by Daniel Brouse March 27, 2025 Climate change is accelerating soil degradation at an alarming rate, pushing once-productive land toward desertification much faster than historical trends. While natural desertification can take centuries, human-induced climate change and land mismanagement are speeding up the process, with significant consequences. What makes soil so crucial to addressing the climate […]
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Why Soil Might Be the Most Important Piece of the Climate Change Puzzle
by Daniel Brouse March 27, 2025 Global warming is driven by an increase in thermal energy within the Earth’s climate system. This system is made up of interconnected subsystems, including the atmosphere, oceans, and land. Chaos theory highlights the complexity and nonlinearity of these dynamic systems, and this complexity is particularly evident in the intricate […]
How Climate Change Accelerates Erosion: Causes, Impacts, and Risks
by Daniel Brouse March 27, 2025 Soil is a vital component of the climate system and highly vulnerable to change. Erosion and degradation have severe short-term impacts and can ultimately lead to desertification. Erosion Feedback Loop Climate change accelerates erosion by altering weather patterns, increasing extreme weather events, and disrupting land and water interactions. More […]
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The Moving Target: How Weather and Climate Normals Mask Long-Term Warming
by Daniel Brouse March 26, 2025 It is crucial to understand that the rate of climate change is accelerating rapidly. Weather and climate normals are essentially moving averages used to establish a baseline for comparing current weather and climate conditions. These averages help define what is considered “typical” for a location over a given period. […]
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Climate Change and Allergies: How a Longer Growing Season is Making Pollen Worse
by Daniel Brouse March 23, 2025 The growing season in the Northeastern U.S. has increased by about 20 days due to climate change, primarily because of rising temperatures and shifts in seasonal weather patterns. Here’s how this is happening and how it contributes to increased allergies: Why the Growing Season is Longer Earlier Springs & […]
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Escalating Climate Crisis: Extreme Weather Displaces Hundreds of Thousands in 2024
by Daniel Brouse March 19, 2025 Not only was 2024 the hottest year on record, but it also set a record for the number of people displaced, including in the U.S. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that 2024 was the hottest year on record, with global temperatures averaging 1.55°C above pre-industrial levels. This unprecedented […]
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Trumpenomics: How Tariffs, Policy Cuts, and Labor Shortages Are Devastating American Farmers
by Daniel Brouse March 13, 2025 Recent policies enacted by the President have had significant financial repercussions on American farmers, leading to substantial economic losses. 1. Impact of Tariffs and Retaliatory Measures The Trump 2.0 administration’s imposition of tariffs, particularly on steel and aluminum, has triggered retaliatory tariffs from major trading partners such as China, […]
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A Storm Brewing in Global Trade
by Daniel Brouse March 12, 2025 Daily Market Update: A Storm Brewing in Global Trade While domestic markets remained relatively calm, international markets reacted with volatility to the latest round of tariffs, escalating trade tensions worldwide. In Trump 1.0, steel and aluminum tariffs were introduced at 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum, selectively targeting […]
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The Devastating Impact of Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
By Daniel Brouse March 12, 2025 The Perterson Report released an analysis of the Trump steel and aluminum tariffs imposed during his first term that are very similar to the tariffs that went into effect today. In his last term, the result was a net loss of 75,000 manufacturing jobs and each job ‘saved’ cost […]
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World Economics 101: The United States and Global Trade Dynamics
by Daniel Brouse February 28, 2025 World Economics 101: For Dummies The world is a big place. The USA is a small part of it. Though we have the largest economy, it is only a fraction of the overall world economy. The US is completely dependent on a strong world economy. The US has been […]
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