August 10, 2017 The National Centers for Environmental Information of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released an international report detailing the following dismaying facts: Greenhouse gases highest on record. Global surface temperature highest on record. Global lower tropospheric (the troposphere is the area just above the Earth’s surface) … Continue reading
Category Archives: Environment
The U.S. Officially Notified the U.N. of Intention to Withdraw from Paris Climate Pact
August 5, 2017 The United States officially notified United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres of the country’s intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as soon as it is eligible to do so.
Study: Earth likely to warm more than 2 degrees Celsius this century
August 5, 2017 A study from the University of Washington shows only a 5% chance that Earth will warm 2 degrees or less by the end of the century and a 90% chance that temperatures will increase by 2.0 to 4.9 degrees Celsius.
Study: Extreme Weather to Kill 152,000 Europeans a Year by 2100
August 5, 2017 A study in The Lancelet Planetary Health journal found that weather disasters could kill as many as 152,000 Europeans a year if greenhouse gas emissions and extreme weather events are not controlled. The study covers the 28 countries of the European Union plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.
Maps of the World’s Water Crisis
July 15, 2017 Many aquifers are being rapidly depleted throughout the world, and this does not factor in climate change. Case in point, the southern portion of the Ogallala Aquifer, a prime agricultural region in the U.S., is estimated to have no more that 20 years left. Simultaneously, according to … Continue reading
Anthropomorphic Climate Change Warning in 1912
June 9, 2017 Yes indeed. This 1912 (the age of coal-fired Dreadnought class battleships, railroads and factories, few horseless carriages and no airplanes) Popular Mechanics article accurately described anthropomorphic climate change and warned us of its consequences. No one listened, no one cared, and here we are, rushing to the … Continue reading
Reneging the Paris Climate Agreement
June 4, 2017 On June 1, 2017, as expected, President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement based on his conclusion that it would “undermine our economy, hamstring our workers, weaken our sovereignty … and put us at a permanent disadvantage to the … Continue reading
Hydrogen Exports as a Specific Special Drawing Rights (SDR) Criterion
January 29, 2019 Western Reserve Currencies and the Quest for Dominance Historically, shifts in reserve currencies have brought pivotal changes in the global balance of power. Beginning with the 15th Century, which marked Western Europe’s global ascendancy, the currencies of the empires of Portugal (1450-1530), Spain (1530-1640), the Netherlands (1640-1720), … Continue reading
Solar-powered Photocatalytic Water Splitter
May 7, 2017 China’s University of Science and Technology reports that using solar energy to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water is a sustainable technology. A research group led by Professor Xiong Yujie has developed a class of noble-metal-free Z-scheme photocatalysts which exhibit an enhanced performance in photocatalytic hydrogen production … Continue reading
Global Oil Reserves
April 22, 2017 Oil reserves by country, their value at $50 per barrel, and loss each would incur if 80% is left in the ground to cope with climate change. Since most of the financial wealth in the world is owned by a minuscule percent of the population (10% in … Continue reading