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An Introduction to Sea Surface Temperature

The ocean has been around for billions of years. Yet, we only started measuring oceanographic variables in the late eighteenth century. We've got a long way to go before we can fully understand it. What we do know is that it's changing at a rapid pace—and at the crux...

Mitigating Climate Change

For years (and we mean many years), the ocean helped us mitigate the early effects of human emissions by absorbing greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and heat, from the atmosphere. As a result, more than 90 percent of the warming that happened on Earth between 1971...

How the energy industry impacts the environment

In Texas, the energy industry plays an important role, particularly when it comes to green energy. Because of the prominence coal, oil, and renewable energy play in the Lone Star State, concerns over CO2 emission levels are equally important. Burning fossil fuels and...

Map: Covid-19 Slashed Global Air Pollution

Mar 26, 2020 | Environment

The covid-19 pandemic has changed the world, grinding to a halt increasingly large geographic areas and portions of the economy in an effort to slow the virus’ spread. The impacts have been profound on the ground, but government-mandated lockdowns have also remade the...

Book Review: Climate Change, What Everyone Needs to Know

Jan 1, 2020 | Novels & Books

A new book makes the case that those who understand the basics of climate change and clean energy will be the “smart money” in the coming years. Those who don’t, however, will make bad decisions for themselves and their family. They might, for instance, end up holding...

TV Shows Tackling Climate Change

Nov 24, 2019 | Movies & Reviews, Radio & TV

Here are three great TV shows that have incorporated the biggest crisis facing humanity today into their stories. Why only three? Because that’s all we could find.TV showrunners have a lot of work to do. We came into this blog with a pretty simple goal: To write a...

We are acting on climate change, not on renewable energy yet

Sep 7, 2019 | Renewable Energy

Energy is the lifeblood of all societies. But the production of energy from the burning of fossil fuels produces carbon emissions that are released into the atmosphere on a grand scale. The energy sector accounts for more than 70% of these emissions, which are...

Why the growing alarm over climate change is justified

Mar 13, 2019 | Environment

Bestselling US reporter David Wallace-Wells says the planet’s future depends on WWII-like fear and alarm in the face of climate change. David Wallace-Wells, and perhaps only he, might have found a single glimmer of solace in Nelson’s recent fires. To talk about...

Blockchain Climate Change Initiatives And Global Warming

Mar 1, 2019 | Environment

Blockchain has been touted as a solution for problems ranging from curing cancer to legitimizing the black market in the US Prison System. While some use cases are definitely more tenuous than others, there is currently a lot of faith in blockchain climate change...