KIDS' LIVES MATTER so let's stop climate change
Until recently, the hottest month on record for USA48 (a.k.a. the “lower 48 states” of the USA) was July 1936, with two of the five hottest months from the 1930s (the “dust bowl” era). Not any more. According to data … Continue reading →
Definitely worth watching: Who’s really to blame for wildfires? Despite lots of complexity and nuance in the issue, this remains: “No matter where you look, climate change is pouring gasoline on the fire.” You can help this blog! Feel free … Continue reading →
Note: I reserve the right to make posts NOT about climate change. Like this one. My wife and I watched Christopher Nolan’s new movie “Odyssey” last weekend. We liked some of it, disliked some of it, and had a lot … Continue reading →
The forest in Canada is burning, and the smoke is a big problem for both Canadians and Americans as it makes its way across their country and into ours. Our president has blamed Canada for mismanaging their forests and threatens … Continue reading →
The Berkeley Earth surface temperature project provides monhly averages of high temperature, and high temperature anomaly (how different it is from “nominal”), on an equal-area grid over all the land areas on Earth. I computed, for each year and for … Continue reading →
Most of the world shows a notable, and statistically significant, rise in extreme summer heat. That’s not an opinion, it’s a fact. The reason is: global warming. That’s a fact. The consequences include a lot of unnecessary deaths, a tremendous … Continue reading →
Like most of Europe, England has suffered through extreme heat this June. This is unsurprising, given what we know about global warming. But there are still those who wonder, has summer heat in England really gotten worse — not just … Continue reading →
When it comes to temperature in Europe, there is absolutely no doubt — unless you are a complete idiot or outright liar (or both) — that this is not “just summer.” Europe is sweltering through its worst heat wave ever. … Continue reading →
I got sloppy with one of the graphs in the last post, because when I computed accumulated EEI values I didn’t label the graph properly on the y-axis; I should have called it “Watt-months per square meter.” I should also … Continue reading →
A friend of mine brought to my attention a paper (not peer-reviewed) which claims that because EEI (Earth’s energy imbalance) is growing linearly (since the year 2000), temperature should grow quadratically — and if that keeps happening, not only will … Continue reading →