Weather patterns are on the fritz all around the world. Georgia is being inundated with rain, Tropical Storm Ketsana is causing intense flooding in the Philippines, Kenya is in its third year of severe drought… is this climate change? Although similar and very much related, there is a distinct difference between “climate” and “weather.” The key difference is […]
Climate change is a dividing issue. It is not intuitive. It potentially hurts different groups with different interests. Recently I read a research paper by Jack Hollander, a UC Berkeley professor, titled Global Warming: Both sides, Rushing to Judgment. One sentence in its first paragraph captures the main point of the paper: “…hard evidence for […]
The consequences of climate change have ceased to be subtle. In the past decade alone, we have witnessed dramatic weather-related events that scientists tie back to the rising concentration of CO2 in our atmosphere: In 2003, an unprecedented heat wave swept through Europe, killing over 35,000 people with the highest temperatures in centuries. An “epic” […]
The first time I visited an American household I was appalled. I noticed that they left the lights on in rooms where there was no one, TVs were left on when no one was watching, and the central AC was blasting icy refrigerated air into every corner of the house. As I soon discovered, this […]
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Maybe I’ve got it backwards (har har). I’ll be the first to admit that Climate Change is not my forte. As this class progresses and I am dealt the deed of being an ambassador for Dickinson College, I hope to wrap my mind around this larger phenomenon that will be taking place in Copenhagen. In […]
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