From the window of the plane to Copenhagen, at around 1am EST (or 7am in Denmark) I could see the entirety of the United Kingdom outlined in lights. From 38,003 ft., the world which had once seemed impossibly large – which had previously been seen only on maps, and what sense did those really give […]
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While reading through Amy Luers’ How to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change, I was shocked to read her assertion that carbon emissions in the industrialized world need to peak in 2010. Although nothing should shock me about climate change numbers anymore (and admittedly, other scientists argue for different peak years), the statement shocked me nonetheless to think […]
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David Keith’s Unusual Climate Change Idea In the video in the link above (thanks to the fabulous TED.com), David Keith asks the question: Is geoengineering a moral hazard? Geoengineering involves the use of technology to counteract climate change at the source or impact levels. Some ideas include iron fertilization (inject iron into the upper ocean […]
“Although scientists acknowledge that uncertainties exist in our knowledge of global warming, the source of the carbon that has led to the recent buildup of atmospheric carbon dioxide [anthropogenic sources] isn’t one of them.” -Mann & Kump, Dire Predictions p. 34 In a time when climate change information is so readily available (and scientifically linked […]
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