By Daniel BrouseJune 7, 2026 I saw an interesting climate story today about the future of the Jersey Shore and the growing challenges posed by sea-level rise, coastal erosion, and increasingly frequent flooding events. One of my earliest climate-related case studies dates back to the 1990s and involved the Atlantic City casino industry. At the […]
Category Archives: Energy
The Jersey Shore’s Future: From Floating Casinos to Elevated Beaches
Also posted in Business, Environment, Finance, Global Warming, Science, Society
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
How Fast Is Climate Change Changing? Changes in Earth’s Spinning Are the Most in 3.6 Million Years
How Fast Is Climate Change Changing? Evidence for Nonlinear Acceleration Across Multiple Earth System Indicators Earth Rotation Climate Change Rate Unseen in 3.6 Million Years: GPS Precision at Stake Melting ice is lengthening days at an unmatched rate in 3.6 million years By Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee June 7, 2026 Abstract Climate change is […]
Canada’s Oil Sands, Wildfires, and the Hidden Ozone Feedback
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/wildfire-season-returns-canadas-oil-sands-2026-05-31 A recent Reuters report highlighted a familiar concern in Alberta: another wildfire season threatening Canada’s oil sands region. The article focused primarily on risks to energy production, facility shutdowns, and the economic impacts of increasingly severe wildfire activity. Yet an important aspect of these events often goes overlooked. Beyond the immediate threats to infrastructure […]
The Ozone Climate Feedback: Fossil Fuel Combustion, Methane Emissions, Wildfires, and Ecosystem Degradation as Drivers of Self-Reinforcing Global Warming
Tropospheric ozone is one of the most dangerous yet least understood environmental threats facing modern society. Invisible to the eye, it functions simultaneously as an air pollutant, a greenhouse gas, and a climate feedback amplifier. Ozone exposure is associated with millions of illnesses and premature deaths worldwide, while also damaging crops, forests, and other ecosystems […]
Also posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science, Society, Trees
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
Climate Change: What Can I Do?
Reaching Net Zero: Practical Steps That Save Money I’ve already gone net zero, and in the process I’ve saved—and earned—thousands of dollars. Reducing your impact on climate change is not only possible, it can improve your quality of life, increase resilience, and lower long-term costs. One of the most important factors is reducing unnecessary consumption. […]
Also posted in Business, Education, Global Warming, health and wellness, Science
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
Is Climate Change on a Runaway Train?
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee A Public-Access Discussion of Nonlinear Climate Risk Abstract Climate change is often discussed in terms of gradual warming. However, growing evidence suggests that many climate impacts may be accelerating through interacting feedback loops and nonlinear system behavior. This raises an important question: Is climate change entering a runaway state? […]
Also posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science, Society, Trees, weather
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
Climate Change Experiment
Author’s Note What do we think? I am an economist whose work has focused on climate risk management, complex systems, and nonlinear acceleration. My research partner, Sidd Mukherjee, is a physicist. While my background centers on economics, risk, and system dynamics, Sidd’s work extends into areas such as ultra-low-temperature physics, where measurements can approach within […]
Is Climate Change a Runaway Train?
Q: Runaway? Are you suggesting that’s possible or likely? A: It depends on how you define “runaway.”The term “runaway” is often interpreted in a very binary or absolute way, when in reality what we are dealing with may be a spectrum of increasing nonlinear behavior and interacting feedbacks.A core challenge is that we don’t yet […]
Cracked Windshields and Cracked Fractals
What Climate Science Looks Like What does climate change look like? In many ways, it resembles a cracked windshield. At first, you may not notice anything at all. Time passes. The damage appears minor or even invisible. Then one day, a small fracture catches your eye — just a tiny finger crack stretching across the […]
Also posted in Business, Education, Environment, Global Warming, Science, Society
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
The Nonlinear Acceleration Framework: Collapsing Doubling Times in Climate Change Impacts
Climate Change Acceleration A real good rule of thumb – climate impacts are accelerating at ~2^6-fold per decade. What does that mean? The Nonlinear Acceleration framework focuses on the rate of acceleration of climate change. At the time the hypothesis was first developed in the 1990s, observed acceleration rates were closer to ~2^1-fold per century […]
Also posted in Education, Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, Science, Trees
Tagged climate change
Comments closed