The cost of flooding in the USA is high. We’ve seen it, and we constantly read about it in the news. A recent survey of flood risk for commercial real estate is not encouraging.
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Thwaites Glacier, What’s the Fuss
Despite the current political dismissals of threats from climate change, a rapid 2-foot rise in sea level would be bad news for Florida, Ron DeSantis, and the rest of the world. This threat is what the fuss is about.
Abiogenesis Jumpstarts Evolution
Life’s first challenge was achieving homeostasis by adapting to conditions in Earth’s oceans. Chemosynthetic bacteria were superbly suited to this task and they were probably the first cellular life forms, kicking off a grand evolutionary party.party.
Arctic Yedoma — Supercharging Greenhouse Gases
Yedoma, a highly organic, Pleistocene-age permafrost, contains 50 to 90 percent ice mixed with organic carbon. When Yedoma melts, it delivers a blast of potent greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
Righting Climate Change
Based on Florida’s recent response to the masking controversy, we can assume the “left-wing stuff” probably includes listening to the advice of scientists and proactively cutting greenhouse emissions.
An Existential View of Climate Change
Realistically, we should be clear about Anthropocene climate change. It doesn’t pose a threat to the biosphere. Life goes on.
Building Blocks of Life
Life spontaneously developed and given another water-rich solar system with a planet in the optimal temperature range for liquid water, we would expect it to happen again.
Water Created by the Sun
Water arrived on earth from asteroids and the evidence is that oceans have been on Earth almost since the planet’s inception.
Post Industrial Environmental Blues
It’s not that we don’t have the technology to produce without pollution; we simply won’t or can’t pay the price for it. But there is no free lunch.
Ecosystems: A Hitchhiker’s Story
Changes in local ecosystems always mean adjustments somewhere else. It’s a reality we can’t ignore forever.