by Daniel Brouse September 12, 2022 Climate change tipping points are positions in an evolving situation that lead to a new and irreversible development. Some of these tipping points have already been crossed. The methane that escaped from under melting polar ice can not be put back. Melted ice that formed in the Alps 25,000 […]
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Tripping Over Tipping Points
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The Cost of Climate Change: USD 178 trillion
“Time is no longer running out to act on climate change; it’s up,” reports Deloitte. Unchecked climate change could cost the global economy USD 178 trillion over the next 50 years. “The human costs would be far greater: a lack of food and water, a loss of jobs, worsening health and well-being, reduced standard of […]
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Worldwide Droughts
August 2022 There are droughts in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. * UN lists 23 countries that are in severe drought: Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Pakistan, the United States and Zambia. * U.S. officials […]
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Europe Drought: And Yes, All Fish Will Die
Water wars… coming to a town near you: * Europe hydrogeneration is down 20% in France, down 30% in Italy, and down 50% in Spain. And, did you know solar panels are less efficient in high temperatures? There is more resistance in all power lines, too. * Germany the Rhine water levels fall to new […]
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Climate Endgame: Exploring Catastrophic Climate Change
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America released the study Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios: Prudent risk management requires consideration of bad-to-worst-case scenarios. Yet, for climate change, such potential futures are poorly understood. Could anthropogenic climate change result in worldwide societal collapse or even eventual human extinction? […]
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Immigration and the Wage Inflation Spiral
An important factor in our inflation situation is immigration. The US has stagnant population growth (as does the UK, EU, etc. Japan has a declining population.) During the Trump administration, the US drastically curtailed immigration. The Biden administration continues to do so today. The result has been wage inflation. The wage inflation that started in […]
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Observed Increases in Well-mixed Greenhouse Gases
2021 saw the largest emissions of greenhouse gases in human history. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported: The Current State of the Climate * It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. * Observed increases in […]
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Climate Change: Adapt or Die
United Nations Press Release — UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are among the “unavoidable multiple climate hazards” the world will face over the next two decades due to global warming. UN-IPCC-Climate-Change-March-2022 […]
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Daniel Brouse: About the Author
Q: Any background on membrane .com? A: In 1994, I started a publishing company with another scientist (low temperature physicist and co-builder of the Ohio States supercomputer). The name of the publishing company is The Philadelphia Spirit Experiment. As the name suggests, it is a scientific experiment in the publishing of arts and science. At […]
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