It’s yet another irony of the Trump era. Mr. Trump thinks Europe’s economic regulations and trade barriers exist to take advantage of America. But the EU’s biggest victims are Europeans. Mr. Trump could just sit this one out.
The IMF puts the hidden cost of trading goods inside the EU at the equivalent of a 45% tariff. For services the figure climbs to 110%, higher than Trump’s “Liberation day” tariffs on Chinese imports—measures many saw as a near-embargo.
Die Rede von den drei abrahamitischen Religionen sei ein Täuschungsmanöver, schreibt der Autor Chaim Noll. Die Gleichstellung von Judentum, Christentum und Islam verschleiere das Gewaltpotenzial des Koran.
Over the last 7,000 years humans have mined more than 700 million tonnes copper. The metals requirements of a net zero energy transition, the world will need to produce another 700 million tonnes of copper over the next 22 years.
Two new studies show that the Earth’s climate is far more complex than often acknowledged, reminding us of the importance of pragmatic energy and climate policies.
I taught at Harvard from 1993 through 2014, and I don’t think the federal government’s threats will be effective at changing the university’s culture. Harvard’s leaders don’t yet understand the danger that culture poses to the country or why it required intervention.
Warum es alle hunderttausend Jahre zu einer Eiszeit kommt, konnte bisher nicht komplett erklärt werden. Nun hat ein internationales Forscherteam mit Schweizer Beteiligung die Faktoren identifiziert: Neben der Sonne spielt die Wechselwirkung von Klima und Gletschern eine Rolle.
One of the most pervasive misunderstandings of climate is the belief that any long-term trend in a measured climate variable indicates a change in climate, as defined by the IPCC. In practice, “long-term” is often defined to be only a few decades worth of observations.
Carbon dioxide is indeed the ‘stuff of life’, underpinning photosynthesis, boosting plant growth, enhancing agricultural yields, and enabling practical applications in industry.
Climate scenarios are ridiculously opaque, as if they are designed not to be understood by intelligent people outside the small community of scholars who invent these scenarios. More people should understand how the sausage is made.
