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Jeremy Lent: Human History and the Climate
Jeremy Lent: Human History and the Climate Podcast: Play in new window | Download As we move into a new year, and try to square 2017 in our rear view mirrors, it’s an opportune moment to contemplate how we avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, both recent and ancient. This week on Sea Change […]
The Cosmogenic Isotope Record and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Earth’s Climate
The Cosmogenic Isotope Record and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Earth’s Climate The defining division between “climate sceptics” and “greenhouse gas warmists” is the role of the Sun in causing Earth’s climate to oscillate. The anecdotal evidence for a significant solar role comes from the observation that during the Little Ice Age (LIA) […]
Is Climate Change a Tool to Eliminate Democracy?
Is Climate Change a Tool to Eliminate Democracy? COMMENT: Your view on denying climate change is supporting the capitalist model. This shows you have no credibility. OD REPLY: Climate is changing and it is part of the normal cycle. You are actually correct that I support capitalism and freedom and am against authoritarianism and totalitarian […]
Get used to saying ‘bomb cyclone.’ This is our climate now.
REUTERS / Brian Snyder Get used to saying ‘bomb cyclone.’ This is our climate now. Now that one of the strongest nor’easters on record has swirled off to Canada, it’s time to talk about what everyone was thinking during the storm: Is this just what happens now? Short answer: yes. Get used to it. Wild […]
This Flu Season Begins the Risk of a Pandemic 2018-2019
This Flu Season Begins the Risk of a Pandemic 2018-2019 A possible new pandemic is forming from a deadly strain of flu emerging from Australia and will be headed to the UK as the normal flow of travels would take it. Britain will perhaps be hit with the worst flu season in 50 years. Already, […]
Natural Variability isn’t the Final Word on Climate Science
Natural Variability isn’t the Final Word on Climate Science Photo by NASA Goddard Space | CC BY 2.0 Politicians recently visiting western Montana’s Lolo Peak fire tried to put the blame for the fire on lawsuits filed by environmentalists. Montana’s US Senator Steve Daines did mention the role of climate change, but quickly went on […]
The movement to replace neoliberalism is on the ascendency – where should it go next?
The movement to replace neoliberalism is on the ascendency – where should it go next? Ten years after the crash, the movement to replace neoliberalism is in the ascendency. Well organised campaigns cover everything from the promotion of pluralism in economic curricula to the application of new economic principles in local communities. Academics and campaigners, […]
Natural gas has no climate benefit and may make things worse
Natural gas has no climate benefit and may make things worse Methane leaks in New Mexico’s oil and gas industry equal 12 coal-fired power plants. A GAS FLARE AT A GAS-PROCESSING FACILITY IN NORTH DAKOTA. CREDIT: AP/MATTHEW BROWNThe evidence is overwhelming that natural gas has no net climate benefit in any timescale that matters to […]
In a Summer of Wildfires and Hurricanes, My Son Asks “Why Is Everything Going Wrong?”
In a Summer of Wildfires and Hurricanes, My Son Asks “Why Is Everything Going Wrong?” THE NEWS FROM the natural world these days is mostly about water, and understandably so. We hear about the record-setting amounts of water that Hurricane Harvey dumped on Houston and other Gulf cities and towns, mixing with petrochemicals to pollute […]
Welcome to the Age of Crappy Oil
Welcome to the Age of Crappy Oil It’s been a while since we’ve heard about peak oil—the point at which we use up half the world’s reserves and see production terminally decline—but it’s happening. And yet, we still have enough oil left to burn our way to climate catastrophe. In a paper released at the end of July, […]
Climate, Energy, Economy: Pick Two
Climate, Energy, Economy: Pick Two Dorothea Lange Miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, OK 1936We used to have this saying that if someone asks you to do a job good, fast and cheap, you’d say: pick two. You can have it good and cheap, but then it won’t be fast, etc. As our New Zealand correspondent Dr. […]
The faux insurgency of the climate change deniers and the need for closure Climate change deniers like to style themselves as latter-day Copernicuses and Galileos, lone visionaries bucking the established wisdom of the ages embodied back then in the teachings of the Catholic Church. There is a certain appeal to imagining oneself as isolated and embattled but unbowed. […]
Bond Cycles and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Climate
Bond Cycles and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Climate Bond cycles are defined by petrological tracers from core samples in the N Atlantic that link to the pattern of drift ice distribution. They provide a record of shifting ocean currents and winds, in particular periodic weakening of the North Atlantic current and strengthening of […]
Corruption, resources, climate and systemic risk
Corruption, resources, climate and systemic risk Corruption is a loaded word. One person’s corruption is another’s sound social policy. Some people believe providing unemployment benefits to laid-off workers corrupts them by making them “lazy.” Many others think such benefits are sound social policy in an economic system that is prone to major cyclical ups and […]
