Global Warming Archives – The Statesman

How neocolonialism is killing our planet

#OPINION Corporations and governments across the world are pushing the Earth deeper into the global climate crisis, and immediate action must be made to combat this.

COVID-19 presents an opportunity to restructure our society around sustainability

Matt VeneziaOp-eds OpinionsSeptember 6, 2020

Though we are still causing catastrophic levels of damage to ecosystems by consuming natural resources at an unsustainable rate, the pandemic has managed to slow us down.

SBU scientist predicts short winters, heavy storms for Long Island

Niki NassiriNewsDecember 5, 2019December 8, 2019

The winter season may become shorter, but storms and floods will hit the East Coast harder than ever due to climate change, Edmund K.M. Chang, a professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, hypothesized in a study on winter storms.

Why we need to bike more around campus

Gabby PardoFeatured OpinionsApril 18, 2018

Ride a bike — it’s a little step that counts toward the big picture.

Spring break should fall on a different week

Andrew GoldsteinOpinionsMarch 25, 2018

This was the third spring break in a row where there was a snowstorm that elicited an email from Stony Brook Emergency Management. Spring break wasn’t even during spring.

Keep your eye on the cause of these hurricanes

Andrew GoldsteinFeatured OpinionsSeptember 24, 2017September 24, 2017

“During its life cycle a hurricane can expend as much energy as 10,000 nuclear bombs!” That is what we are dealing with.

Keep my gorge gorgeous

Daniel BrownFeatured OpinionsApril 28, 2016May 8, 2016

This is a world dominated by humans, but not everything needs to be shaped to our design.

From COP21, the Earth needs action, not words

Taylor MandelbaumOpinions Top StoryDecember 2, 2015December 4, 2015

In order for this year’s COP and resulting protocols to be effective, policies must not only maintain a symbolic nature but push forward common-sense strategies.

Ice cream overlords hiding the truth of global cooling

Skyler GilbertFeatured OpinionsNovember 9, 2015

Folks, we are on the verge of perhaps the greatest environmental catastrophe of our lifetimes: Global cooling.

A Pope with a paramount personality

Jager RobinsonFeatured OpinionsSeptember 16, 2015October 16, 2015

Pope Francis’ biggest message seems to be that of total acceptance, regardless of whether or not it conforms to the old Catholic traditions.