Here’s a great illustration of the horrific effects social media can have on ignorant minds. Reader A: This is downright frightening…. and of the utmost arrogance. Bill Gates has no right to make this kind of plan or decision for …
Tag: sea level rise
Bill Gates Wants To Block the Sun? Uhhh…..No.
Tagged with: actions that can be taken to control the amount of energy that the Earth receives from the sun that gets trapped in the atmosphere, conspiracy theories surround Bill Gates, geoengineering, geoengineering unintended consequences, sea level rise, temperature of both the Earth's atmosphere and oceans is rising (not falling)
Climate Change Offers Occasional Benefits, E.g., New Places To Fish
Sunny day flooding, aka tidal or nuisance flooding, i.e., floods that occur with no new precipitation, are increasingly frequent in low-lying areas. The phenomenon is caused by sea-level rise (driven by higher ocean temperatures that cause ocean volumes to rise, …
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Climate Science Presented Brilliantly
Those looking for a wonderful presentation from several top climate scientists will enjoy the video below. There is so much here about ozone depletion, ultra-violet light and the electromagnetic spectrum, water vapor in the stratosphere, changing ocean currents, ice formation, …
Flooding Hot Spots: Why Seas Are Rising Faster on the U.S. East Coast
Sea-level rise is of great concern to climate scientists and, of course, to those who live in flood-prone regions. What’s interesting, though, is that certain coastlines are far more affected by this phenomenon than others. Why? Well, it’s explained in full …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: The Greenland Ice Sheet
Question: The Greenland Ice Sheet lost almost 600 billion tons of ice last year. How much sea-level rise did that cause? Answer (along with calculations): Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Independent Research
Please pardon the profanity in the discussion at left, but this is too good not to share. I don’t have the level of animus as this guy, but I totally see where he’s coming from. (Btw, the Dunning–Kruger effect is …
Tagged with: CO2 concentrations, conversation about climate change, desertification, droughts, Dunning–Kruger effect, dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet, JPL (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory), land erosion, methane emissions, Milankovitch cycles, ocean currents, ocean water temperatures, Rajendra Pachaui at Yale, sea level rise, solar flares and coronal mass ejections, solar irradiance, the number and strength of storms, V. Ramanathan at Scripps
End of Winters
It’s common to hear about the horrific effects of climate change: super-storms, wildfires, sea-level rise, droughts, food shortages and the like, and feel great concern for our children’s future. Indeed, life on this planet will change in a great number …
Will the Hyperloop Ever Be Built, Given Current Events?
The video below is an explanation of the Hyperloop, the futuristic mode of transportation in which passengers climb into pods that travel at speeds of up to 700 MPH though tubes with very low air pressure. One can imagine that …
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Projected Sea-Level Rise
As mentioned previously, one of my best friends from college is the mayor of Broward County in Southern Florida. Below is part of a presentation he made recently on sea-level rise. Obviously, there is plenty of time to adapt, e.g., …
Confronting Tidal Flooding in Southern Florida
As I’ve mentioned, one of my best friends from college, Beam Furr, has spent his career in local politics and is currently mayor of Broward County, FL, which, for better or worse, contains the coastal city of Hollywood. Why “for …
