Who’s up for a little climate algebra? Greenland lost 11 billion tons of ice the other day. What contribution did this single event make to sea-level rise?
Category: Climate Change
Climate Science and Labor Law
What happens when scientific integrity runs into political interference? More specifically, can a scientist, fired by the Trump administration for doing her job, successfully sue for wrongful termination?
News Media: “After a Life of Incalculable Harm, Billionaire Climate Denialist and Right-Wing Villain David Koch Dead at 79”
I had to laugh when I saw this headline this morning. The author apparently is either unaware of or not compelled by the two thousand year old aphorism: “De mortuis nil nisi bene dicendum,” or “Of the dead let nothing …
Environmentalists Face “Horrifying” Prospects
Horrifying indeed. And that quote came from Ansel Adams half a century ago, when things were actually starting to look pretty good: the publication of Silent Spring, the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency, the early warnings that climate change …
What’s Shaking in the Arctic?
If I asked you to tell me what was happening in the arctic, you might respond that it’s melting–and you wouldn’t be wrong. Yet what’s happening in addition to that is just as positive as the region’s melting is alarming.
Map of U.S. Shows New Hot Spots
Americans: Here’s a map that shows what global warming has done to the temperatures in your locale since record-keeping began in the late 19th Century. Ack! 2GreenEnergy “headquarters” in Santa Barbara, CA is one of the most heavily affected.
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The Greatest Threat To Human Civilization
This is good, but I look at it a bit differently. I would add “climate change mitigation” to the list of things everyone wants. (I would add “universal healthcare” to the list too.)
Failure to Fight Climate Change: A Crime Against Humanity?
A crime against humanity? Climate change denialism is part of Trump’s very brand. It’s an expression of who and what he is; it’s actually an important aspect of maintaining what remains of his political strength. The Trump brand is an ultra-consistent …
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Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet
The circulation of high pressure air, or “heat dome,” that toasted Europe in the past couple of weeks is now hovered over Greenland, the home of the planet’s most important sheet. How important?
Are We At The Breaking Point?
It’s said that every generation feels that the world is at a crossroads, and that it’s incumbent upon them to do the right thing about something, whether that something is abolition, women’s suffrage, civil rights, banning nuclear weapons, or any …
