In David Keith’s talk “A Critical Look at Geoengineering Against Climate Change,” Keith discusses the potential and ethics of geoengineering in relation to the climate change crisis. He first acknowledges that the crisis is real, referring to a 1953 article about climate change published in The New York Times and the SRES scenarios. What KeithContinue reading “Summary of “A Critical Look at Geoengineering Against Climate Change””

On Friday, November 1st, Dr. Emanuele Di Lorenzo of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech, gave a talk at Emory University titled “Rising climate variance and tendency for global synchrony in marine ecological systems.” The talk described how changes in global temperature have different time-dependent effects on atmospheric, oceanic, and marineContinue reading “Climate Change: Integrated Systems”

In her talk “How Pollution is Changing the Earth’s Chemistry,” Triona McGrath discusses ocean acidification and its consequences. Oceans have absorbed 25% of all of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, causing it to become more acidic. This trend is represented by data collected near the coast of Hawaii, where the concentrations of CO2, representedContinue reading “Summary of “How Pollution is Changing the Earth’s Chemistry””

On Monday, November 18th, a mock COP 25 was held at Emory University to simulate the real COP that has yet to take place in December. The participating members broke into the developing nations (Singapore, Chile and Jordan), the BRICS countries without Russia or South Africa, and the developed nations. Smaller groups were organized asContinue reading “Emory Mock COP 25 Synopsis”

Name: Ambika Natarajan Country: Singapore Impacts:  The foremost concerns regarding the changing climate in Singapore are due to sea-level rise. Thermal expansion and the melting of the ice caps threaten the security of the country, as 30% of Singapore is 5 meters below the mean sea level height, and most of the country is onlyContinue reading “Singapore Climate Change Synopsis”

Implications of COP 24 for Disaster-Prone Nations The 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 24) in Katowice, Poland had its success in the adoption of the Paris Rulebook, but it lacked emphasis on climate change-related disaster recovery. The conference was able to settle on more rigorous requirements for reporting nationally determined contributions (NDC’s) ofContinue reading “Blog”