by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee In a vacuum, everything falling to earth accelerates at 9.8 m/s^2 (32ft/s^2) [the downward speed increases at 9.8 m/s (32 ft/s) every second.] Rain accelerates down to earth initially at 9.8 m/s^2, but air resistance slows the drops to a constant speed called the terminal velocity which depends on […]
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Climate Change: A Hard Rain Is Falling
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Tagged climate change, damage, extreme weather events, physics, rain
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Climate Change and Pathogens
In the report published in Nature entitled Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change, data analyst and associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawaii Manoa, Camilo Mora, said climate hazards aggravated 58% of all known human pathogens. That is over half of […]
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Tagged adapt, climate change, disease, pathogens
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Florida Insurance Regulators Taking an “unprecedented” and “extraordinary” Step
The St. Lucie News Tribune reports: Florida insurance regulators are taking an “unprecedented” and “extraordinary” step to try and prevent tens of thousands of homeowners from being forced to look for new property insurance coverage if rating agency Demotech follows through on plans to downgrade many Florida carriers. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced […]
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Tagged climate change, extreme weather events, flood insurance, flooding, real estate, rising sea level
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Air Pollution and Cognitive Decline, Dementia
In a UK study, a causal relationship has been established between air pollution and cognitive decline / dementia. The primary cause is a decline in blood flow to the brain. Cognitive decline, dementia and air pollution COMEAP reviewed nearly 70 studies in human populations (epidemiological studies) which looked at possible links between air pollution and […]
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Tropical Stratospheric Ozone Loss and Rocket Debris
We might have another problem. A whole buncha people, Elon Musk included, are launching thousands of satellites designed to fall into atmosphere at end of life (decade or less) and burn up, not to speak of rocket exhaust… except the products of that burning are all kindsa metal and other oxides whose chemical effects on […]
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Green Energy Storage: The Sand Battery
by Daniel Brouse One of the main problems with solar and wind energy is storage. They are great for making electricity when the sun is out or the wind is blowing, but how can you store energy for dark windless nights in the cold of winter of the heat of summer? Neither lead acid nor […]
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Obtaining Net Zero: Can we use solar to electrify everything?
by Daniel Brouse June 25, 2022 Q: What about solar energy? Can’t we use solar for everything? A: Solar can provide all the energy we need for cars. Solar can provide around 50% of our overall electric needs. However, solar will not work for ships and jets… nor steel or cement. Solar could produce green […]
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Tagged climate change, green hyrdorgen, nuclear, solar energy
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2022 Climate Refugees in the USA
Climate change will eventually cause most American’s real estate to become worthless and uninhabitable. “Currently, we have crossed the tipping point when human induced climate change triggers a chain reaction of feedback loops. The Earth will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (average global surface temperature over the surface of the earth for ten years) by the […]
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Tagged climate change, climate refugees, extreme weather events, real estate
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How to Go Net-zero and Beyond
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee June 22, 2022 Reaching “net zero” is easy, cheap, and saves you thousands of dollars, not to mention, you can help save the planet. Here are some things I’ve done to reach net zero without sacrificing my standard-of-living. In fact, I’ve gone beyond net zero in an attempt to […]
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Cost of Property Insurance in Florida
Florida Politics reports in their article, As climate in Florida sets ‘new normal,’ cost of property insurance will separate haves, have-nots: “Insurers believe that due to climate change, this is the new normal. They’re finding that catastrophic and non-catastrophic weather events are increasing in severity every year,” said Paul Handerhan, president of the Federal Association […]
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Tagged climate change, extreme weather events, flood insurance, flooding, real estate, rising sea level
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