Methane is one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases… and, is part of an exponential negative feedback loop: Methane in the atmosphere causes the climate to warm A warmer climate causes permafrost to melt… Releasing more methane and CO2… Making the climate warmer… Melting more permafrost… Releasing more methane and CO2… Melting, more permafrost, etc., […]
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Methane Emissions Soar to Record High
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COVID-19 Durability, Enhancement, Infection and Exposure?
I asked: have you seen any studies on COVID immunity durability and enhancement? No, but here is some material on the difficulty of testing for COVID infection and COVID exposure Article by lowe in science blogs: “from The Lancet on a large study in Spain. Testing tens of thousands of people across the country continues […]
The Real Mortality Rate of COVID-19
By Daniel Brouse, scientist and statistician July 7, 2020 The Mortality Rate for COVID-19 in the State of Pennyslvania is 13.68%. I grew weary of people trying to argue the mortality rate in the state of PA. I was being conservative and lazy… estimating it around 7.5% (deaths / cases = mortality rate). The science […]
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The Economic Costs of COVID Re-openings
The mortality rate for COIVD is between 7-8% in PA. (* The actual mortality rate is closer to 14%) It has been since the pandemic started, and still is. An estimated additional 15% of the recovered have permanent disabilities. What is the cost of life and health on the economy? The benefit-cost analysis of a […]
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Tagged #StayAtHome, COVID-19, Economics, money
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Far More Properties At Risk: Flood Insurance Exposure
The last link is a map that lets you find flood risk exposed properties by zipcode Far more properties at flood risk than estimated: ” far more U.S. homes — an estimated 14.6 million — face flooding conditions on par with those in FEMA’s 100-year floodplain. In contrast, FEMA’s maps classify 8.7 million homes as […]
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Tagged climate change, flood insurance, flooding, real estate, rising sea level
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Climate Change and Mortgage Change
New York Times By Christopher Flavelle June 19, 2020 Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage Climate change is starting to transform the classic home loan, a fixture of the American experience and financial system that dates back generations. WASHINGTON — Up and down the coastline, rising seas and climate change are transforming […]
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Lockdowns and Shutdowns Prevented Over 530 Million Infections
Nature Accelerated Article Preview The effect of large-scale anti-contagion-policies on the COVID-19 pandemic Governments around the world are responding to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic1 with unprecedented policies designed to slow the growth rate of infections. Many actions, such as closing schools and restricting populations to their homes, impose large and visible costs on society, […]
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Climate Change 2020
Our Infrastructure Is Being Built for a Climate That’s Already Gone Our drain pipes, reservoirs, power lines, roads, sewage systems, and more are all designed based on past climate data. But with the climate crisis comes the uncomfortable realization that the past can’t predict what we’ll need in the future. by Shayla Love Jun 2 […]
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Tagged climate change, flood insurance, real estate, rising sea level, tree death, trees
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COVID-19 and Air Pollution
by Daniel Brouse March 25, 2020 Email: help@membrane.com Abstract: Many compromised respiratory and immune systems are a result of air pollution. COVID-19 is having a larger impact on the population due to underlying compromised respiratory and immune systems caused by air pollution. Hypothesis: Large portions of the world are susceptible to particulate and ozone pollution. […]
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Tagged air pollutin, compromised immune system, COVID-19, NAD, ozone, particulate pollution, respiratory system, Tropospheric Ozone
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Vulnerability in the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Scientists just discovered a massive new vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet Scientists have found a new point of major vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet, in a region that already appears to be changing as the climate warms and has the potential to raise sea levels by nearly five feet over the long term. […]