Don’t Worry About Trump. In his own mind he will be OK.
January 06, 2021 | No Comments
Thinking about Trump’s entrance into the Presidential Race in America in late 2015, coming down the escalator in Trump Tower with Melania at his side, sparked a flashback to a symbolic staircase scene. I have…
‘Mask-wearing’ as a Social Invention: Coping with the Covid-19 Pandemic
December 29, 2020 | 1 Comment
“A social invention is a new [concept], law, organization or procedure that changes the ways in which people relate to themselves or to each other, either individually or collectively.” The following images provide examples of…
Do they give a Nobel Prize for Bullying?
June 03, 2018 | No Comments
Update: I wrote the comments that follow 2 years ago, about half way into the Trump presidency. The US President’s proverbial Bully Pulpit had been converted by Trump’s operating style into the fact that a…
Mexico Hurricane Patricia
October 23, 2015 | No Comments
México.- protection is important to emphasize that we can not skip hydrometerological concerns. The magnitude of this phenomenon we have never seen in this country, there is a history of hurricanes we’ve had in the…
Expert Forum Video on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Antalya, Turkey 2015
June 08, 2015 | No Comments
Disasters occur when natural extremes encounter communities who are ill-prepared to cope with these forces. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies outline preventative measures to reduce the impacts of foreseeable hazardous events. Time and time…
GUEST EDITORIAL “Politicians need to get their act together on climate change“ Justus Morisse (Germany)
August 30, 2014 | No Comments
“Politicians need to get their act together on climate change.“ This quote from Chancellor Angela Merkel´s climate advisor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is almost two years old now and was originally pinpointed at the global warming…
Problem Climates or Problem Societies?
October 13, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 15 April 2003 More than forty years ago, geographer Glenn Trewartha published his book, The Earth’s Problem Climates. Trewartha’s selection of what he considered at that time to be the earth’s “problem climates”…
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Between Iraq and a Hard Place
October 13, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 18 February 2003 The US government wants to take out Saddam Hussein. It has wanted to do so for a long time. Talk of the possibility of a unilateral military action by the…
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Burning Hot Issues Arise From Australia’s Worst Drought
October 13, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 29 January 2003 Guest Editorial: By Dr. Mary Voice Climatologist, Cumulus Consulting, Australia In Australia, the first drought where the influence of human-induced global warming may be discernable has just occurred. Hotter droughts…
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Let’s take a long, cool look at Bjorn Lomborg
October 13, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 2003 By Dr. Michael H. Glantz and John Firor Let’s take a long, cool look at the dangers of global warming By Bjorn Lomborg (Filed: 10/08/2003) This time last year, the rains were…
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ESIG ALERT: Water, Climate, And Development Issues In The Amudarya Basin
October 13, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives ESIG Alert #1, October 2002 View in PDF Link to Full Workshop Report On 18-19 June 2002, Michael Glantz, senior scientist in the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG), in cooperation with NOAA’s Office…
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