Responding to devastating flash floods in Kentucky, Apple has pledged to donate to relief and recovery efforts.
Climate Change
Apple Awards Grant for Mangrove Protection and Conservation in India
Apple recently awarded a grant to Applied Environmental Research Found to protect and conserve mangrove ecosystems in India.
Apple Orders Climate Change Series âExtrapolationsâ From Scott Z. Burns
Apple has ordered a climate change series from Scott Z. Burns called âExtrapolation.â Mr. Burns will write, direct, and executive produce.
Ice Age Ecologist Dr. Jacquelyn Gill - BGM Interview
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill is an Associate Professor of Paleoecology and Plant Ecology, School of Biology, Ecology and Climate Change Institute, the University of Maine. Her research interests include: Paleoecology, community ecology, vegetation dynamics, extinction, climate change and biotic interactions. She received her Ph.D. in Paleoecology from the Univ. of Wisconsin.
An outdoor life, science fiction, cave exploration and a professor who taught her how to ask questions about what she saw in the natural environment laid the foundation for Jacquelyn’s interest in Nature and Ecology. She tells a remarkable, instructive story about how she got admitted to her Ph.D. program. Then we chatted about just what Paleoecology and Biogeography are as well as the effects of animal extinction, recovering extinct animals from DNA, ecological models, and recovery from bad ecological trends. Jacquelyn is spellbinding in her description of her work.
Apple's Carbon Neutral Plans, OmniPlan 4 â TMO Daily Observations 2020-07-22
Andrew Orr joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s Carbon Neutrality schedule, and the latest releases from the Omni Group.
Manfredi Gioacchini Used an iPhone to Document Climate Change in Antarctica
Documentary photographer Manfredi Gioacchini is documenting climate change in Antarctica. His tool? An iPhone.
âMost of the usage was related with video recording, in fact the audio of the new phone is incredible,â says the photographer. âThatâs important in matters of the climate change⊠capturing the sounds of icebergs breaking downâŠâ
He also managed to take advantage of the phoneâs Night Mode, though it wasnât necessary for most of the trip, since the sun never dipped below twilight. Scroll down to see Manfrediâs photos for yourself.
Important work, and also beautiful.
Founding Director, End Climate Silence Dr. Genevieve Guenther â TMO BGM Interview
Dr. Genevieve Guenther is a scholar and author. She is affiliate faculty at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School in New York and the founder and director of End Climate Silence, an activist organization helping the news media cover the climate crisis.
How should climate scientists use effective language skills and storytelling to convey scientific research? How can they speak effectively to both fellow scientists and the lay public? How can they avoid what’s called semantic ambiguity so that their choice of words isn’t twisted by deniers? How can the media learn to couch severe climate change events in proper science context while not appearing unduly biased? Dr. Genevieve Guenther chats with me on all this and more in a most engaging and informative discusion.
What Impact Does Watching Netflix Have Climate Change?
Despite what mainstream media wants you to think, the outcome is mostly still unclear when it comes to Netflix binging.
On one hand, the paper reports, strides in data center efficiency have mostly kept pace with growing demand for data, meaning that in the last decade the total amount of energy consumed by the centers has not changed muchâaround 1% of global energy use. Thatâs about the same as 18 million US homes.
On the other hand, itâs clear that weâre approaching a limit to squeezing out more efficiencyâespecially given the rise of data-ravenous artificial intelligence.
What I find annoying about the debates around climate change is how a lot of mainstream media are trying to blame people. Like blaming their Netflix binging instead of reporting the facts like 100 corporations are responsible for 71% of emissions. Sure, Netflix wouldnât exist without its users, but I think itâs important to focus on how much more damage a corporation does than an individual.
Apple Donates to Australian Fire Relief Efforts
Fires have been raging in Australia for the past two months. Tim Cook tweeted that Apple is donating money to the relief efforts.
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Apple and Others Sign Letter to Support Paris Agreement
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, and more tech companies have signed a United For The Paris Agreement letter that calls on the U.S. to stay in the international climate change pact.
They argued that the international pact would “strengthen [US] competitiveness” by helping it lead the way in technologies that will usher in an eco-friendly future. It also sets “clear goals” that help with planning and spur innovation, the companies said.
The letter isn’t a binding commitment, and it’s unlikely to persuade a White House that has both ignored and tried to censor climate science. Nonetheless, it makes clear where numerous companies stand…
In the meantime we can educate people to accept scientific facts and not treat climate change as a hoax or political issue.