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Climate Adaptation in Texas

Here’s an interesting article from the Texas Tribune about climate adaptation to protect Galveston and Houston. Climate change is not explicitly mentioned, but sea level rise and warming oceans are. Really this is a story about climate change adaptation. Part of the plans discussed are to protect oil and gas refineries along the coast near Houston, which is a bit ironic as the O&G (as we call it here in Texas) is the root of the problem being protected against. Anyhow, several plans are discussed, along with federal and local political influences. Makes for interesting reading. Enjoy! Texas might spend… Read More »Climate Adaptation in Texas

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A Changing Climate For Alternative Energy

Three things point to 2019 being the year the tide turns in a big way for alternative energy. First, a seemingly never ending stream of environmental disasters made worse by climate change, convinces people that climate change will affect them personally. Second, a new congress, infused with younger representatives with new ideas and an acceptance of the science behind catastrophic climate change will drive political action, even among their more conservative peers. And third, alternative energy is making big gains contributing to the world’s energy mix. And not just for individuals, but for corporations. In this post we’ll go over… Read More »A Changing Climate For Alternative Energy

Climate Change Mapping Tools

The Best Climate Change Mapping Tools For You

<June 2022- Please note, some of the tools and methods in this post may be out of date as the original was written 4 years ago.  An update to this post is planned in the next month or two, so please check back or subscribe by email to be notified of any updates or new blog posts.  Thanks!> There are many climate change maps and tools that you can use to figure out your personal risk to climate change.  The Climate Advisor searched the web for the best interactive climate change visualization tools.  Sites that give information in a map… Read More »The Best Climate Change Mapping Tools For You

Surviving Harvey

Hello!  Long time no blogging.  The doc was getting burned out from work and other things… then Hurricane Harvey hit Houston. I survived with little damage to my house, so I’m pretty happy about that.  Unfortunately, many of my friends and coworkers were not so lucky.  They had damage ranging from a few inches of water in their garage, submerged cars and trucks, a few inches in their house, to having the entire first floor under water.  Lots of hassles, from cleaning out a garage to gutting an entire floor of a house — and all the headaches of dealing… Read More »Surviving Harvey

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