by Daniel Brouse November 11, 2023 What do you know about the Rio Negro as it relates to climate change and carbon sinks? The Rio Negro gets its name from its color. The black water is caused by highly acidic and carbon rich water. One scientist that lives on the river called it similar to […]
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Rio Negro Climate Change Case Study
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Also tagged amazon, carbon sequestration, carbon sinks, Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC), feedback loops
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Sea Level Rise and Saturation
By Daniel Brouse October 28, 2023 What causes sea level rise? If the melting ice and snow isn’t going into the sea, where is it going? NOAA says: The volume of the ocean is expanding as the water warms. Thermal expansion happens when water gets warmer, which causes the volume of the water to increase. […]
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Also tagged flood insurance, flooding, real estate, rising sea level
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Antarctic Ice Shelves Shrink at Alarming Rate
“Scientists track ‘alarming’ melt in Antarctic ice shelves” “Forty percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves are shrinking, worrying scientists” “We expected most ice shelves to go through cycles of rapid, but short-lived shrinking, then to regrow slowly. Instead, we see that almost half of them are shrinking with no sign of recovery,” said lead author Benjamin […]
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Deadly Humid Heat in the USA
Deadly humid heat affects billions including the US Midwest this century. “It’s very disturbing,” study co-author Matthew Huber of Purdue University. “It’s going to send a lot of people to emergency medical care.” The study Greatly enhanced risk to humans as a consequence of empirically determined lower moist heat stress tolerance was conducted by Purdue […]
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Also tagged deaths, heat, real estate
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Tipped Tipping Points, Feedback Loops, and the Domino Effect
By Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee September 29, 2023 A look at three (3) of the multiple tipping points we appear to have breached and The Domino Effect: Mountain Glacier Loss Collapse of AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) Amazon Rainforest Dieback Crossing one tipping point would be alarming. For instance, crossing the tipping point for […]
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Also tagged Amazon Rainforest Dieback, AMOC, feedback loops, mountain glacier loss, rising sea level, tipping points
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Collapse of the Amazon
September 28. 2023 1) much of July was spent at record temperatures +3C 2) the collapse of the Amazon rainforest is likely to happen at +2-4C. The collapse of the Amazon is expected to occur because of changing weather patterns and circulation that result in drought. 3) Today Brazil set up a task force for […]
10% of Swiss Glaciers Melt
* As thawing accelerates, Swiss glaciers lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years * One glacier had to stop being measured because it disappeared * The thaw is irreversible * Much of Europe’s drinking water comes from the glaciers “The acceleration is dramatic, with as much ice being lost in only two […]
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Also tagged Albedo Feedback, flood insurance, flooding, real estate, rising sea level
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California Homeowners Insurance Consider Climate Change Prices
California use to only allow a max of 7% increase a year on homeowners insurance… and only base premiums on past payouts on a property. Not anymore. “California will let insurance companies consider climate change when setting their prices, the state’s chief regulator announced Thursday, a move aimed at preventing insurers from fleeing the state […]
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Also tagged extreme weather events, flood insurance, flooding, homeowners insurance, real estate, rising sea level, wildfires, wind
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Climate Change: Insurance Risk
The 9th National Risk Assessment for Homeowners Insurance found climate risks place 39 million U.S. homes at risk of losing their insurance. “Sound pricing is going to make it unaffordable to live in certain places as climate impacts emerge.” “There’s this climate insurance bubble out there,” said Jeremy Porter, the head of climate implications at […]
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Also tagged extreme weather events, flood insurance, flooding, homeowners insurance, real estate, rising sea level, wildfires, wind
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Climate Denial Part III: The Climate Denier Syndrome
by Daniel Brouse Climate Scientist In Part I, A Climate Denier Making a “False Narrative” Political Stand, Darren Wolfe made a host of false and misleading statements about climate change. In Part II, Freedom of Speech, we explained how making false climate claims is equivalent to telling people to ignore the fire alarm in a […]
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Also tagged climate denial, mental health
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