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How does a small increase in average temperature increase the chance of extremes?

January 25, 2018

The Climate Central post, Small Change in Average -Big Change in Extremes, summarizes the idea well with the graph. As the mean shifts to the right, there is a significant increase in the chance of extreme temperature. The animated gif on the site is perfect in expressing the idea. That’s …

How has the black/white earnings gap changed over time?

January 22, 2018

Kevin Drum has the answer with his post Black Incomes Have Fallen Further Behind Whites for the Entire 21st Century. Black men have made essentially no progress in the past four decades, while black women have fallen considerably further behind. Since 2000, both both men and women have fallen further …

What do you know about the top 1%?

January 18, 2018

The Chicago Booth post, Never mind the 1 percent Let’s talk about the 0.01 percent, provides an insightful summary of income distribution at the top. Mankiw noted that the 1 percent’s share of total income, excluding capital gains, rose from about 8 percent in 1973 to 17 percent in 2010, …

How hot was the U.S. in 2017?

January 15, 2018

According to NOAA’s article, Assessing the U.S. Climate in 2017, it was the third hottest year on record for the U.S. It also wasn’t an El Nino year. In summary, This was the third warmest year since record keeping began in 1895, behind 2012 (55.3°F) and 2016 (54.9°F), and the …

What would minimum wage be if it grew with productivity?

January 11, 2018

According to the 3rd chart of EPI’s Top Charts of 2017, U.S. minimum wage would be $19.33 per hour if it grew at the same rate as productivity. If it simply grew at the rate of average workers it would be $11.62 per hour. The expectation that the minimum wage …

Is there a wealth gap due to discrimination?

January 8, 2018

The EPI provides evidence for yes in the 6th of their top charts of 2017, The racial wealth gap is the clearest legacy of past discrimination in housing markets. Their chart shows the differences for mean and median household wealth for black and white households. They key is housing: Besides facing …

Thank You from Sustainability Math

January 1, 2018

Happy New Year and thank you to all of you who have stopped by Sustainability Math this past year. If people didn’t visit the blog, then I’d stop writing. Posts will begin again next week. In the meantime, consider following Sustainability Math on Twitter and Facebook. Also, please let friends …

How are beavers creating a climate feedback loop?

December 28, 2017

The New York Times article, Beavers Emerge as Agents of Arctic Destruction, explains: … as climate change warms the Arctic and thaws the permafrost, the growing season extends. What was once tundra gives way to brush. This may allow beavers to move north. But in the tundra, the vast treeless region in …

In which city has winter warmed the most?

December 21, 2017

Find out by going to Climate Central’s post, See How Much Winters Have Been Warming in Your City. The winner is Burlington, Vermont, with about 7 degrees F of warming since 1970 (graph here from the post). There is a drop down menu where you can select from most major …

Where do you go to find the major climate events in the last 7 years?

December 18, 2017

You go to NOAA’s Event Tracker. The initial page is captured in the image here. Each dot represents an event. Scroll over the dot to get a title and summary, which you can then click on to go to the main story. On the bottom right you can select a …

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