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To understand the current environmental situation and to faithfully explain how it came about, it is peculiar to study in a thorough, exhaustive and chronological manner a multitude of “histories”. These encompass the history of human evolution from homo sapiens, the history of the planet’s climate and the history of energy regimes that existed andContinue reading “Week #3: Energy Regimes Past and Present”

Right now, it is fair to say that the face-to-face with global warming and climate change holistically is a major subject of debate, as elucidated in this week’s readings. The debate arena is undoubtedly heated with different viewpoints. In the Clapp and Dauvergne piece for instance, liberal, scientific, social and economic interpretations of the globalContinue reading “Blog #1, Week #2: A Hotbed of Challenges”

Humans, the most dominant multi-celled organism on the planet, are beginning to come face to face with a bleak future. As the Earth’s natural disasters increase in size and ferocity, and the Earth reaches ever closer to a global temperature of 2 degrees celsius, we, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, have littleContinue reading “Brandon’s Blog Post 1/26”

This week’s readings demonstrates a historical timeline from when homo sapiens first emerged to development into modern human species to contemporary human beings – us in the 21st century. Collectively, they not only analyze the evolution from an anthropological point of view, but also discuss reasons why we are more advanced than other species, howContinue reading “Reading Blog #1 – Shihui Hu”

During the first class, we covered the basic chemistry behind rising atmospheric temperatures and discussed our initial thoughts on solutions that aim to slow down the rate of carbon emissions. The articles assigned for this week’s reading gave an in-depth analysis of what the fate of humanity might look like if immediate action isn’t taken. Continue reading “Blog Post #1- Pragya Jain”

When the homo sapien species first emerged, they were initially seen as in insignificant species that would most likely die out. Yet, through our remarkable ability to adapt and use our resources, humans were able to expand past our initial surroundings and thrive in our new environment. However, as humans evolved and spread across theContinue reading “Reading 1 blog- Reva Panda”

Reva Panda Brandon Buckley Shihui Hu(Sylvia) Pragya Jain Nihal Cheikh