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60 results for “Ember”
September 12, 2026Transitions Often Brings Out Creativity, New Ideas and Solutions
July 9, 2026The Arctic: Climate Change is Changing the Chemistry … and More
June 13, 2026He Is on The Way - El-Nino That Is
May 9, 2026Climate, Renewables, War: Trying to Make Sense of it All
February 14, 2026Climate Science: “Rise of the Renewables”
January 14, 2026The Arctic Is Changing: The John Franklin Expedition
December 13, 2025Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Rivers
November 8, 2025Our Planet Earth is Rare and So Are Many of its Elements
October 11, 2025And The Renewable Energy Story Continues: It is Unstoppable
September 13, 2025All Things Electric: Ferries, Buses, Cars. It’s Happening; Now.
July 12, 2025Extreme Weather, Climate Change, Global Warming: It is Here
May 17, 2025With Warming Climate, Planting Zones Are Changing: Animals Are Noticing Too
February 25, 2025The Data Still Stands: Unlike Ice It Will Not Melt Away
January 15, 2025Information and Individuals Matter; and More Progress
December 15, 2024Earth’s Climate System: Complex, But Our Understanding Grows
November 12, 2024The Oceans, Their Complexity and Their Major Role in Earth’s Climate
October 15, 2024Warmer Ocean Waters, Climate Tidbits, Renewables and More
September 14, 2024Earth Time is Changing and Renewables Too
April 14, 2024Dunkelflaute? Zombie Fires? New Issues and Words Used in the Climate Crisis
March 22, 2024Sea Surface Temperatures are High: Good Chance for Another Record Weather Year
February 10, 2024F.U.D. … A Climate Related Acronym
January 19, 2024“Let’s Do the Numbers,” For Earth’s Climate That Is
December 16, 2023COP 28, … And The Circus Continues
November 15, 2023Dueling Banjo’s: Dueling Energy Report and Giant Oil’s Responsd
October 15, 2023Climate Chaos: Climate Anxiety and the S-Curve
September 15, 2023This and That; Climate Chaos Has Many Fronts
June 11, 2023Solar: Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transportation and Power Generation
March 15, 2023Youth at Work! … Also, We Now Have a New Mantra, “Electrify Everything.”
February 10, 2023In Time?: Globally, The World Invested $1.1 Trillion in 2022 on Renewables
January 15, 2023A Distant View of Earth: “Earth Set” from Beyond the Moon
December 15, 2022Antarctica: A Birthday of Sorts, The Antarctic Treaty
November 12, 2022Permafrost Regions: What is Happening There?
October 8, 2022Science and Research: Understanding the Workings of Our Planet
September 15, 2022Transportation and the Transition Revolution
February 15, 2022Blue Hydrogen, Green Hydrogen; What’s with these Colors and Their Connection to Climate Change?
January 7, 2022Greenwashing? What Does This Have to do With Climate Change?
December 11, 2021Oceans: Our Buddy for Ameliorating Climate Change; But There Are Limits
November 18, 2021Artists See Climate Change in Paintings; They Do Not Need a Thermometer
October 15, 2021Oceans, The Twilight Zone, its Wonders and Importance
September 12, 2021Weather Happenings and Some Peoples Response
June 9, 2021Maya Lin, Ghost Trees and Sea Level Rise
April 15, 2021Rivers of Air, Rivers of Water: Major Parts of our Changing Climate System
March 13, 2021Greenland: A World Apart is Changing
February 13, 2021Transitions, Transitions and More Transitions
January 15, 2021We Have a Climate Emissions “Gap” Problem but Solutions Exist
December 15, 2020Climate Change: Banks Are a Major Source of the Problem ... and the Solution
November 15, 2020Transitions, Disruptions, Problems and Possibilities
September 15, 2020Supply and Demand: It Matters, and Some Oil Companies Are Getting the Message
July 11, 2020Transitions and Disruptions of the Status Quo
May 8, 2020Phenology: It’s All In The Timing
March 31, 2020There are Report Cards, and Then, .... There are Report Cards
January 16, 2020Renewable Energy: Coming of Age, Here and Now, and Perhaps Just in Time [?]
December 13, 2019Tuktoyaktuk: An Inuvialuit Town at the Frontline of Climate Change
November 15, 2019Yes, Carbon Dioxide is really the Problem
October 15, 2019Climate Change: Climate Crises, What are We Doing?
September 15, 2019Climate Change and Losses
April 17, 2019Convergence: How Climate Change Brought Two Women Artists Together
March 9, 2019Climate Change and The Power of One
February 15, 2019Climate Change: “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”
January 10, 2019Climate Change: People vs. Entrenched Interests