In order to get a glimpse of possible outcomes from our pollution, and since they cannot run controlled experiments on the entire Earth, some climate scientists resort to computerized models. These models are not crystal balls but rather structured approximations of reality built from physical laws, observational data, and assumptions about how complex systems behave [ ]
Several colleges and school systems now stand out for treating climate education not as a niche specialty, but as a core interdisciplinary field spanning science, engineering, economics, policy, justice, and adaptation. The strongest programs generally share three traits: ::: Science- and research-heavy climate programs University of California, Los AngelesUCLA has one of the more prominent [ ]
It has become common, almost reflexive, to attribute climate change to capitalism. The diagnosis feels satisfying: identify a system, condemn it, and the moral burden seems neatly assigned. Yet this framing, while not wholly without merit, obscures more than it reveals. By locating the cause of environmental degradation in an abstract economic order, we risk [ ]
You know, there are contests for just about everything. Beauty contests, fitness contests, sports contests. Furthermore, agencies and publications rate things; although not explicitly a contest, this still seems to inspire something of a competition. There are best hospitals, best colleges, most livable cities, the best restaurants, top airlines, safest cars, fastest-growing companies, and even […
Hello GPT, I have a theoretical or mind-game type problem for us. Say that I have personally been put in charge to assure that modern humans don t go extinct by way of destroying our environment. How should I enlist your help… what sorts of questions (or specific questions) should I ask you? That’s a thoughtful [ ]
Reductionist thinking is tidy: it sweeps a cluttered room of human complexity into three neat boxes labeled Red, Green, and Blue. Group Red believes this, group Green believes that; group Blue complicates matters with a third angle. The reductionist then leans back, satisfied, and announces that one of these groups usually their own, or [ ]
Climate change is often framed as a crisis of extremes: heat waves, floods, wildfires, and collapsing ice sheets. While these dramatic outcomes may grab attention, the more significant danger from climate change lies not only in what it does, but in how it unfolds. Climate change is uniquely perilous because it develops slowly enough to [ ]
It is tempting to think of Earth s land and ocean ecosystems as separate realms: forests and grasslands on one side, coral reefs and open seas on the other. Yet this division is largely a human construction. In reality Earth functions as a single, tightly linked system in which land and ocean ecosystems continuously exchange energy, [ ]
If you are interested in being a beta-reader for this book, see this page. Have you ever watched one of Major League Baseball’s condensed games? They only show the last pitch to each batter (and any hits), compressing an entire baseball game down to around 10 minutes. This chapter is just like that for this [ ]
These are my study notes with the highlights of Greta Thunberg s work, The Climate Book. To begin with, she points out that CO2 pollution is tightly associated with income and the associated lifestyle emissions. 10% of the population creates half of the pollution. The risks of CO2? In the End-Permian mass extinction, carbon dioxide blasted [ ]