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Hariram Bhopaji had no choice but to breathe the wood smoke. In his one-room home in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, he makes a living making Ravana hatha, a traditional wooden bowed instrument known as Considered to be the ancestor of the violin. He heated iron rods over fire and drilled holes in the wood, the smoke evoking bittersweet memories of his father Ugmaram ji, himself a renowned craftsman who made Ravana hadas. “One day,” his father used to say, “this smoke is going to kill us all.” Ugmaram Bhopa ji died of asthma 15 years ago. Hiraram ji, 42, also suffers…

Guest Poster Green Medical Information Research Group In a scientific bombshell that could reshape the climate debate, researchers have found evidence that Earth's atmosphere may be filled with carbon dioxide, potentially offsetting the warming effects of future emissions. [emphasis, links added] A groundbreaking new study is published in Applications in Engineering Sciences Challenging the increasingly popular narrative that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will cause catastrophic climate change. The study, conducted by scientists at Poland's Military Technical University, showed that The impact of additional carbon dioxide emissions on global temperatures may be far less severe than often…

In the transition to so-called clean and green electricity, critical minerals and metals create new challenges for electricity security. [emphasis, links added] The construction of solar power plants, wind farms and electric vehicles generally requires more minerals than fossil fuel power plants. A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional carand a Onshore wind farms require nine times more mineral resources than gas-fired power plants. Since 2010, as the share of wind and solar renewable energy in new investment has risen, the average amount of minerals required per unit of new electricity generation has increased…

A reader asked us: To what extent are cats responsible for climate change? To answer this question, we asked Sara Peach, editor-in-chief of Yale Climate Relations and a veteran environmental journalist. This is his answer: Fans of the world's furriest, most kissable animals with blades hidden in their paws come together. Let's answer this question by studying the scientific literature. On the positive side, domestic cats (scientific name: a cat) Don’t create climate-warming pollution by flying on private jets or burning gasoline to go to work. And they have a habit of hanging out naked, with no need for quick…

Author: Kirby Schlatter Is there a periodicity in ancient climate? Does the following climate model (Figure 6) represent a real climate cycle that repeats every 675 million years? If so, could the galactic spiral structure and its accompanying cosmic radiation be the culprit? Is the spiral structure of the Milky Way “stable” such that we encounter the same spiral arms and inter-arm regions over and over again as we orbit the Milky Way's gravitational center? climate change story The concept of atmospheric ionization based on the formation of aerosols and clouds induced by high-energy cosmic rays. This causes the Earth…

A recently released study concluded that several small, scattered areas of the northern Antarctic Peninsula have lost all their glaciers from 1986 to 2021. This ice loss exposes layers of rock and soil beneath the ice, providing an environment for green vegetation to begin growing (Figure 1 below) (see here and here). Based on these data, the study's authors concluded that this melting and greening process is further evidence that climate change is negatively affecting many aspects of the planet. However, the study authors failed to incorporate a wealth of relevant atmospheric and geological information into their analysis. By including…

introduce New York Climate Week (NYCW), held concurrently with the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the United Nations Future Summit, brings together more than 100,000 people to discuss some of society's most pressing issues. It’s fitting that cities – both drivers of the climate crisis and leaders in its response – took center stage at the conference against the backdrop of one of the world’s most iconic urban centres. Leading mayors from around the world, including London Mayor Sadiq Kahn, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, addressed governments, the private sector and Civil society stakeholders presented…

from masterresource Author: Robert Bradley Jr. “Social justice” requires energy freedom and energy exceptionalism for the poorest. Today, tomorrow, yesterday. A recent CarbonBrief report, How UK government-backed companies are delivering gas-fired power in Africa, reports that “a little-known company majority-owned by a UK government development agency and backed by UK aid funding has been Significant investment in gas-fired power generation across Africa. BII's Globeleq has 1,120 MW of gas-fired power plants in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Tanzania, serving power-starved regions. UK climate activists are rising up (“Don't put gas in Africa”), urging divestment from fossil fuels. “Let them have wind…

A little over a year ago, a New York Times headline declared what many said was absolute and undeniable: “The clean energy future is coming faster than you think.” [emphasis, links added] While the examples in the story are supposed to support this claim, reality tells a different story. A recent Bloomberg analysis found “Wall Street’s fast money has taken a closer look at key areas of the green economy and decided to short them.” “Despite massive green stimulus packages in the United States, Europe and China, On average, more hedge funds are net short batteries, solar, electric vehicles and…

By 2023, clean energy jobs will grow at more than twice the rate of the overall economy—and every state has its own story to tell. According to the U.S. Department of Energy's 2024 U.S. Energy and Employment Employment Report, there will be more than 500,000 jobs in the U.S. wind, solar and energy storage fields by the end of 2023. Work in these sectors includes the design, manufacturing, trading, construction and operation of energy systems. Only two states account for one-third of clean power generation jobs: California and Texas. The remaining jobs are distributed throughout the rest of the country…