Stanford University announced, in a webinar hosted on September 28th, 2020 their intent to form a new interdisciplinary academic area called Macro Energy Systems. The aim of Macro-Energy Systems is
Continue readingBirth of a new discipline, needed to address climate change
National Academy of Sciences member Kerry Emanuel of MIT felt compelled to explain his views on climate change, risk assessments and the debates rekindled by climate deniers and nuclear deniers
Continue readingApocalypse Maybe: Thoughts from MIT’s Kerry Emanuel
Democrats in the United States Senate and in the California Assembly have proposed legislation calling for a full transition to renewable energy. In doing so, they are relying on scholarly
Continue readingFisticuffs Over the Route to a Clean-Energy Future
Back in 2007, scientists recognized that curtailing emissions from our use of energy was going to be very difficult, and they began to urge research into ways to “fix” carbon
Continue readingScientists have urged exploration of carbon-fixing solutions for a long time