IMPERILED INFRASTRUCTURE
Partial photo: Kelly Sikkema Nearly a quarter of U.S. critical infrastructure—utilities, airports, police stations and more—is at risk of being[…]
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Author: Gail McCormick
Gail McCormick has been a leader in climate change activism for over 40 years. Her relevant award-winning art has been shown in museums, university galleries, and at the landmark UN Rio Conference. As a board member of HealthLink, she helped eradicate antiquated Massachusetts coal power plants and has been chair of Sustainable Arlington, MA. She has a Master’s degree from Columbia University. Follow her on Twitter @GailMcCormick20.
SOLAR SAIL!
Image: Solbian Solar A yacht with 60 square meters of solar panels produces 30-50 kWh of energy per day, enough[…]
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KUROSHIO CURRENT WARMING, A WARNING?
Focus has been on the Gulf Stream slowdown, but other parts of the ocean could be problematic. The Kuroshio Current[…]
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COMPRESSED AIR SOLUTION
Photo: Hydrostar Canadian location Compressed air energy storage (CAES) can store energy on a grid scale and is billed as[…]
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SURPRISE FOR THE NORTHEAST
The Northeastern US is a global warming hotspot; 2 degrees Celsius of summer warming has already occurred. Not only are[…]
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HFC-FREE FRIDGE HASSLE
Pound for pound hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants (HFCs) trap thousands of times more heat than CO2. Increasing global demand for cooling and[…]
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ACCELERATED ARCTIC ICE LOSS
Partial photo: William Justen de Vasconcellos Arctic ice levels logged in the last two years have reached record lows,[…]
Read moreAN IMPENDING CALAMITY – Chapter 2
CHAPTER TWONEXT DAYOFFICECENTER FOR CLIMATE SYSTEMS RESEARCHCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, EARTH INSTITUTEMANHATTANKYLE HARDIN WASN’T READY TO SPIT NAILS, BUT HE CERTAINLY WAS[…]
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WONDERFUL WHEATGRASS
Photo from Land Institute website Kernza, a wheatgrass, is a distant relative of regular wheat. It doesn’t produce nearly as[…]
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EMISSIONS FROM WATER BODIES
Partial photo: Leon Ephraim Rivers and streams are a large source of greenhouse gases with water pollution making their emissions[…]
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