Monthly Archives: February 2018

The Atlantic has a fine article about the recent extraordinary heating in the Arctic.  Note the presence of open water directly north of Greenland.  The short video at the end is worth watching. ED occurs due to pfizer viagra sales … Continue reading →

Cities around the globe are being harder hit by climate change than scientists predicted.  Nearly half of the 92 cities in the C40 network saw extreme flooding last year, leading to suggestions that an “optimism bias” was built into scientific … Continue reading →

Improvements in power transmission technology will aid widespread development of renewables.  A new strategy calls for moving lines underground along the same land being used by railroads.  Cables meeting underground requirements have a small footprint and are cheap to install. … Continue reading →

Extraordinary North Pole temperatures are expected to continue next week.  The cold air rebound is now shifting away from North America and toward Europe, which can see temperatures fall 35F below normal.  The heat around the Pole is the highest … Continue reading →

The heatwave on the East Coast is a sign of climate change, and likely to happen more often.  This post has all the numbers, including a chart near the end showing an anomaly of around 20F over a large area … Continue reading →

Three charts that show how the Arctic is warming.  Note that the temperature gain inside the Arctic Circle (4C or 7F) since the late 1970s is equal to about four times the global average. Do not set an unrealistic goal … Continue reading →

How should we go about protecting wildlife?  The Guardian provides a well thought-out discussion of this important subject, centered on the idea that half of the Earth’s land surface should be protected for wildlife, plus other angles. It http://raindogscine.com/?attachment_id=368 viagra … Continue reading →

The fragmentation of tropical forests is reaching a critical tipping point.  Fragmentation is now being measured with extremely high resolution, and the results are disturbing on all three continents that have these forests.  When certain laws of physics are applied … Continue reading →

Tim Radford writes about the recent study on what it would take to have a fully-populated planet where everyone could lead a reasonably good life, doing so in a way that is completely sustainable.  That of course is a far … Continue reading →

The outlook for extreme weather events is definitely troublesome (LA Times).  That is the understanding gained from a new study that has looked at eight different types of extreme weather events in many parts of the world.  The basic conclusion … Continue reading →