Articles about global warming

America’s Water Infrastructure: Leaking into the Future / Part 2

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Tony Simeone

The previous related Water Infrastructure post is important for understanding a bit about the history of water purification and to introduce the summary of a study by Standard and Poors. This post provides an Editor’s response to this report that … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Impact in Northeastern United States

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Tony Simeone

“Many important economic and social decisions are being made today on long-term projects…based on the assumption that past climate data…are a reliable guide to the future. This is no longer a good assumption…” UNEP/WMO/ICSU Conference Villach, Austria 1985 I like … Continue reading →

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Texas Rice: After the Drought

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Tony Simeone

The Texas drought lasted one year. In the context of droughts, there are never any “good” droughts, just bad ones. I wrote about the implications of drought and climate change in a prior post – Texas: A Case of Hot/Dry … Continue reading →

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