The
Climate Monitor
Podcast
NEW: 12.31.22-
Cryptocurrency Mining and the Greenhouse Gas Challenge.
The more cryptocurrency mining operations across the United States, the greater the strain on the electrical grid that serves the nation. And with the proliferation of digital mining, there is a greater threat to our declining climate unless these power plants can be fueled by non-fossil fuel energy sources.
View New York Assembly Bill A7389C here.
The Political Geography and Environmental Impacts of Cryptocurrency Mining by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Read it here.
Cryptocurrency Mining Uses 'Staggering' Amounts of Energy by Children's Health Defense News and Views. Click here.
Crypo Currency World Map by BlockChainCenter.net is linked here.
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Music credit: The incredible Lexin Music via Pixabay.
11.18.22- Hydrodynamic Forces and Coastal Buildings.
Our latest episode explores the interaction between rising sea levels and the hydrodynamic forces which affect coastal buildings. Our guest is Ricardo Alvarez, an internationally acclaimed expert and consultant who focuses on the performance of the built environment in the context of vulnerability to natural hazards such as hurricanes. Recorded on 11.12.22, this interview is especially important for architects, engineers, city planners, legislators and condominium board members.
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About Ricardo Alvarez
ricardoalfonso@mitigat.com www.mitigat.com​​​
Dedicated to reducing potential damage to buildings from natural hazards through design criteria, applied research, education and outreach. Extensive field experience in vulnerability, risk, and damage assessment following hurricanes, floods and earthquakes in the U.S.A., and other countries. Developed method for characterizing impacts, identifying effective hazard mitigation, adaptation measures to reduce potential damage to the built environment, tested in 1400+ projects over 24 years. Deputy Director International Hurricane Research Center (1997-2004). Professor, Vulnerability Assessment, Hazard Mitigation, Risk Management, FIU (1995-2010), FAU (2003-06). Involved in climate change since 1997 focusing on impacts of sea level rise on coastal built-environment. Contributor First National Assessment (1998-2000). Published author of two books (ISBN 978-1-4987-1498-3; ISBN 978-607-401-556-0) three book chapters, and contributor on several other works. Member: Miami-Dade County Local Mitigation Strategy Steering Committee, Florida Hazard Mitigation Plan Advisory Team, CLEO Institute Advisory Council, Canadian Climate Forum. Research Affiliate Florida Center for Environmental Studies. President Mitigat.com, Inc.
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Music credit: The incredible Lexin Music via Pixabay.
10.31.22- Bidirectional Mobile Charging Vehicles For Use in Disaster Recovery.
Explore how a new generation of two-way electrically charged buses and trucks can provide immediate relief to buildings and houses which have lost electricity.
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The convergence of a warming climate and intense weather has impacts on many dimensions of society. Resilience means much more than just engineering, architecture and physics, it also includes strategies to adapt emergency management and public health to help in the aftermath of disasters which are linked to a warming world.
This Climate Monitor episode focuses on a new and exciting potential solution...mobile charging centers that can be quickly deployed to areas which suffer unexpected power outages including hurricane impacted areas, tornado-stricken communities and whole towns scorched by wildfires.
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Welcome to a bi-directional reality.
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Music credit: The incredible Lexin Music via Pixabay.
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