I Really Appreciate Science

By Dr Beck, circa FEB2016 “I Really Appreciate Science. Technology and Cute Experiments are Cool, too!” – this would be the name of the website I want to start. The first installment would be: The nature of evolution can be regarded as cooperative dissipation of energy. Every stage of evolution, including the steps that gave…

By Dr Beck Two images “The Scarred Landscape of the Climate Crisis” James Cheshire, University College London “I’ve been obsessively checking satellite imagery to witness the UK turn from green to yellow, thanks to the period extreme heat and lack of rain Europe has been enduring. The parched landscape is unlike anything I’ve seen before…

MICHAEL MANN, SHELLEY WELTON, MARK ALAN HUGHES | AUGUST 10, 2022 CLIMATE, MARKETS & REGULATION, ACCESS & EQUITY Penn faculty affiliated with the Kleinman Center give their thoughts on The Inflation Reduction Act’s potential impact on energy policy. On Sunday, the Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill on a party-line vote that included a number of landmark actions on…

More than 58 per cent of human diseases have gotten worse because of climate change, according to a new study. The groundbreaking research, published in Nature Climate Change on Monday, was conducted by researchers at Mamoa’s University of Hawaii, who carried out a systematic search for real-life examples of the impact of ten climatic hazards…

“The stickiest blood I’ve ever seen” and other weight-related factors worsen the coronavirus disease” 8 SEP 2020BYMEREDITH WADMAN for SCIENCE MAGAZINE “Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. “When the first wave of coronavirus hit the state of Vermont in the spring, patients from all corners of the state…

By Dr Beck I urge everyone to read the Rhodium Group analysis of the Senate Climate IRA Bill. Like all legislation on Climate coming through the US Congress, it is a compromise bill. Not a Green Party solution. But a solution that avoids war, none the less. I present here a condensed form for lunchtime…

From The Deseret News We are seeing the hottest summer temperatures on record. We are experiencing years on years of drought. Yet we aren’t surprised anymore. That needs to change By Cash Mendenhall On July 17, Salt Lake City met the record for the highest summer temperature in recorded history, and by the time you…

edX site sign-in for this course. “Conflicts over natural resources and the environment are among the greatest challenges in 21st-century geopolitics. These conflicts present serious threats to human security at both the national and local levels. Natural resources and the environment can nonetheless serve as a vehicle for peace if managed in a sustainable and…

This is a great course, the first of many free courses on global warming and climate change available on edX. If you wish to have a record of your ,passing’ this course with a posted grade percentage, that is also available. Sign into the edX site . For a nominal fee, you can take each…