Larry Schweiger’s Archive

            Global warming has in some ways been mischaracterized.  It’s often thought about as simply an environmental problem.  This “ghettoizes” the issue.  Global warming is going to … Read more

             Remember what it was like to be a student in spring?  There was so much to do – write term papers, study for finals, and there … Read more

A recent article “Global Warming Could Be Worse Than Thought” spotlighted findings from a British Royal Navy submarine, the HMS Tireless, that Arctic summer sea ice could be completely gone … Read more

       I was saddened to learn while reading National Wildlife Federation’s Gardener’s Guide to Global Warming that my home state of Pennsylvania is due to lose our state … Read more

Sitting next to me in the left window seat on a recent cross-country flight was an obese ten-year old boy.  His mom put him on the plane to visit his … Read more

Over the weekend I read two very interesting articles.  In the New York Times Magazine’s The Power of Green, Thomas Friedman makes a compelling case that “green is the new … Read more

My deepest sympathies go to the families and all those suffering loss from the tragedy at the Virginia Tech campus yesterday.  Read more

This morning, several of the world’s leading scientists went to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.to share more detailed information about how global warming will affect North America (www.nwf.org/wildlifeandglobalwarming/IPCC.cfm). … Read more