How can we have extreme winter AND global warming??
What are the links between climate change and extreme winter? Let’s explore some possible mechanisms for this growing threat.
Oceans
7 Days of Plastic
Plastic pollution is everywhere. I saved my plastic trash for a week to see what I could do to reduce my plastic footprint. Come see what I learned.
What’s Hot in Climate Change, June 2017
Welcome back to What’s Hot in Climate Change! We start out with concerning new research that shows the planet may cross the 1.5C threshold of warming within 15 years. The 1.5C threshold is what the Paris Climate Talks identified as an important goal to hold global warming under. One result of global warming is sea level rise. A recent study of US population displacement shows us that sea level rise is not just a coastal problem, but a problem for those places where the people displaced from the coasts will end up. If all this concerns you, there are plenty of… Read More »What’s Hot in Climate Change, June 2017
What’s Hot in Climate Change – Oct. 2016
Time for another What’s Hot in Climate Change, a summary of the most interesting and/or important climate change stories from the previous month or so. For those paying attention, horrific news with respect to the climate seems to be coming at an ever increasing pace. There’s also plenty of encouraging news. The adoption of alternative energy seems to steadily exceed all expectations. The race is on between the worst effects of climate change, and those measures we take to stop it from happening. Our fate quite literally hangs in the balance. Corrected sea level rise estimates or… it’s worse than you know… Read More »What’s Hot in Climate Change – Oct. 2016
Sylvia Earle, my new favorite scientist; and other tidbits
Sylvia Earle I was recently listening to the ClimateOne podcast, one of the best podcasts about climate change out there. They were interviewing Dr. Sylvia Earle, a famous oceanographer and outspoken advocate for the world’s oceans, about the decline of the worlds oceans. She has been an oceanographer for some time, and is a pioneer in the field for women, and in general. She was formerly NOAA’s Chief Scientist, among many other accomplishments, and is a National Geographic Explorer in Residence. She’s very well spoken and really brings home the huge declines that have occurred in the world’s oceans due to human… Read More »Sylvia Earle, my new favorite scientist; and other tidbits