by Abbé Whitford | Mar 11, 2025 | Beyond, Climate Change
This post summarizes the second half of Chapter 7 of the book ‘Climate Change for Astronomers’, involving a discussion of energy sources available to us in the present, and the future, in order to understand the way forward for solutions to climate change. It also discusses how various solutions can be combined, how energy usage can be made more efficient, and how we can move towards creating a smarter and greener energy infrastructure.
by Olivia Cooper | Jan 7, 2025 | Climate Change, Current Events, Teaching
The history of the Earth and its climate are integral to our cosmic perspective, yet climate change is rarely taught in astronomy courses. Today’s bite discusses why and how it should be on the syllabus.
by Katherine Lee | Sep 6, 2024 | Beyond, Book Reviews, Climate Change
Climate change is bad (a sadly controversial statement), but we can solve it. Chapters 4-6 of Climate Change for Astronomers take us through why and how.
by Katherine Lee | Sep 5, 2024 | Climate Change, Daily Paper Summaries
How exactly does the CO2 molecule cause the Earth to warm? Today’s authors explain with a physically motivated model molecule.
by Abbé Whitford | Aug 2, 2024 | Beyond, Climate Change
This post summarizes the first half of Chapter 7 of the book ‘Climate Change for Astronomers’, involving a discussion of energy sources available to us in the present day, in order to understand the way forward for solutions to climate change.
by Maria Vincent | Jun 10, 2024 | Climate Change, Interviews, Outreach, Personal Experiences
Today we interview co-chairs of COMPASSE, Dr. Aparna Venkatesan at University of San Francisco and Dr. Teznie Pugh at UT Austin McDonald Observatory, two of this year’s #AAS244 plenary speakers!
