if each of us chooses to be a coward. • More likely if we are stupid. So …
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Why the Law-Making Process in the U.S. is So Slow to React to the Will of the People
It’s common for readers outside the U.S. to wonder how it’s possible that this country is making so little progress on climate change mitigation, even though 2014 was the hottest year on record, and May, June, August, September, October and …
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Global Warming—Is It “On Hold?”
Has global warming stopped? Is it explained by natural cycles, e.g., sun-spots? Solar flares? The Earth’s orbit and tilt? Here’s a document composed by Dr. Alex Cannara, holder of five degrees in physics and engineering, that summarizes the basic science …
How Legitimate Is the Research into Climate Change ?
Earlier today, a reader suggested that my data on renewable energy and climate change had come from various unverified and unproven sources, not unlike a game of “whisper down that lane” that you may (or may not) recall from your …
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George Will is a “Climate Change Denier”—But Why Does He Have a Position on the Subject in the First Place?
Dr. Alex Cannara, who holds no fewer than five degrees in physics and engineering, writes about my post on George Will and climate change: (Will’s column) displays ignorance that he is smart enough to correct, if he cared about facts…..Fortunately, …
How Certain Are We About Climate Disruption?
Over the last decade, George Will has written dozens of articles expressing and defending his skepticism on climate change. He comes to this conclusion from an array of different angles, each a subtle variation on the central theme: our civilization …
