IPCC AR6 Assessment Report Observed adverse impacts are concentrated among economically and socially marginalized urban residents. The International Energy Agency reports that in 2024 energy-related CO2 emissions hit an all-time high of 37.8 Gt CO2.
Category Archives: Climate Change
Gridlock and COP26
November 3, 2021 For the first time, the 2020 census showed a shrinking non-Hispanic White population that identifies as a single race in 35 states. While 60% of White adults say the trend is neither good nor bad for society, 35% of Whites 65 and older believe it’s bad for … Continue reading
Make or Break
October 25, 2021 BackgroundThe upcoming COP26 meeting in Scotland does not herald a breakthrough in the global cooperative, coordinated action that is absolutely essential to replace nuclear fission, coal, gas and oil with renewable energy, particularly hydrogen, to generate electricity. The probable absence of Presidents Putin and Xi speaks volumes … Continue reading
COP 26
October 12, 2021 In just a few days the nations of the world will once again meet to discuss climate change. The meeting will likely set the stage for action –or lack thereof- that will make or break our collective effort to halt the dumping of greenhouse gases in the … Continue reading
Climate Change and Nuclear War Revisited
April 29, 2021 Background On April 19, 2021, at a press conference about climate change, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres said that “we are on the verge of the abyss.” The evidence supporting his conclusion is overwhelming. Increasingly severe storms, droughts, wild fires, rising seas, and mass … Continue reading
IPCC Special Report on Climate Change
October 8, 2018 Here’s a selected portion of the Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change. The entire report can be found here. Editor’s comment: Time to switch to hydrogen. A. Understanding Global Warming of 1.5°C4 A1. Human activities are estimated to have caused approximately 1.0°C of … Continue reading
Diseases Related to Climate Change in the U.S. Triple Between 2004-2016
May 2, 2018 Yet again another living example of the effects and consequences of climate change. A study from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention warns that illnesses from mosquito, tick and flea bites more than tripled in the U.S. between 2004 and 2016, and nine new germs spread … Continue reading
Ice-Breaking Apocalypse
November 26, 2017 Background Once again a study, in this case ice-breaking, has the scientific community in emergency mode. It turns out that two of the largest glaciers in Antarctica may actually trigger the disintegration of the entire West Antarctic ice sheet in a mere 20 to 50 years. That’s … Continue reading
Climate Science Special Report – 2017
November 4, 2017 Here is a classic case of bipolar behavior. The Trump Administration withdrew from COP21 on the belief that it hurts the economic interests of the United States. Today however, over a dozen agencies of the very same government jointly released the congressionally mandated Climate Science Special Report. … Continue reading