Climate Futures
Various impacts of climate change on the world of our children and grandchildren.
Climate Futures
“Hope clouds observation.” — Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965 novel
Home Sales Sink Across Florida Amid Hurricane Recovery, Surging HOA and Insurance Costs
Lily Katzredfin.com
In these latter days everybody is familiar with concepts like the carbon footprint, sustainability, and the like. Measures of the ecological cost of the things we do. One of the most irksome problems bedeviling Earth's biosphere at present is the outrageous cost of many aspects of many human lifestyles. Society is gradually and too late awakening... See more
Albert Burneko • Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars
Unsparing commentary on where we are, from the article “Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars”
The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear? | Agriculture | The Guardian
Tess McClure • The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?
Report: Appalachia Could Be a Haven for Climate Change Migrants
Janie Ekere • Report: Appalachia Could Be a Haven for Climate Change Migrants
Helene’s floodwaters have abated, but the risk of more potentially deadly landslides persists in the region, scientists say • Asheville Watchdog
PETER LEWISavlwatchdog.org
Good summary of landslide danger and reasons for it in WNC
But the big uncertainty that determines whether 2100 is a happy place or a less happy place is our decisions on what we do with emissions. And they dwarf the uncertainties that we’re talking about here. We’re talking 0.1, 0.2 degrees. Well, the difference emissions make is 1 degree, 2 degrees, 3 degrees. So it’s an order of magnitude larger. And... See more