It Pays to be Skeptical
Victor Luca 4-Oct-21 Dear Editor, Whilst on the campaign trail, I have heard many times, statements by certain candidates that the...
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vicluca
- Jun 26, 2022
- 7 min
Socio-economics & Climate Change
Glaciers are on the retreat and permafrost is melting
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vicluca
- Nov 20, 2021
- 7 min
Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Energy
Dr Victor Luca The International Energy Agency and other institutions make available databases covering all aspects of energy generation...
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vicluca
- Nov 6, 2021
- 6 min
Clean Energy in a Resource-Constrained World: A Materials Science Perspective
Dr Victor Luca 12-Jun-21 Unpublished The views expressed here are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of any...
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vicluca
- Mar 16, 2021
- 3 min
Climate Change Science Community Lecture Series
Climate Change Science education
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vicluca
- Feb 14, 2021
- 7 min
On The Origin and Extinction of Species
Victor Luca, 14-Jan-21 Unpublished The best science we have is telling us that planet Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago. We can...
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vicluca
- Jan 13, 2021
- 2 min
Can we Plant our Way out of Climate Trouble?
Victor Luca, 13-Jan-21. Unpublished Matariki Te Rākau memorial tree planting at Puhinui Reserve, Wiri, New Zealand. Acceptance of the...
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vicluca
- Jan 9, 2021
- 1 min
Climate and Glaciers
Victor Luca, 10-Jan-21. As Earth warms, some of the most obvious signs of this warming is the melting of glaciers and sea level. Figure...
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vicluca
- Jan 6, 2021
- 7 min
Earth in the Balance
Victor Luca, 6-Jan-21. Published in The Beacon, Friday 19-Mar-21. Figure 1. In 2020 humans tipped the balance between made-made materials...
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vicluca
- Aug 8, 2020
- 6 min
Attacking Climate Change in New Zealand
Victor Luca, 8-Aug-20. Published, The Beacon 30-Sep-20. This will be the forth post I will have written on Climate Change since I...
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vicluca
- May 15, 2020
- 5 min
Water a Critical Resource
Victor Luca, 16-May-20. The Beacon 20-May-20 I have yet to bump into anyone who can live without fresh clean water. Contrary to popular...
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vicluca
- Apr 13, 2020
- 16 min
The Cost of Our Phoney Money System Post COVID
Victor Luca, 14-Apr-20. When an uncomfortable situation emerges in our daily lives it is human nature to look back into the past for...
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vicluca
- Mar 5, 2020
- 5 min
Coalition Attitude Towards Climate Change is Business as Usual
Victor Luca, 6-Mar-20. Cartoon by Mark David / @MDavidCartoons The Australian Government needs to listen to the experts and become a...
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vicluca
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
Climate Change: What can I do?
Victor Luca, 29-Feb-20. People often ask what an individual do about climate change? Here are some answers. If a decade or so ago you had...
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vicluca
- Dec 25, 2019
- 7 min
The Fragility of Human Existence
Victor Luca, 26-Dec-19. Published in The Beacon, 24-Jun-20 The Doomsday Clock reads 100 seconds to midnight, a decision made by The...
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vicluca
- Nov 12, 2019
- 6 min
The Emerging Climate Emergency?
Victor Luca, 13-Nov-19. The Beacon 3-Dec-19 In a previous article in this publication I loudly proclaimed my accord with one of the...
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vicluca
- Sep 12, 2019
- 6 min
The Perils of Exponential Growth
Victor Luca, 12-Sep-19. Published in The Beacon, 28-Jan-20 The math is simple but folk just don't seem to appreciate or understand...
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vicluca
- Aug 26, 2019
- 5 min
Bringing Climate Change Down to Earth
Victor Luca, 26-Aug-19. Published. The Beacon, 10-Sep-19. Source: NASA – Black Marble composite image of the earth at night. The lights...
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