Category Archives: Global warming

A Forgotten Farming Technique Is Making a Big Comeback – Here’s Why

How a traditional farming method, trap crops, is coming back into fashion as climate change works to the advantage of many pests.

Rebuilding Rate for Santa Cruz Mountains Lightning Complex Fire Bodes Ill for Los Angeles Reconstruction, Even Before Getting to Insolvency of California State FAIR Plan Wildfire Insurance

The pace of rebuilding after the Santa Cruz Mountains wildfire in 2000 bodes ill for the likely speed of Los Angeles reconstruction.

This Week’s Unholy Mix of Drought, Wind, and Fire in Southern California: A Warning of an Accelerating Insurance Crisis in Climate-Risk Areas?

More and more homeowners are understandably worried about what insurance increases might look like in the face of intensifying climate risks.

What Should Tesla’s Stock Be Worth? Automaker, Stagnating Vehicle Sales like GM & Ford, Getting Overtaken by Competitors, Losing Share in the Booming EV Market?

Tesla is now just ar mid-size automaker amid EV competition that is eating its lunch. What might realistic valuations mean for Musk’s clout?

What Would a Net-Zero 2050 Actually Look Like?

Some Net Zero hopium. Reader evaluations encouraged.

For Science That Comes With Risks, a Key Question: Who Decides?

From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?

Climate Change Is Making Plants Less Nutritious − That Could Already Be Hurting Animals That Are Grazers

More hidden than rising seas or heatwaves, long-term changes in the nutritional value of plants could be even more disruptive.

The Collapse of Syria, BRICS, and Wishful Thinking

How the sudden collapse of the Syrian government exposes fundamental weaknesses in the BRICS initiative.

Can Europe Afford Its Energy Transition?

A not-complete tally cost estimate for Europe’s climate change containment comes in at €1.3 trillion annually to 2030, then >€1.5 trillion through 2050.

Data Centers Are Sending Global Electricity Demand Soaring

The International Energy Agency forecasts that data center demand for energy will more than double by 2026, with AI the big driver.

Experiencing Natural Disasters Increases Partisan Disagreement on Climate Change

Those experiencing a climate-change-induced disaster wind up having more polarized beliefs about the role of human action.

Geoengineering Could Alter Global Climate. Should It?

Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Book Review: The Many Bounties of Collaboration in Nature

What would make a critical mass of Americans, marinating in a rugged individualist culture, want to become their neighbors’ keepers?