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Is Global Warming Quickening?
Is Global Warming Quickening? On Monday 14th March, Channel 4 News (UK terrestrial news channel) carried a report on catastrophic February warming and involved two distinguished UK climate scientists. What was said was so far away from the physical reality that I experience here on Earth that I was left wondering if they were talking […]
Global Warming and Food Prices
Global Warming and Food Prices Given that we all have to eat and that there are some concerning environmental developments out there, here’s an interesting question: has global warming led to higher or lower food prices (thus far)? As always the answer depends on how this affects the balance between supply and demand. Assuming that […]
Does Methane Threaten Life?
Does Methane Threaten Life? The question of whether methane (CH4) in the atmosphere is a threat to life is extraordinarily complex and generally not well understood. But, yes it is a serious threat, very serious and horribly real. Okay, but don’t scientists understand this, and why aren’t they speaking out? They are speaking out but […]
Canadians conflicted about 3 Es: Environment, energy and the economy
Canadians conflicted about 3 Es: Environment, energy and the economy EKOS-CBC poll suggests 56% more worried about the economy than the environment Alberta produces the most greenhouse gases of any province in the country, and has for more than a decade. (CBC) Justin and Leanne Mills are in a situation familiar to many Albertans these […]
Antarctic techno-fix cannot slow rising seas
Antarctic techno-fix cannot slow rising seas Pumping seawater into Antarctica is unlikely to halt sea-level rise. Image: Lyubomir Ivanov via Wikimedia Commons Pumping seawater onto the Antarctic landmass to form ice and stop sea levels rising stands little chance of success, scientists say. LONDON, 10 March, 2016 – Sea level rise is likely to be a problem […]
Warming means unfair share for poor
Warming means unfair share for poor A bumper catch off the coast of northern Norway may be bad news for fishermen in southern waters. Image: Bo Eide via Flickr As temperatures rise with climate change, the Earth’s natural capital will change too − but there may be few winners, even among the wealthy. LONDON, 5 March, 2016 – Climate […]
On Pretending That What’s Happening Isn’t Actually Happening
On Pretending That What’s Happening Isn’t Actually Happening “Unbelievable Winter Color” by Albert H. Krehbiel Des Plaines River, 1928 Deep Winter Ruminations In December I found myself sliding into a state of extreme unwillingness to take on new projects, to continue work on those in hand, to write, or do much of anything else, really, […]
The US: A Nation In Dire Need of Energy and Climate Policy
The US: A Nation In Dire Need of Energy and Climate Policy A new Harvard University study finds that world methane emissions have recently spiked, and that the US appears to be the site of most of the increase. Natural gas fracking is the apparent culprit. This finding should be (though I wouldn’t bet on it) the […]
Global Warming and the Irrelevance of Science
Global Warming and the Irrelevance of Science Guest essay by Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Sciences (Emeritus) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is the text of a lecture delivered on August 20, 2015 to the 48th Session: Erice International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies In many fields, governments have a monopoly on the […]
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, It’s Not Just What Exxon Did, It’s What It’s Doing
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, It’s Not Just What Exxon Did, It’s What It’s Doing The time scale should stagger you. Just imagine for a moment that what we humans do on this planet will last at least 10,000 more years, and no, I’m not talking about those statues on Easter Island or the pyramids or the […]
Slow Money and the State of Soil
Slow Money and the State of Soil “Beetniks Against Global Warming.”There’s a placard you never saw in Paris. Because to a Beetnik—someone who has participated in a Slow Money Beetcoin campaign or anyone whose occasionally countercultural tendencies are tempered by an appreciation of local entrepreneurs and farmers— investing in a small food enterprise near where […]
El Niño and Climate Change: Wild Weather May Get Wilder
El Niño and Climate Change: Wild Weather May Get Wilder This year’s El Niño phenomenon is spawning extreme weather around the planet. Now scientists are working to understand if global warming will lead to more powerful El Niños that will make droughts, floods, snowstorms, and hurricanes more intense. Wild weather is gripping the planet. An El […]
Oceans are heating up at the double
Oceans are heating up at the double The British survey ship HMS Challenger blazed an oceanic trail a century and a half ago. Image: William Frederick Mitchell via Wikimedia Commons Records from a sailing ship’s round-the-world research voyage almost 150 years ago provide further evidence that the Earth is continuing to warm unchecked. LONDON, 6 […]
Warming linked to spread of zika virus
Warming linked to spread of zika virus The Aedes egypti mosquito has now spread to 80% of Brazil. Image: James Gathany via Wikimedia Commons Scientists believe that record average temperatures may be helping to create an environment that has led to big increases in the number of disease-carrying mosquitoes. SÃO PAULO, 5 February, 2016 – The Zika virus, transmitted […]
Hottest Year Ever Recorded + Collapsing Oil Prices = Broken Fossil Fuel Economy
Hottest Year Ever Recorded + Collapsing Oil Prices = Broken Fossil Fuel Economy “I read the news today, oh boy.” —John Lennon Two overlapping news stories in the past few weeks must focus our attention on the need to move away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible and to transition our global economy to […]
