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Jordan Peterson’s New Online School Will Be Rife with Climate Crisis Deniers

DeSmogBlog

Last year Hicks rhetorically asked on his blog whether climate researchers were “over-hyping because they have a political agenda,” terming them “those chronic-doomster semi-scientists.” Their taped two-hour lectures for the venture will be part of its offerings if and when it launches in February after several months of delay.

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Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam

The Environmental Blog

The number of cold fronts has decreased over the span of the last 20 years but at the same time, anomalous events have occurred more frequently.High-intensity Typhoons tend to occur more frequently as the mean sea level rose at a rate of 3 mm per year.Above is an overall image of climate change in Vietnam. Sea-Level Rise.

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Newly released video game challenges players to survive the climate apocalypse

AGreenLiving

Related: Climate change is a public health issue amounting to billions in medical costs According to his developer blog , “I’ve self-funded the project because I want to make people care about the climate issue,” Volk explained. “I I wanted to create an emotional impact, weave in science information and make a game that makes a difference.

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The 101 on Climate Change

Christopher Kemper

Being aware of your environmental footprint is part of what this blog is all about. For most people, global warming has been an issue that is difficult to grasp?—?oftentimes, global warming is caused by the increase in greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the earth’s atmosphere. my brand?—?is

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Motivated by New York Governor Cuomo’s willingness to consider banning hydrofracking, Jacobson worked through the night to layer New York’s pollution, human health, morbidity and global warming data into a cohesive model. He then added in the energy outputs from New York’s existing and potential WWS supplies.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

In this blog I aim to figure out how much longer will we still have Arctic sea ice. In fact, physics tells us that for every 1 degree Celsius of warming, our atmosphere can hold about seven percent more moisture. Because of the interconnectedness of our global climate system, this effect will be felt everywhere around the world.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

National Academy of Sciences that explicitly warned of the risks human-induced global warming could pose to earth’s weather and “ecological balances,” the U.S.-based In 1962, Shell’s chief geologist, Houston-based Marion King Hubbert, produced a book-length report on energy for the U.S. There was no suggestion of a link with Shell.