During a wonderful, albeit too short visit with family, my brother and I were discussing the thermohaline “conveyor belt” that governs the major ocean currents. See Bill Nye’s explanation here, and graphic below.
Category: Climate Change
Official’s Climate Warning Blocked Because It Didn’t ‘Jibe’ With Trump’s View
Here’s something that should get the attention of all Americans: Our president is preventing us from receiving the truth about global warming.
Plant Trees
Here’s another post featuring the work of Italian artist Maurizio Rega, who, as far as I can tell, features trees in every piece. And my Lord is this guy prodigious. He cranks out several of these every week, normally announcing …
Tagged with: climate change mitigation
Young People Demand Climate Action
From this video in which Arnold Swarzenegger speaks on our children’s participation on climate change mitigation: “It is the dreamers, the doers, not the doubters, who have shaped history. All progress starts with a dream.” So beautiful. Good on you. …
The Money Behind Climate Change Denial
One doesn’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to believe that major sociological phenomena in our culture doesn’t “just happen.” Take the climate change denial movement as an example, how did it come to pass that the judgment of the …
Record-Breaking Heat in Alaska Wreaks Havoc on Communities and Ecosystems
Per Smithsonian Magazine, abnormally high temperatures have already led to a wide array of ecological breakdowns, with a troubling future in front of us. While those indifferent to our civilization’s future regard this as no big deal, to the …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Personal Decisions that Mitigate Climate Change
Question: What is the single most effective step to lowering one’s carbon footprint and tackling climate change? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: This is huge, but wow; who makes this decision on such a basis?
Climate Change Models…and Beyond
For those keeping track of the latest thinking among climate scientists, I offer this piece from last month’s Science Magazine: “New Climate Models Forecast a Warming Surge.” The next IPCC report on the subject is due in 2021, but, interestingly, will …
Tagged with: Climate Change Models
Climate Change Graphic
If you’re as big a sucker for cool graphics depicting the increase of global temperatures as I am, you’ll like this.
What If We Covered the Climate Emergency Like We Did World War II?
I hope you’ll take a bit over two minutes and watch the video below, featuring Bill Moyers discussing what is perhaps the most vexing challenge facing journalism today. He asks, “(With respect to climate change), can we get this story …
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