It’s common knowledge that planting trees (and stopping mass deforestation) is one of the most important tools in preventing environmental collapse. What most of us don’t know is that the Queen of England is perfectly comfortable wielding with the Royal …
Category: Climate Change
Climate Change Risks Compound With One Another
Here’s an excellent article describing some unanticipated consequences of climate change. When I saw it, I commented: Humankind will never completely understand the dynamics associated with climate disasters, simply because weather is intrinsically chaotic.
Tagged with: Climate Change Risks
How Climate Scientists Deal with Deep Frustration
In preparation for my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies, I interviewed Dr. V. Ramanathan at the Scripps Institute in San Diego. “Ram (pronounced “Rahm”), as he’s affectionately known, had been working on the science behind climate change since the …
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Sunny Day Flooding Creates Market for New Vehicles
The car/boat shown here isn’t a bad investment for those in one of America’s areas prone to “sunny day flooding,” a term that is being used with increasing frequency as the oceans expand via rising temperatures, and the ice sheets in places …
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Melting Sea Ice
Senior Energy Analyst Glenn Doty writes: Sadly, a perfectly legitimate response to this (see larger graph below) is curling into a fetal position and sobbing for a while…
Tagged with: ongoing crisis of global warming
Alaska’s Heat Wave Doesn’t Prove the Theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming
A heat wave doesn’t prove the theory of anthropogenic global warming, just like an ignorant jackass with a snowball on the U.S. Senate floor doesn’t disprove it.
The Dutch Are Making Sure Sea Water Stays Where It Belongs
As we’ve discussed, there are two fundamental strategies in dealing with climate change: mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions that are causing the problem), and adaptation (dealing with rising temperatures and their effects).
Climate Change Mitigation Strategies Should Focus on the Seas as Well as the Land
Hard to believe as it may be, the United States used to have Energy Secretaries who knew something about energy. Here’s an article that describes talks given by nuclear physicist Dr. Ernest Moniz (Energy Sec. 2012 – 2016) and climate …
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Shell Oil Retracts Climate Scientist’s Invitation
Here’s an article that discusses Shell Oil’s “disinviting” a climate scientist from a speaking engagement. This is more interesting than it appears, IMO. It’s unclear if the speaker would have added constructive advice to the Shell exec team, but it’s abundantly …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Is the European Heat Wave an Example of Anthropogenic Global Warming In Action?
Question: The five hottest summers in Europe’s 600-year history of record keeping have all occurred in the last 20 years. What is the probability that this is a random occurrence, and thus that the theory of AGW (anthropogenic global warming) …
