Stinking Hot Down Under
2013 was a banner year for Australia last year breaking all kinds of heat records and having the hottest average temperature since record keeping started in 1910.
climate change
Is “the environment” now obsolete?
If we are indeed already in the Anthropocene, then "the environment" cannot be "out there." The advent of the Anthropocene has wiped out the distinction between human history and natural history.
UK international commitments on climate change are incompatible with the development of a national shale gas industry
Shale gas is indisputably a high-carbon energy source.
Send in the Clouds
What happens when we double the concentration of CO2 in our atmosphere? Is it good and plants grow more? Is it bad and we all die in the next mass extinction? Is it somewhere in between and maybe we’ll be ok?
Big Chill for Citrus Growers
Though seemingly mild compared to the sub-zero temperatures experienced in other parts of the country, a recent hard freeze has taken its toll on the California citrus industry, which supplies 85% of the country’s fresh citrus.
A Song of Our Warming Planet – Understanding climate change through music
University of Minnesota undergrad Daniel Crawford illustrates climate change with his cello.
Can America’s Grasslands Be Saved?
As climate change projections become more dire, cutting carbon emissions becomes ever more crucial. While more efficient buildings and vehicles, rapid deployment of clean energy, and reduced dependence on fossil fuels are common solutions, an important piece of the carbon sequestration puzzle lies in protecting the ability of natural systems to store carbon.
Janet Yellen’s 2014 To-Do List: Climate Change
Why would a central banker need to worry about climate change?
WTF, Weather?
Can’t keep your ‘derechos’ straight from your ‘haboobs?’ Fear not! This vocab list will make you a global warming whiz.
Have the Obits for Peak Oil Come Too Soon?
Among the big energy stories of 2013, “peak oil” — the once-popular notion that worldwide oil production would soon reach a maximum level and begin an irreversible decline — was thoroughly discredited. The explosive development of shale oil and other unconventional fuels in the United States helped put it in its grave.
Here’s Why Suburban Sprawl Cancels Out The Climate Benefits Of City Living
The average [household carbon footprint] in an urban core in the country is about 50 percent less than the average in the commuting suburbs around it
The Psychology of Global Warming
One way to psychologically deal with global warming is denial. For those who profit from fossil fuel production or those who want unlimited use of fossil fuels, this is the primary way in which the issue is addressed.
