Global Warming

Energy Future and Climate Change

Melissa Stasiuk and Dr Sergey Ishutov Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Energy Footprint, Energy Usage, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Hydrogen, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainability August 6, 2024July 20, 2024Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Cost of living, energy efficiency, Energy Usage, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, sustainable living

Gorgeous blue and red sunset over a lake with large power lines protrusing high above the water.

To mitigate the anthropogenic impact on climate change, it’s imperative to optimize the energy sector and our use of energy. Here, we explore possibilities.

Climate History dates back further than you think

Chrystal Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, History May 16, 2023July 9, 2023Carbon Footprint, Charles Keeling, Climate crisis, Climate History, Climate Science, Eunice Foote, Global Warming, Guy Callendar, ice cores, John Tyndall, Joseph Black, Joseph Fourier, Keeling Curve, Nimbus satellites, Svante Arrhenius, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

We felt it timely to reground ourselves in why we take the actions we take to help mitigate the climate crisis. In a word, it’s science. And climate Science has been around for hundreds of years!

Do you know the comprehensive history of climate science?

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Science, Emissions, Environment, Global Warming, History May 2, 2023April 30, 2023Antarctica, carbon dioxide, Carbon Emissions, CFCs, Charles Keeling, Climate Change, Climate Science, Eunice Foote, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, greenhouse gases, Guy Callendar, ice core, John Tyndall, Joseph Black, Joseph Fourier, Keeling Curve, Montreal Protocol, Nimbus satellites, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

Landscape image of very blue glacier over still water

Climate science is not new. In fact, it’s been around for hundreds of years! Let’s do some time travel and explore the comprehensive history of climate science. Let’s see what climate science theories hold up, 250+ years later.

The IPCC: act now before the window of opportunity closes

Chrystal Biodiversity, Carbon Footprint, Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Science, Emissions, Global Warming March 30, 2023March 30, 20236th Assessment Report, anthropogenic climate change, AR6, carbon budget, emissions reduction, Global Warming, IPCC, Summary for Policy makers

Long distance view of power station with smoke and smog billowing into a blue sky.

Thousands of scientists, industry and economic experts have penned the latest IPCC report. It comes with a warning: the window of opportunity for climate action is closing.

Soil: an undervalued and important resource on Earth

Chrystal Climate Change, Environment, Food, Global Warming, YouTube Channel November 25, 2022November 25, 2022African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative, American Farmland Trust, Climate Change, Climate crisis, composting, Cover crops, FAO, Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, Global Warming, Intercropping, Kiss the Ground, Land Institute, microorganisms, pasture cropping, Regen ag, regenerative agriculture, silvopasture, soil, Soil Partnership, The Soil Association

Soil is as necessary for human life as oxygen. It’s absolutely vital for food security and carbon sequestration. Come explore this undervalued and important resource with us.

Worsening hurricane season and global warming…is there a link?

Chrystal Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Natural Disasters October 21, 2022October 21, 2022Climate Change, Climate crisis, Climate Science, cyclones, disasters, Global Warming, hurricanes, tornados, tropical cyclones, tropical storms, typhoons, weather patterns

We’re exploring tropical storms, which are called hurricanes, cyclones or typhoons, depending on where in the world you live. No matter their name, they are often deadly and always extremely costly. And unfortunately, we’re experiencing more and more of them. Even more worrying, however, is that their intensity is increasing, and the speed at which they intensify is increasing…meaning we have less time for evacuations.

6 arguments from climate delayers/doomers/skeptics…and how to deal with them

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Science, Emissions, Global Warming, Renewable Energy, Sustainability May 3, 2022April 26, 2022Activism, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Climate crisis, climate justice, consensus, delay tactics, doomism, EV infrastructure, just transition, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, sustainable living, system change, talking to a climate skeptic

Barren land, cracked dirt with a dead tree and grey sky

It’s hard to believe that there are still people at large who think the climate crisis is a hoax. But then, there are people who think the Earth is flat, and that COVID-19 is a power-play by

Scientists make for powerful activists

Chrystal Climate Change, Climate Science, Current Events, Global Warming April 12, 2022June 11, 2022Activism, Charlie Gardner, civil disobedience, Climate Action, Climate activism, COP26, Extinction Rebellion, non-violent, Peter Kalmus, Scientist Rebellion, scientists, SR, Tim Hewlett, XR

Climate Emergency sign during a climate protest

There are fewer and fewer places to hide from the stark (read: completely terrifying!) reality of the worsening climate crisis. The facts are in. The science is, surely, at this point, indisputable. There has been a very

Do Volcanoes Contribute to Global Warming?

Chrystal and Ben Climate Science, Global Warming, YouTube Channel March 9, 2022March 9, 2022Anthropogenic, carbon dioxide, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Climate crisis, Climate Science, emissions, GHG emissions, Global Warming, Sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living, volcano

Volcanic eruptions are often discussed in relation to climate change because they release CO2 (and other gases) into our atmosphere. The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens shot about 10 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere in 9 hours. It currently takes humanity only 2.5 hours to put out the same amount.

Was COP26 really a cop out? Here’s the good and not-so-good outcomes.

Chrystal Climate Change, Climate Science, Current Events, Emissions, Global Warming November 30, 2021November 28, 2021#blahblahblah, Breakthrough Agenda, carbon market, Climate Change, climate finance, climate justice, Climate Science, Deforestation, equity, fossil fuel divestment, Glasgow Climate Pact, Glasgow Financial Alliance, Global Methane Pledge, Global Warming, keep 1.5 alive, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, social justice, Sustainability, United Nations

Looking straight up through a canopy of trees, with leaves changing to fall colours

We’ve been hearing some pretty scathing reviews of the most recent Conference Of the Parties meeting in Glasgow. But is this fair? There were some great outcomes – but yes, some which weren’t so great too. So

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