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When it comes to doing something about global warming, we see a lot of action on the scientific front but relatively little reaction on the political front. This was nicely summed up in an essay by Ian McDonald that appeared in the August 30, 2009 edition...
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Today's New York Times Science section featured a woman named Greta Browne, who trekked from Louisiana to Upstate New York near the Canadian border. Her goal was to heighten awareness about global warming. Along the way she became part of a great American...
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Americans love their lawns. Researcher Christina Milesi has estimated that there are nearly 32 million acres of lawns in the United States. Keeping those lawns weed-free and immaculately trimmed is a major industry as well as a major environmental problem...
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When I walk around my yard, which believe me isn't that big, I count eight trees. In terms of being oxygen neutral - liberating as much oxygen as I consume - that puts me way ahead of the game.
Two trees produce about as much oxygen as a family of four n...
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How many of us buckle our seat belts before we drive our cars? I'm willing to bet that pretty much all of us do. Using seat belts has become part of our culture; its efficacy is no longer questioned. So you would think, anyway.
Google the phrase "seat be...
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When I first started this site I wanted to find ways to make the future seem more real to my children and grandchildren. I figured this would be a challenge because the whole premise behind Planet Restart is that they will be living in a world that is qui...
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You hear more and more talk about geoengineering these days. No doubt about it, there are some fascinating ideas being thrown out, ranging from the fanciful, orbiting mirrors to reflect away sunlight, to the more practical, pumping aerosols into the atmos...
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The papers are filled with stories about a hotly debated issue in which even the basic premise that there really is a crisis is in contention. Foes on the right argue against taking any action and resist all plans for change. Foes on the left argue agains...
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Consider the humble Antarctic krill. In terms of biomass, Antarctic krill are probably the most successful animal species on the planet. To give you an idea of just how successful, one estimate I came across said that the Antarctic krill has anywhere from...
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Geoengineering as it applies to climate change is any man-made effort to artificially change the climate. Rainmaking would be a simple example. A more complex example would be to lower global temperatures by filling the upper atmosphere with sulfur aeroso...
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The New York Times published a story about the national security implications of climate change. We've already covered this topic in an earlier posting, but the subject is worth revisiting.
A central message of this site is that climate change is about m...
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I used to think that climate change was THE problem facing my children and grandchildren. Now that I have done some further thinking and reading, I can see that climate change is just one element of a three-part nightmare that will unfold over the next 20...
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Former Republican Majority Leader and current lobbyist Dick Armey has declared in congressional testimony that God would not allow global warming to destroy the earth:
"We have sort of an eco-evangelical hysteria that’s going on and it leads me to almo...
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What the hell has happened to California? Back in the day it was the Golden State, the place to be. Sure there was always that earthquake thing (like the four that rattled the Gulf of California today) but the surf was always up. Now, they are hip deep in...
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This is slightly off topic for Planet Restart, but sometimes you come across a story that really captures your imagination. Scientists recently created a whole new state of matter that has never been seen before. Now that isn't something that happens ever...
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The premise behind Planet Restart is that our grandchildren will live a world that is very different from the world we see around us today. So what can we do to help them get ready for that world?
The questions they will have won't be any different. What...
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