On 25 April Jesse participated in a symposium on Priorities in the Geosciences at the University of Texas, Austin and spoke on “Decarbonization: The Next 100 Years“.
News
Land Cover scans
In response to requests for the pie charts from our paper Restoring the Forests (Foreign Affairs, 2000), we post here two scanned pdfs showing the past and prospective changes in global land cover. We regret we did not obtain the original electronic graphic files, which are no longer accessible. Thanks to Lesley Coben for assistance.
The Continental SuperGrid concept
The Continental SuperGrid concept for distribution of hydrogen and
electricity that we have aided and abetted is gaining attention.
An AP story in USA Today:
https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-04-10-super-grid_x.htm
A Science Daily news item:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/03/030320073732.htm
The final report for the National Energy Supergrid workshop:
https://www.energy.ece.uiuc.edu/SuperGridReportFinal.pdf
We welcome Mark Stoeckle
We welcome Mark Stoeckle, MD as a Guest Investigator to the Program for the Human Environment. Dr. Stoeckle is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He will be working on the Census of Marine Life (CoML) and is presently helping to develop a DNA “barcode” for species identification. The goal of this project is to provide a practical method for identification of the estimated 10 million species of life on earth that can be used by CoML investigators, the general scientific community, and the interested public.
Andrew Johnson departs
Research Intern Andrew Johnson moved to Washington, D.C. to join the State Department. He can still be reached through the Program for the Human Environment.
Electricity Daily coverage
In its 21 February edition The Electricity Daily covered Jesse’s Capitol Hill talk about climate:
Car Talk
An article in the New Republic Magazine about hydrogen to fuel vehicles cites our work:
CO2 in a Methane Economy
From our archive, we post a 1988 paper by Jesse, Arnulf Grübler, and Nebojsa Nakicenovic, titled Carbon Dioxide Emissions in a Methane Economy.
Second Look and Cities posted
Expanding our online publication archive, PDF versions of the 1991 paper, “A Second Look at the Impacts of Climate Change,” as well a 1988 piece by Jesse and Robert Herman titled, “Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives” are now both available.
“Continental Supergrid” summary
The “Continental Supergrid” is a most exciting concept for new infrastructure for large-scale distribution of hydrogen and electricity. Jesse has helped the concept to develop, notably through a 5-7 November workshop in Palo Alto. Papers from the meeting will be available shortly. An excellent summary is available in PDF: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/SuperGridSummary.pdf