The Green Grok
blogging towards a more sustainable path with Dr. Bill Chameides
Visualizing Climate Science
by Bill ChameidesNov 24, 2009
filed under: climate, climate science, NASA
Having trouble finding that perfect image or video to explain the impact of melting sea ice or rising CO2 levels to Uncle Vern over the Thanksgiving holiday? NASA is here to help.
Truth in Advertising?
by Bill ChameidesNov 23, 2009
filed under: energy, glaciers, Grok Image
A quick look at how some admen in the early 1960s framed the energy equation.
Building Hope One House at a Time
by Bill ChameidesNov 20, 2009
filed under: Builders of Hope, buildings, business, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, homelessness, housing, Nancy Murray, recycling, sustainability, waste
Nancy Murray has taken recycling to a whole new level — she recycles houses.
Speaking of Coal and Natural Gas
by Bill ChameidesNov 19, 2009
filed under: carbon dioxide emissions, coal, economics, electricity, natural gas
Here are some numbers to ponder about our U.S. electricity generation.
Changing Climate Change Legislation
by Bill ChameidesNov 17, 2009
filed under: cap and trade, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, economics, energy, global warming, green investments, greenhouse gas emissions, Jim Webb, Jimmy Carter, Kerry-Boxer climate bill, Lamar Alexander, legislation, nuclear, policy, politics, U.S. Congress, United States, Waxman-Markey climate bill
A new bipartisan bill was proposed on Monday. Is it real or a pretender?
World Cries Uncle on Climate Deal
by Bill ChameidesNov 16, 2009
filed under: Barack Obama, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, international, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, policy, politics, U.S. Congress, UNFCCC, United States
News flash from Singapore: no climate deal from Copenhagen next month.
Another Volcano, Another Cold Snap
by Bill ChameidesNov 13, 2009
filed under: Antarctica, El Nino-Southern Oscillation, global cooling, global warming, Greenland, La Nina, Mount Pinatubo, Mount Tambora, Pulse of the Planet, solar cycle, solar variation, sulfur dioxide, volcanoes
Analysis of sulfur isotopes in ice cores fingers a volcano in the 19th-century dip in global temperatures.
Small Underwater Changes May Be Big Deal for Life Everywhere
by Bill ChameidesNov 12, 2009
filed under: C cycle, carbon, ecosystems, lakes, N cycle, nitrogen, photosynthesis, phytoplankton, pollution
Air pollution is causing a fundamental change in the way lakes work.
Whither Wilderness?
by Bill ChameidesNov 11, 2009
filed under: American history, conservation, John Muir, Roderick Nash, Theodore Roosevelt, wilderness
Wilderness is a state of mind, argues environmental historian Roderick Nash.
A Global Diet on Livestock Emissions
by Bill ChameidesNov 10, 2009
filed under: animals, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, cows, deforestation, forests, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, meat, methane, nitrogen oxides, REDD, Reductions in Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, waste
You’ve heard about REDD, the program to "reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation." Why not RECC, an effort to Reduce Emissions from Cows and Cattle?
