Monday
- See this video about what causes climate changes CC Causes
- See the Effects of CC … Can you distinguish climate change from the ozone hole UV problems? and CC Slides, also see the Slide of GHG Sources
- Please read the GHG part of Arrhenius biography
- NPR: 2016 was the hottest year yet. .
Wednesday
- Please see Social Change
- Please see the video Response to CC Also see Sides about Human Response
- Please look up and understand what the Anthropocene Epoch is.
- Please see this very short video by the Competitive Enterprise Institute , the leader of which, Myron Bell, Trump has chosen to lead the EPA transition team here’s the video from around 2006 CEI CO2 is life, a must see!
- Please see Science Guy Denial
- CC Policy
- We can speculate why Trump wanted the names of scientists working on climate change, but this isn’t the first time that there has been a Ban on talking about CC
- Please look at Jones Kammen paper for problem set. See Fig. 2.
- In Tech Review’s recent article, the feasibility of geoengineering is not questioned; instead, it is the consideration of how consensus for such a plan – whose effects would undoubtedly have global reach – could be attained. The article poses that the aggregate environmental and socioeconomic risks of solar radiation management would likely pale in comparison to the benefits of a reduction in global temperatures. Yet, the unequal distribution of regions harmed versus benefiting from a geoengineered climate reality is likely to inspire heated debates among global politicians and industry leaders.
If you are curious:
- While you read about the Kübler-Ross model, please ponder why I’d have you read this while studying human response to climate change.
Friday:
- Please see Story of Stuff
- Please see Pete’s Energy Experiments at Home
- This article describes how the cost of climate change is more than what has been already calculated because the impact will be much greater on the days of greatest strain on the electrical system.
- NPR article about Environmental Impact of Food Choices and the calculated figures that compare different foods.
- Please read my letter to SLO commissioners regarding Phillips 66 Oil Train Proposal. Our officials rejected Phillips 66 proposal to build a rail spur that would bring oil trains to their refinery – through San Luis Obispo, by Cal Poly.
- Please read: Faced with the US retreat on Climate Change, Europe looks to China for leadership.
- Environmental Justice: Who benefits most from carbon dioxide production? Who bears the burden most? Poor Countries Demand Payment