Mankind has a time window of five to ten years before the need for hard decisions regarding changes in energy strategies might become critical.” That is a summary of James Black’s research on climate change. He was a scientist at ExxonMobil and shared his findings with his bosses in 1978, while underscoring the scientific consensus […]
Upcoming CMOS Virtual Luncheon Meeting – Thursday September 24, 2020
SPEAKER: Chris Derksen Research Scientist / Chercheur scientifique Climate Processes Section / Section des processus climatiques Climate Research Division / Division de la Recherche climatique Science and Technology Branch / Direction générale des sciences et de la technologie, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). TITLE: Key Findings from Canada’s Changing Climate Report ABSTRACT: Canada’s Changing Climate […]
Senate Democrats reveal climate plan that could ‘almost entirely’ define clean energy policy under Biden admin
Senate Democrats on Tuesday released a report laying out policy recommendations Congress should adopt in order to bring the U.S. to a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. The report, released by the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, calls on Congress to spend at least 2% of annual U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) on climate actions, with 40% […]
Climate Change and Water Resources
Présentation Haifa (1)
Global heating – lived
Buildings engulfed in flames as a wildfire ravages the central Oregon town of Talent You haven’t seen anything yet Measuring climate change in parts per million or tenths of degrees is useful scientifically. But the lived experience of climate change is one of crisis. Humans have an amazing capacity to adapt, but what the past […]