The Physics of Climate Change
by Lawrence Maxwell Krauss · first published 2021
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…geologic evidence all point to a similar climate sensitivity (see Hansen). Some fairly basic physics does the same, and physicists back to 1896 predicted our current reality pretty well. The recent book The Physics of Climate Change by Lawrence Krauss covers that in detail.
on “Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea” ↗Since you have a science background, I'll strongly recommend the recent short book The Physics of Climate Change by Lawrence Krauss, which details how our CO2 emissions change the planet's temperature. It's fairly basic thermodynamics and was predicted with decent accuracy over a century ago. Also there are several…
on “MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air” ↗The Physics of Climate Change by Lawrence M. Krauss https://www.lawrencemkrauss.com/single-post/the-physics-of-c... Perhaps not exactly what you're looking for in terms of potential solutions, but it's an honest and sobering account…
on “Shell admits 1.5C climate goal means immediate end to fossil fuel growth” ↗…warming, it's the widening of the curves which raises absorbtion levels in nearby frequencies. The "saturated" argument was one of the first objections when the science was poorly understood. Krauss's book Physics of Climate CHange has a good account of this history. Check IPCC summaries to see how many models from the literature predict flattening at 0.7C additional warming if we don't curb emissions (spoiler alert: slim to none…
on “The climate model approximation that could fundamentally change climate movement” ↗…the core facts of anthropogenic climate change are based on fairly basic thermodynamics, and were predicted with decent accuracy as far back as 1896. A great little book covering this is the recent The Physics of Climate Change.
on “Everything I believed about nuclear waste was wrong” ↗…complicated physics. No fancy computer modeling at all, just a calculation that a physicist can work out on paper, and we've been right on target since then. For details see the recent little book The Physics of Climate Change.
on “Climate Change Tracker” ↗