CLIMATE RELATED PAGE AND 4 SUB-PAGES:

SUBPAGES

• SCIENCE ON THE SPHERE (SOS) – (CLICK HERE)
• COLORADO WEATHER AND CLIMATE (CLICK HERE)
• PAST CLIMATES-(CLICK HERE)
• EDUCATION, LITERACY AND TRAINING (CLICK HERE)

OLDER:

EXAMINING THE RECENT SLOWDOWN IN GLOBAL WARMING:

• December 22, 2014: CPR: Colorado Matters: Pacific coral may predict next spike in global temperatures 

• September 10, 2013: Yaleclimateconnections.org/2013/09/examining-the-recent-slow-down-in-global-warming/

• MORE on Colorado matters with respect to CLIMATE: http://www.cpr.org/tags/climate-change

IS CLIMATE CHANGE ALL DOOM AND GLOOM?

UPDATED 4/20/2014 – SEE #3 BELOW

Answer: NO! – but YES it’s a challenge and as humans we have always been challenged: read the history books. That doesn’t mean we stick our heads in the sand and ignore the challenges. We have human ingenuity and adaptability:

• Is ignoring and doing nothing an appropriate answer. Is resigning oneself to abdicating addressing the issue merely a way of dismissing and saying there’s nothing we can do.

  There are a lot of smart people working to meet those challenges – let me cite 3 that might be “game changers“.

• • 1. ENERGY: Moving and supporting the move to non-carbon sources of energy (renewables, a potential new game-changer: fusion, nuclear? ; see more on Energy tab)

    BIG ENERGY NEWS – FUSION: Lockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project: See http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/compact-fusion.html and

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/15/us-lockheed-fusion-idUSKCN0I41EM20141015

    2. MITIGATION – Carbon negative technology: (see more on OTHER tab – BIOCHAR)

    3.  Artificial Photosynthesis Advance Hailed As Major Breakthrough – click here – a new game changer?

  • Climate Change: What Can We Do About It?: Chuck Kutscher Video 2/24/2015 SE chapter CRES

  • Get involved in the discussion. A call to action might be more appropriate? Get Citizens for Climate Lobby or other appropriate avenues of action.

  • Colorado and National links: http://350colorado.org/ and http://350.org/

  • Look at future grid modeling/discussion: RMI Blows The Lid Off The “Baseload Power” Myth (Video3.