Climate Change – Part 3 – The Consequences

We have had a taste of the basic science behind climate change. With COP26 having come to an end last Friday, lets look at what climate change has and will do to the planet. Briefly, the major consequences include: extreme heat (a warmer planet), extensive flooding and droughts (not everywhere though), a big melt (bye […]

Climate Change – Part 2 – How Does It Work?

So, in Part 1, we looked at the basics and got a glimpse of the evidence we have for climate change. Today, let us look behind the scenes at how it all works. The Greenhouse Effect The warming of our planet is attributed to a human amplified greenhouse effect – warming that occurs when heat […]

Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion – Achieving Ignition

Nearly everything in our daily lives, from our laptops, refrigerators, tv, and the internet are governed by the principles of energy that dictate our universe. We have learned to harness energy in many forms (we have gotten real good at it too), From fire in prehistoric times, to steam in the steam age, to fossil […]