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A climate rant: an idiot is an idiot is an idiot

December 16, 2015

A climate rant: an idiot is an idiot is an idiot It was yesterday that I gave a talk on climate at a meeting in Florence. It was a rather formal meeting, in the “Aula Magna” of the University of Florence, and my talk was part of a multidisciplinary series of lectures. I gave my […]

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Some long term climate scenarios

December 15, 2015

Some long term climate scenarios Scenarios are not predictions, just ways of describing possible futures; useful in order to be prepared for unexpected events. The only rule in scenario building is that the assumptions should not be too improbable; such as involving time machines. And, yet, it seems that in some cases involving climate projections, time […]

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The fall of the Mediterranean society during the bronze age: why we still don’t understand civilization collapse

December 9, 2015

The fall of the Mediterranean society during the bronze age: why we still don’t understand civilization collapse Eric Cline wrote an excellent book on the end of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean region but, unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive to a definite conclusion about the reasons of the collapse. Cline suggests that “several stressors” […]

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Climate facepalm: the Italian Society of Physics declares that climate science is not science

December 2, 2015

Climate facepalm: the Italian Society of Physics declares that climate science is not science So, Mr. Darwin, what is the equation of evolution? With the climate negotiations in full swing in Paris, 14 Italian scientific societies got together to release a document in which they expressed their support for the COP21 negotiations and for the need of […]

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Avoiding the climate catastrophe: not so easy as many people think

November 27, 2015

Avoiding the climate catastrophe: not so easy as many people think Last month, Kevin Anderson published a very interesting article on “Nature Geosciences” (12 Oct 2015). The article may be behind a paywall, but most of it is reported in Anderson’s blog. Let me summarize it for you because it goes to the heart of the problem: […]

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The “Syrian Sickness”: What Crude Oil Gives, Crude Oil Can Take Back.

November 22, 2015

The “Syrian Sickness”: What Crude Oil Gives, Crude Oil Can Take Back. Syria is one of the greatest disasters of recent times. Here, I argue that the origins of the Syrian collapse are to be found in the economic downturn generated by the gradual depletion of the Syrian oil reserves. Crude oil had created modern […]

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What were the real origins of the great oil crisis of the 1970s? Politics or depletion?

November 10, 2015

What were the real origins of the great oil crisis of the 1970s? Politics or depletion? If you happen to be caught in a boat in a major storm, such as in this image by Hokusai, you’ll surely think you experiencing a major shock. However, it is also true that no storm changes the average […]

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Ten years that changed everything; and prevented all change

November 2, 2015

Ten years that changed everything; and prevented all change We are one month away from the COP-21, in Paris, that should change everything – and will probably change nothing relevant. But change does occur, even though in ways that often surprise us, and in ways we may not like to see. The past decade has been […]

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When conspiracy is not a theory: an example of a false flag operation in the Italian invasion of Greece in 1940

October 30, 2015

When conspiracy is not a theory: an example of a false flag operation in the Italian invasion of Greece in 1940 The Italian attack against Greece, that started in October of 1940, was one of the greatest military blunders of history and it may be argued that it cost the axis powers the whole […]

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Tertullian was a conspiracy theorist: propaganda and irrationalism in Roman times and in ours

October 27, 2015

Tertullian was a conspiracy theorist: propaganda and irrationalism in Roman times and in ours The Romans knew well the dark art that we call “propaganda” today. As an example, this image, from the Trajan column in Rome, shows Dacian women torturing naked Roman prisoners; it was part of the demonization of the enemy during the Dacian […]

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The Club of Rome, almost half a century later

October 20, 2015

The Club of Rome, almost half a century later The Club of Rome held its general assembly in Winterthur, Switzerland, on Oct 16-17 2015. In the image, you can see Ugo Bardi (center) together with the co-presidents of the Club, Anders Wijkman (right in the photo) and Ernst Von Weizsacker (left in the photo). Almost half […]

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“Peak Oil will save us from Climate Change:” a meme that never went viral

October 13, 2015

“Peak Oil will save us from Climate Change:” a meme that never went viral Image from “Peaksurfer“ The idea that peak oil will save us from climate change has been occasionally popping up in the debate, but it never really gained traction for a number of good reasons. One is that, in many cases, the […]

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A distant mirror: bimillenary of Germanicus’ campaigns in Germania

October 5, 2015

A distant mirror: bimillenary of Germanicus’ campaigns in Germania (Image: a battle scene showing Roman troops fighting Barbarians. This relief is much later than the times discussed in this post, but it gives some idea of how these battles were seen in Roman times: “Grande Ludovisi Altemps Inv8574” by Unknown – Jastrow (2006). Licensed under Public […]

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Climate Change: a clash of epistemologies

October 2, 2015

Climate Change: a clash of epistemologies In a post published earlier this year, Ugo Bardi explains that the debate on climate change is going nowhere due to a fundamental incommunicability – or a ‘clash’ as he calls it – between different types of epistemologies over climate change. In his post he refers to some exchange […]

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Stewards of the earth: a role for humankind

September 29, 2015

Stewards of the earth: a role for humankind Image from GreenGrenwich.org This post was inspired by a meeting held last week in Florence on the subject of the Pope’s climate encyclical, and, in particular, by the presentation given there by Father Bernardo. prior of the San Miniato church. I had been thinking about the relation of religion […]

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