Category: Climate Change

Here’s an article called “No, Trump, Ice Isn’t Growing at Poles, and Yes, We Are Boiling the Earth,” written to refute Trump’s statement that the polar ice caps are in good shape and that climate scientists are wrong.

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I thought I’d reprint a comment that just came in from David Poppe in Alaska; it’s always good to get the viewpoint of the “man in the street.”  He writes: 

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Don’t you love a good paradox? Here’s an article in Energy Today that raises an interesting question: How is it possible that the Trump administration dismisses climate change as a hoax, and the U.S. military, which Trump directs as its …

Trump and the Military Are at Odds on Climate Change Read More »

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It’s hard to think of a more enviable career than photographer for the 130-year-old National Geographic, published continuously since its first issue in 1888, consisting largely of articles about science, geography, history, and world culture.  Imagine being paid to have experiences …

National Geographic on the Melting of the Arctic Icecap Read More »

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Here’s an article that discussed devices that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. As we all know, the concentration of CO2 in the air now, 410 PPM, is probably greater than it’s been at any time in the last 3.5 million …

Climate Change Mitigation and Negative CO2 Emissions Read More »

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It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking about environmental concerns in abstract terms.

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We’ve all seen Donald Trump’s tweets that use the snap of cold weather in the Eastern U.S. to ridicule the idea of global warming, and we’ve seen how this is immediately attacked as “ignorant.” 

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Who  doesn’t love a good “Top 10” list? Here’s a video that presents the 10 best ways to deal with climate change and other forms of environmental degradation. 

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In most cases in our human experiences, births are regarded as blessed events, as a bouncing baby boy or girl is brought into the world.

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A friend sent me this piece on a paper published in Nature suggesting that the effects of climate change could be far worse than most scientists predict. I respond:

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