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About this blog: Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of how our climate is evolving a... (More)
About this blog: Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of how our climate is evolving and how they want to respond, and will feel comfortable asking questions and exchanging comments on the topic. It is important that we develop a shared understanding of the basic science and impacts of climate change, to make sense of our actions and policy options going forward. My background is not in climate science, and I'm not even particularly green; my hope is that helps to make this blog more relatable. I studied math and neurobiology on the east coast before moving out here in 1987 for grad school in computer science. After working in the tech industry for about 25 years, I retired a few years ago to better align my time with my priorities. I love spending time outdoors, and feel deeply our responsibility to this incredible planet that we call home. (Hide)
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Skeptics, Dupes, and Paranoids
Sep 1, 2019 6:03 am
Comments: 33 | Views: 23,012
I am a natural-born skeptic. I like to question things and play devil’s advocate, so much so that for a while some friends called me “Sherry Contrary”.... More
Sep 1, 2019 6:03 am
Comments: 33 | Views: 23,012
I am a natural-born skeptic. I like to question things and play devil’s advocate, so much so that for a while some friends called me “Sherry Contrary”.... More
How a 1960s apartment complex is going green
Feb 7, 2021 5:49 am
Comments: 4 | Views: 22,974
Sunshine Gardens Apartments in Mountain View is a modest two-story 44-unit complex, with ten 1960s-vintage buildings circling a small pool. Tenants at this complex... More
Feb 7, 2021 5:49 am
Comments: 4 | Views: 22,974
Sunshine Gardens Apartments in Mountain View is a modest two-story 44-unit complex, with ten 1960s-vintage buildings circling a small pool. Tenants at this complex... More
Are you ready to ditch disposables?
May 29, 2022 5:40 am
Comments: 15 | Views: 22,957
Two years ago, in February 2020, I wrote about Palo Alto’s... More
May 29, 2022 5:40 am
Comments: 15 | Views: 22,957
Two years ago, in February 2020, I wrote about Palo Alto’s... More
Two degrees can do all that?
Jul 21, 2019 5:20 am
Comments: 26 | Views: 22,891
It’s hard to believe that if the temperature goes up by only two degrees, our world will change so much. When I walk outside, I can barely tell the temperature... More
Jul 21, 2019 5:20 am
Comments: 26 | Views: 22,891
It’s hard to believe that if the temperature goes up by only two degrees, our world will change so much. When I walk outside, I can barely tell the temperature... More
Are you trying to use less gas?
Mar 13, 2022 6:37 am
Comments: 33 | Views: 22,771
Some days (weeks) you just want to keep your eyes closed. You don’t want to watch the news, you don’t want to look at gas prices, you don’t want... More
Mar 13, 2022 6:37 am
Comments: 33 | Views: 22,771
Some days (weeks) you just want to keep your eyes closed. You don’t want to watch the news, you don’t want to look at gas prices, you don’t want... More
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