Casa Earth
Following is an excerpt from an article today in regards to comments that Bill Gates made recently. While an optimist but still a realist, he is indicating that 1.5 deg C rise is no longer realistic but that he thinks we won’t exceed 3 deg C (this by the way would be catastrophic). I would … Read more
Time is running out for those who want to have options if things go sideways. I recommend reading the article titled ‘2023 state of the climate report: Entering Uncharted Territory’ via the link below. SZ https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad080/7319571 From conclusion section: As scientists, we are increasingly being asked to tell the public the truth about the crises … Read more
I like this article because of its frankness. That said, I think we passed the tipping point 5yrs ago and it is emission based, not some single event as theorized below. Either way, we are in serious trouble and will suffer consequences that we can only make worse by in-action. Although as individuals, every drop … Read more
Comments below are from David Schimel who won the Nobel Prize with Al Gore in 2007. His comments are in complete agreement with a lot of my blogs over the last few years, so I am privileged to be in such good company. That said, we have a long way to go in getting focused … Read more
H Recent YouTube video on what the World would look like with all the ice melted: Although this will not happen for quite a while, if we don’t get emissions under control, it will and it is happening much faster than the scientific models predicted. Equally as important, once we finally realize this is going … Read more
Somewhere in my past blogs and referenced on my home page, I have noted that our ability to manage population’s needs for food, water, shelter and energy are rapidly depleting the Earth’s resources. That is to say that it is not just Climate Change where we face an existential threat. If one uses the concept … Read more
(The article below was posted today and discusses ecological collapse happening much sooner that originally expected. At the end of the day, humanity’s hubris and arrogance will be our undoing as we view ourselves superior and different than so many of the other species we share the planet with. In so many cases, a species … Read more
(The following is an article just published from ProPublica. This is yet another validation of the concerns I have been blogging for the last several years in regards to Climate Change and its impact on humanity/society in this case human migration – SZ) Climate change is remapping where humans can exist on the planet. As … Read more
The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere increased to record highs in its annual Spring peak, jumping at one of the fastest rates on record, officials announced Monday. Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now the highest they’ve been in more than 4 million years … Read more
It has been about 5 months since my last post and I thought it was time to check in. The US just passed a resolution to raise the debt limit, so this problem is now past us for the moment. Inflation is cooling but high interest rates are keeping the investment community in limbo as … Read more