Did you read that opinion piece in the Dec. 31 NY Times that illustrated the impact of climate change already occurring across the world? It was written in the form of 193 fictitious postcards from around the world depicting already-happening-…
Ecology and Climate Change
I don’t know if you caught the NY Times article about a Ms. Malmberg who travels the west offering her goat herd to help restore fire-ravaged land and to prevent future wildfires. Goats eat the type of vegetation that cows and sheep…
Teddy and the Morality of Conservation
by Joseph Morris “And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across the crimson afterglow of the sunset, or a myriad terns flashing in the…
Climate Change and Colder Winters by Joseph Morris
I came across an interesting article about climate change/global warming in the December 2019 issue of the magazine, Astronomy. It was discussing something called Rossby Waves, a weather/climate phenomenon in Earth’s atmosphere. In relation to this phenomenon, the article contained a…
Climate Change and Colder Winters
by Joe Morris I came across an interesting article about climate change/global warming in the December 2019 issue of the magazine, Astronomy. It was discussing something called Rossby Waves, a weather/climate phenomenon in Earth’s atmosphere. In relation to this phenomenon, the…
Aklim and Climate Change
by Joseph Morris You may remember that I’m President of the Board of New York InterfaithPower and Light, the New York affiliate of a national non-profit dedicated tobringing together faith and climate science to safeguard the Earth. OurExecutive Director is…
Technology and Fighting Global Warming
by Joe Morris Many years ago, I suggested to my boss that we hire some graduate students to go through our company’s technical library to scour old projects and technologies from the 1960’s that may have been abandoned because they were ahead of…
On Coral Reef Restoration and Great Lakes Flooding
One of the weapons we have in our arsenal to combat climate change is technology. To expect technology to magically make things better is not in the cards and would be a false expectation. However, we can expect new tools…
Katherine Hayhoe
“If we believe that God created this incredible universe we live in, then what is science other than trying to figure out what God was thinking when he put it all together?” – Katherine Hayhoe I’ve written before about the…
Small Things Can Grow into Bigger Things
by Joseph Morris It’s gratifying to see results to our efforts, even if they’re not earthshaking in their size or impact. A lot of little things can become a big thing. Recently, Janeen and I were out to dinner with…