It had been a very quiet hurricane season. A phenomenon known as El Nino had been producing unfavorable wind shear for organized tropical development over most of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean. In reality, El Nino is a pool of warmer than average sea surface temperatures that occasionally develops from off the […]
World of Thermo
A unique children’s book aimed at educating our youth about the causes, effects, and future of climate change.
World of Thermo… Story 18… When the Volcano Blows
Story 18. When the Volcano Blows “Carlos, you are kicking me in the head plus I can’t see. Now hold that flashlight closer to the cliff so I won’t stumble”, said Juan as he slowly scaled downward to the caldera of the active volcano known as Pinatubo on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines. […]
World of Thermo… Story 17… Kudzu
Story 17. Kudzu Carbo was furious after the drought of 1988/1989 ended. The head of the bloated CO2 molecules realized that through Thermo, the climate world would soon know of his existence. He wanted to lash out at all of the climate scientists that had discovered that he and his minions were responsible for the […]
World of Thermo… Story 16…Testimony
Story 16. Testimony (Dr. James Hansen’s story) By the mid and late 1980’s the majority of climatologists were convinced that global warming due to increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was occurring. Despite all of Carbo’s hench molecule’s efforts, some humans were just too smart and had wills that were too strong to […]
World of Thermo… Story 15… A Presidential Brainwashing
Story 15. A Presidential Brainwashing Hmm, thought Carbo, “What can I do to make these humans burn more gasoline? They still are not releasing enough trapped prehistoric carbon molecules. I want to release ALL carbon trapped in the ground that are my sentient friends. In the last few years I don’t like the trends. First […]
World of Thermo… Story 14… Heatin’ Up
After about 1975 Thermo noticed that the red instrument in the middle of his chest was reading hotter in places on the Earth and at times of the year where previously he thought that it had been much cooler during the first fourteen years of his existence. He was making a lot of pains to […]
World of Thermo… Story 13… Gettin’ Colder
By the middle of the 20th century conditions were warming across the planet, perhaps getting so warm, Carbo thought to himself, that the humans would notice. The dust bowl days of the 1930s in the United States were a big change. He thought, “Hmm we must not let these stupid frogs and tadpoles get too […]
World Of Thermo… Story 12… A Stern Lecture
Story 12. A Stern Lecture Upon returning back to his home lair in Hawaii Thermo was greeted by Dr. Carson who had not seen him in several years. Thermo told all of his adventurous tails to his father about his friends […]
World of Thermo… Story 11…Outbreak
Story 11. Outbreak About a year after Thermo’s encounter with snow and ice beings Thermo was roaming around over the Ohio Valley in the eastern U.S. with his pals Puffy and Fluffy. It was a beautiful day in the spring of 1974. Way up near where the Wispy’s of this world reside Thermo noticed […]
World of Thermo… Story 10…Arrhenius
Not every human was blind to the effects of carbon dioxide, however. A Swedish scientist and icon in the climate science world named Savant August Arrhenius was doing some scientific work on physics of this planet as well as the universe. He became interested in the chemical composition of the atmosphere. Arrhenius developed a theory […]