Entries from Open the Future tagged with 'Climate System Tipping Point'
Pushing Back Against the Methane Tipping Point
(This is a long piece, but I'm putting it all on the front page because it's a massive issue.) A piece in the latest issue of Science shows that there's a considerable amount of methane (CH4) coming from the East...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on March 9, 2010 10:50 AM
The Return of El Niño
I've been awakened several times this week at 4am by 30+ mile-per-hour winds ripping through the bushes in the backyard, pushing the soaked metal table around on the stone patio. The rain is loud, but the wind somehow more disturbing,...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on January 21, 2010 4:16 PM
Methane: It's Not Just From Your Cheeseburger
I noted at the end of August reports of methane "leaks" in the Arctic circle. The Independent has another report, offering more detail on the findings. Alex at Worldchanging put up a piece about it today, bringing a lot more...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on September 24, 2008 12:28 PM
Methane Trigger for Geo & Bio Engineering
Methane (CH4) is 20-25 times more powerful a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2). We're quite familiar with one source of atmospheric methane -- enteric fermentation in cattle (see my innumerable posts about cheeseburger carbon footprints). But there's another...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on August 30, 2008 2:29 PM
Peak Oil vs. Global Warming
Could we avoid the worst ravages of global warming because we run out of oil? Not since King Kong vs. Godzilla have we seen a monster fight of this magnitude. Disaster vs. Disaster! Things Fall Apart vs. The Center Cannot...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on March 25, 2008 10:38 AM
Solving the Climate Crisis
With Al Gore and the IPCC wining the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, lots of people are talking about global warming. The remaining holdouts and dead-enders continue to bray about hoaxes and imaginary disputes, but by and large the dominant focus...
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Posted by Jamais Cascio on October 13, 2007 9:46 PM
Must-Know Concepts for the 21st Century
My colleague at IEET, George Dvorsky, posted a list of concept about the future that he sees as vital for people who consider themselves to be intelligent to know and understand. His goal is admirable: too much of what passes...
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Posted by Jamais Cascio on December 31, 2006 1:14 PM
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