The second edition of Reaching Net Zero was published by Elsevier in March 2024 under a new title, The Global Climate Crisis: What To Do About It

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Threat of Sea Level Rise

Sea level rise. As greenhouse gas emissions have increased since the Industrial Revolution, both the earth’s atmosphere and its oceans have warmed. Causes. Since 1880, the average sea level has risen...

Texas, a Renewable Energy Powerhouse

Basin Permian Renewable Energy Texas has the potential to lead the nation in renewable energy. First, it has to reduce its commitment to fossil fuels and improve generation and distribution system...

Climate Plan

Joe Biden’s Climate Plan President Biden is off to a quick start to address global warming. This is in sharp contrast to the Trump administration that denied the need to address this threat...

Are We Facing a Climate Apocalypse?

Are We Facing a Climate Apocalypse? Recently media reports have referred to “apocalyptic” effects of global warming. These headlines remind us of Vincente. B. Ibañez’s novel, The Four Horsemen of the...

Why We Need A Carbon Fee

Carbon Dioxide Removal Carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere slowly by natural processes, mainly absorption in earth and plants, but this process takes hundreds of years.It is technically...

What About Global Warming Tipping Points?

Global Warming Tipping Points A tipping point is defined as a hard-to-predict threshold beyond which there could be rapid and irreversible changes. Exceeding one or more of many potential tipping...

The Importance Of Agriculture, Forestry, And Land Use Changes

Global Warming by Deforestation Deforestation, the destruction of dense forests in the tropics, is a significant contributor to global warming. The countries responsible for deforestation lack the...

How Do We Stop Global Warming?

What does it take to stop global warming? We have to reach net zero, the elimination of man-made fossil fuel emissions. Any emissions that can’t be eliminated have to be offset by the absorption and...

What is Reaching Net Zero?

How to Reach Net-Zero Emissions?   What is Net Zero? Net zero is when CO 2 and other greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to zero so no additional man-made greenhouse gases are added to the...