The Atlantic was founded in 1857, primarily to forward the abolition of slavery, by a team of intellectuals that included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Greenleaf Whittier, and now features articles on a variety …
The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record Read More »
Here’s a great illustration of the horrific effects social media can have on ignorant minds. Reader A: This is downright frightening…. and of the utmost arrogance. Bill Gates has no right to make this kind of plan or decision for …
The cartoon here is funny, but its implications aren’t. “The election was rigged.” “COVID-19 numbers are overinflated.” When it comes to climate change it’s either: a complete hoax perpetrated by the anti-capitalists, caused by something other than human activity, a …
Last Week This Guy Was a Constitutional Scholar; Today He’s a Climate Scientist Read More »
Well, I’ve always said, if you want a comprehensive scientific analysis of something based on Newtonian mechanics, particle physics, thermodynamics, and inorganic chemistry, ask a guy with a high school education who grows wheat. I know how mean and condescending …
Iowa Farmers See Climate Change, Doubt It’s Human-Caused Read More »
Planting trees as a means of sequestering CO2 so as to mitigate climate change is a good concept, but in the real world it’s a lot harder than it looks. The reason can be summed up in the phase unintended …
Here’s the January 2021 publication of Frontiers in Conservation Science. The product of 17 different extremely senior contributors, it’s a good and comprehensive look at where our civilization is perched vis-a-vis the often-discussed “sixth extinction.” Not exactly uplifting, but perhaps …
Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future Read More »
“(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 …
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, …
Climate Change Offers Occasional Benefits, E.g., New Places To Fish Read More »
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 …
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, …
