A generation defining problem
Climate change is the change in the Earth’s temperature and weather patterns over time. For almost all of the 4.5 billion years that the Earth has existed climate change has occurred as complicated changes in the Earth’s many systems of forests, deserts, oceans, wind, volcanoes and more, reacted to changes in the other systems to create a natural change that eventually culminated in conditions amiable to life, and eventually the growth of complex organisms.
All of this occurred outside the control of animal life that inhabited the Earth, this changed with the birth of the homo sapiens. The evidence of…
An angry rant that really contains nothing productive
News Flash: Nuclear Power is safe. Really. Fucking. Safe. The number of people who die working at, or as a result of nuclear power plants is orders of magnitude smaller than the number of people who die digging coal out of the ground no matter how advanced the technology used is. …
Every ruler needs an Agrippa
Grandfather to Caligula, Great-grandfather to Nero, best friend and loyal second-in-command to Augustus; the father of his country, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa is a man whose proximity and interconnectedness with some of the most famous names of Ancient History makes it so surprising that his name is often forgotten by the wider world. Many have heard of the madness of Caligula when he declared himself a god, or the tragedy of Sporus at the hands of Nero, and the greatness of Augustus — who re-built a dying republic into a monarchy that would stand for over 300 more years. …
Happening at this moment, its effects are global
In a previous article I gave an easy to understand explanation of the greenhouse effects. This will be a similar article but I intend to go into a bit of the science behind it, while I hope to be able to explain enough as to properly represent the what is happening it should be understandable to the educated layman. That being said, I would recommend reading the other article (and not just because I wrote it… promise) as it gives a bit of background as to what can be expected from this one.
A problem to stay
The greenhouse Effect is one of the most important long-term phenomena happening at the moment. It is the key ingredient to understanding how humans are damaging the planet and effecting the very environment that sustains us. Neglecting the consequences of continued exacerbation of the greenhouse effect is not only going to define the way we live our lives, or even the ways our children do, the future of many generations to come depends upon the decisions we make now.
But decisions need to be informed. This story hopes to lay down the basics of the greenhouse effect and be understandable…
A titan on the literary stage
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are two of the most famous books ever. Rediscovered in the renaissance, the literary classics provide an invaluable look into the lives, beliefs, culture, and religion of the ancient Greeks. Alongside his possible contemporary, Hesiod, Homer was to the Classical Greeks a man who defined them, somebody who they saw as their original author, the standard by which all other poets and work was held up to.
Homer defined the Greek world itself, a splintered people who shared a language, their cultures and religious practices were fragmented. The proper rituals of worship varied from one place…
A quantative view of the nation’s attempts to combat climate change
Australia houses some of the most important natural areas on the globe. Her oceans contain the Great Barrier Reef which is the largest coral reef in the world containing over 1500 species of fish while on her shores are swathes of forest and rainforest that cover a total of 17% of the continents land area, awash with diverse animal life, much of which cannot be found on any other continent. The effects of anthropogenic climate change on the Australian ecosystems are numerous, but to name a couple: Climate change has been deemed the highest level threat to most of the…
The goal of Climate Quantified is to keep our readers informed on the progress towards and science of understanding Climate Change and other relevant global issues — such as population growth and poverty, through the use of data. We hope to provide high quality, scientifically sound articles that allows the reader a balanced view on some of the challenges surrounding the world today, and why many of the issue we face are not as black and white as they appear on the surface.
Currently planned articles include: a deep dive into the climate change policies and progress of G7 countries…
The G7s meeting and discussion on the future of energy
Each of the Global 7 are a world leading economy, technology hub, and a ground for innovation. Two topics loomed over the gathering of the heads of states from the 11th — 13th of July: Covid-19 vaccines and Climate Change. While the vaccines are a new addition to the table Climate Change has been on the agenda for decades. In 2009 the G7 pledged to donate $100bn a year to developing countries in their fight to industrialise in a sustainable way, a promise that they reaffirmed this year. …
The movement that changed the world
The Montgomery Bus Boycotts played a pivotal role in race relations within the United States. It was the starting point of a man named Martin Luther King Jr., a future noble peace prize winner and a symbolic leader of the black rights movement even today, decades after his assassination. The Bus Boycotts started a chain of similarly organised and successful protests across the entire country, and, perhaps even more importantly, they brought to light the idea of non-violent resistance. While he led the movement actively from the front, Martin Luther King Jr. …
Jordan Fearn
Currently pursuing my Master’s Degree in Physics, I have a keen interest in history, science, and climate change.
