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When is the best time to talk about Climate Change? Now, after record-breaking hurricanes, before our elections, in elementary school where we start to learn about the sciences, at Thanksgiving or Christmas family gatherings, at community gatherings, over a drink at the local tavern, on social media, while driving and connected to our Smartphones, only when taking a college course on Climate Change, at a meeting where people already agree on addressing this crisis, while on a vacation or a long bike ride, at a bus stop while waiting for a bus, during a doctor visit, while walking the dog, on a date, jogging down the street with a friend, intermission at a movie or basketball game, or after every environmental emergency, every appointment, while watching a sports event, TV show, or only after every other thing has been exhausted and there’s nothing left to talk about (and even then just keeping quiet about Climate Change would be preferable)? My guess, after watching this issue unfold o...

Watching the past and present ‘behavior’ of the stock market then trying to predict its future behavior is (without trying to sound hyperbolic) mindboggling difficult. Lots of bucks along with much expert and non-expert prognostications go into predicting the market, which seems hell-bent on being unpredictable. Searching for a successful formula to make a profit on the market is like trying to cheer up a moody adolescent with candy. It could work, but I wouldn’t bet on it. Like the stock market, which tries to predict the future of wealth, insurance institutions try to predict the future of financial risk. That’s why I find this new study-- Economic losses from US hurricanes consistent with an influence from climate change , in Nature Geoscience--so interesting. The author of this study claims that insurance losses due to hurricanes mean that Climate Change is sending us a clear message. “The study claims that the extra costs in recent decades do not just stem from more homes, busines...