Casa Earth
Jared Diamond is a pulitzer prize winning author and scholar who has written about societal collapses over history. Not to be too alarmist, this is yet another voice that we are on a risky course and should be thinking seriously about how to cope with future challenges that may arrive sooner than most of us … Read more
Mr. Doom and Gloom here, as I have said in earlier blogs, the first thing to go will be water and we are now very close as the following article describes. Although climate change exacerbates the situation, population is also a primary driver as with more mouths to feed, more water is needed. The United … Read more
Definition: A Climate Change Doom Loop is a self-perpetuating cycle where the phsysical and economic damages of climate change force governments, cities and financial systems to constantly react to disasters, draining the money and resources needed to cut emissions or prepare for future risks. This summer, Europe is experiencing excessive heat and drought due to … Read more
Well, I thought it was time to give an update on the farm and not rant about Climate Change specifically. If anyone is reading this, you might recall that we moved up here from CA in Sept ’25. The first few months were spent cleaning out the barn of 100 yrs worth of ‘never throw … Read more
The Colorado River watershed has been experiencing a long term drought and the snow pack in the Rockies is nearly at an all time low this year: (The graph shows the snowpack history and the black line shows this year’s status) Lake Powell and Lake Mead are approaching all time lows and it is forecast … Read more
If you have read my blog, you will have noticed that I am very focused on the AMOC since its collapse will have a huge impact on the consequences of Climate Change. Unlike the slow steady progress and cascading effects of temperature change or the somewhat predictable onset of water shortages, the collapse of the … Read more
Like a broken record, I will say in regards to climate change “It’s Happening” and frankly a bit faster than originally forecasted. 4 to 5 years ago, I thought everyone’s hair would be on fire by 2030 and then pulled in my estimate to 2025. Now I think it will land somewhere in between but … Read more
Been quite awhile since the last post as we sold our home in California and moved permanently to the Washington Farm. The first few months were spent completing the sale and prepping the farm for winter. Turns out the previous owners, who owned the farm since 1952, basically never threw anything away, nor mucked the … Read more
As we plunge forward, this article just reinforces the fact that not enough of the World’s governments are taking action to deal with climate change. This is a freight train with no brakes and stopping it (or taking action) will take a long time and as a result, the impact of climate change will get … Read more
Although according to the IPCC target of 1.5 deg C rise (an average over 5 yrs) has not been crossed yet, the reality is that we are already there. More and more studies indicate we will cross 2.0 deg C rise by 2035 which will cause catastrophic damage to ecosystems, failure of food systems and … Read more