Tide gages show rising seas along nearly all of the East Coast, despite the efforts of some politicians to ignore it
Category: climate
climate
A Sea Change
Changes in the currents in the world’s oceans are known to have affected climate in the past, and are likely to affect climate in the future
How Much Oil Can We Burn?
We’ve spent about half of our total allowance of carbon that can be emitted to the atmosphere without a global climate catastrophe.
Food Energy
there is no doubt that a vegetarian diet would have much less impact on the climate.
Cement
The emission of carbon dioxide from the production of cement current accounts for about 5% of the total annual industrial emissions of CO2.
The Climate Underground
We can’t count on better management of soils to solve the climate crisis
Negative Emissions by Forests
Trees remove a lot of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Woody Biomass Fuels
Trees are the most efficient net-negative emissions technology that we know of.
The Forests are Burning
The incidence of forest fire is likely to increase in a warmer, drier world.
Reconciling the current rise in sea level
Loss of the ice caps on Greenland and Antarctica was associated with a dramatic rise in sea level during past glacial cycles