“(I) Am donating $100M towards a prize for best carbon capture technology,” Tesla/SpaceX founder Elon Musk wrote in a tweet, followed by a second tweet that promised “Details next week.” It’s a bit unclear what we’re talking about here. If …
Category: Climate Change
Climate Change Offers Occasional Benefits, E.g., New Places To Fish
Sunny day flooding, aka tidal or nuisance flooding, i.e., floods that occur with no new precipitation, are increasingly frequent in low-lying areas. The phenomenon is caused by sea-level rise (driven by higher ocean temperatures that cause ocean volumes to rise, …
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How the Gathering of Data Is Driving Our Understanding of Climate Change and How It Can Be Mitigated
One of the core tenets of business management is “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” That’s why data collection and usage is among the key trends when it comes to corporations’ efforts to reduce their emissions footprints. Something struck …
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Social and Environmental justice
The graphic below brilliantly illustrates something we have been discussing on and off for years, i.e., that rich people will be almost completely immune to the horrific consequences of climate change–at least for the better part of a century. This, …
Happy Birthday, Greta
As Greta Thunberg celebrates her 18th birthday, let’s take a quick look at her detractors as well as her fans. Right-wing media outlets like Fox News cannot ignore her and the impact she’s made, because it’s too massive. So, they …
Corporate America Wants Climate Change Mitigation?
From Scientific American: A big slice of corporate America—including utilities, banks and auto manufacturers—signed onto a statement yesterday calling on President-elect Joe Biden to work with Congress on “ambitious, durable, bipartisan climate solutions.” I’d like to believe this is true. …
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Climate Science Presented Brilliantly
Those looking for a wonderful presentation from several top climate scientists will enjoy the video below. There is so much here about ozone depletion, ultra-violet light and the electromagnetic spectrum, water vapor in the stratosphere, changing ocean currents, ice formation, …
Analyzing Climate Denial
A reader requested comments on his query at the left. This isn’t a yes-or-no question; in other words, yes, I would think this is one of the many mechanisms that lies behind climate denialism. Here are a few others:
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Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Is Nothing If Not Effective in Raising Awareness
Remarkably, conservatives disapprove of the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, on the basis that she’s an angry child who should be in school rather than making noise about a branch of science that she doesn’t fully understand.
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Our Civilization Must Cease Its War on Nature
Check out this short speech from the Secretary General of the United Nations, urging humankind to bring to a halt its war on nature before climate catastrophe becomes inevitable. Powerful stuff.
