Climate

Heatwave Area and Intensity Increasing Since 1979

Anthropogenic forcing has increased the risk of longer-traveling and slower-moving large contiguous heatwaves (science.org)

Speed Bumps on the Energy Road Ahead

The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics | The Tyee

Evapotranspiration and Annual Rainfall

A Rising Sea and Underwater Real Estate

New Research from Antarctica Affirms The Threat of the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ But Funding to Keep Studying it Is Running Out – Inside Climate News In Florida I see near zero support for a public policy of a strategic retreat to higher…

A Tidal Wave of Insurance Problems in America?

Surging home insurance costs could force families to leave these 10 states | Fox Business As actually existing perils are factored into insurance policies, including earthquake, wildfire, hurricane, etc risk and they are factored into…

Positional Goods and a Warming World

Scientists’ warning on affluence | Nature Communications

PM 2.5 and O3 in Our Future Climate

I decided to sign up for a Zoom meeting with these air quality scientists on 2-14. I want to see their modeling for the air quality in the future. Obviously, it will be impacted by more wildfires. LS Climate change reversing gains in air…

AMOC Havoc a Physics Based Model; Science 2 2014

Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tipping course (science.org) Hopefully, when this does occur, it will prevent the formation of one single NH zone from the now current 3 zones. It is supposed to strengthen the…

Panics and Manias and Veblen Goods, Oh My

America’s Most Expensive Home for Sale Hits the Market for $295 Million – WSJ Donahue invented mutual funds. Each grandchild gets a cool $1 million at 18 or 21. I have been by there numerous times on a boat and just walking to the…

Higher Education: Win, Zero-Sum, or Negative Utility?

All of that can make for a very short stint in trying to effect a better future or even one slightly less dire. LS