By Andy May This is the seventh and last post in my series on the hazards of climate change. In this post we examine the effects of climate change on glaciers and sea level rise. The first six examined the effect of humans on the environment, the effect of the growing human population, climate changeContinue reading “Glaciers and Sea Level Rise”
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Global Warming and Extreme Weather
By Andy May In this post, the sixth of seven, we will discuss the connection between climate change and extreme weather. In previous posts, we’ve discussed whether humans are harming the environment, whether our population is growing too fast, the cost of global warming, are species extinctions increasing, and climate related mortality. In the IPCCContinue reading “Global Warming and Extreme Weather”
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Climate-related Deaths and Insecurity
By Andy May In the cartoon the guy being tortured is saying “OKAY! I believe mankind causes global warming!” The priest is saying “Very well… give the heretic back his research funds.” The cartoon is by Cox and Forkum (2007) In this post we will discuss the assertion that there will be more climate-related deathsContinue reading “Climate-related Deaths and Insecurity”
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Extinctions and shutting down the Gulf Stream
By Andy May This is part four of our series on climate change costs and hazards. The first three parts were on humans and the environment, population and the food supply, and the cost of global warming. In this part we examine the assertion that man-made climate change, the growth of the human population, andContinue reading “Extinctions and shutting down the Gulf Stream”
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Calculating the Cost of Global Warming
By Andy May Hopefully, the first two posts in this series, “Do humans harm the environment” and “Population Growth and the Food Supply” have convinced the reader that man-made climate change and global warming are not an existential threat to humanity or the planet. This leaves us in a discussion of the cost of globalContinue reading “Calculating the Cost of Global Warming”
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Population Growth and the food supply
By Andy May This is the second of seven posts on the potential costs and hazards of human-caused global warming and the impact of humans on the environment. The first post is on humans and the environment (here). The IPCC WGII AR5 Technical Summary, defines “hazards” as follows on page 39: “The potential occurrence ofContinue reading “Population Growth and the food supply”
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Do humans harm the environment?
By Andy May This is the first of seven posts on the potential costs and hazards of human-caused global warming and the impact of humans on the environment in general. The IPCC WGII AR5 Technical Summary, defines “hazards” on page 39: “The potential occurrence of a natural or human-induced physical event or trend or physicalContinue reading “Do humans harm the environment?”
