Heavy Metal
#Global Warming #EconomyOver 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.…
Forget Democracy in the Middle East. Trump Wants Deals.
#Trump #PoliticsThe president sees fortunes to be made in a new Middle East defined not by Sunni vs. Shiite, but by OpenAI and Grok.…
Surprise! Ice is rebounding at BOTH poles — climate is more complex than we know
#Global Warming #ScienceTwo 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.…
Nicht Trump ist das grösste Problem von Harvard, sondern einige der Professoren
#Education #Islam #RacismEine Universität mit Professoren, die ihren Lehrauftrag so gründlich missverstehen, hat ein Problem. Und dieses heisst nicht Donald Trump.…
Harvard Is an Islamist Outpost
#Islam #Israel #RacismI 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.…
Forscher erklären 100'000-Jahre-Zyklus der Eiszeiten
#Global Warming #ScienceWarum 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.…
The Underappreciated Importance of Climate Variability
#Global Warming #ScienceOne 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.…
Oceans Giving Back a Little C02
#Global Warming #ScienceCarbon dioxide is indeed the ‘stuff of life’, underpinning photosynthesis, boosting plant growth, enhancing agricultural yields, and enabling practical applications in industry.…
Constructing Climate Catastrophism
#Global Warming #Science #UNOClimate 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.…