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Welcome to the world of personal air conditioning
As the climate warms, the rich will live in cool bubbles of comfort. The poor, not so much.
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Andrew Dessler
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Why have hurricanes gone crazy?
a guest post by Kevin Trenberth
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Andrew Dessler
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Climate change made Helene's rainfall more severe
Early modeling results suggest significantly more rainfall from the storm due to historical warming
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Zeke Hausfather
28

September 2024

You will not escape the climate crisis
We are literally all in this together
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Andrew Dessler
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How many people did the Beryl blackout kill?
You should probably learn the term compound climate event. It refers to the occurrence of multiple weather- or climate-related hazards happening…
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Andrew Dessler
8
The doom spiral
apologies to Monty Python, but 🎵 always look on the bright side of life 🎵
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Andrew Dessler
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2024's unusually persistent warmth
This year is increasingly diverging from past El Nino years.
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Zeke Hausfather
31
The thermodynamics of electric vs. internal combustion cars
efficiency is good, until you want to heat your car
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Andrew Dessler
46

August 2024

One weird trick to help you understand Project 2025
It’s just like fortune cookies
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Andrew Dessler
9
Are climate models overestimating warming?
please, God, make these arguments over whether models are too hot or too cold stop, I'm begging you
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Andrew Dessler
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Second warmest July ends a 13-month record streak
But global temperatures remain far higher than any year prior to 2023
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Zeke Hausfather
4

July 2024

The hottest days in 120,000 years
Last week we set a record: we experienced the hottest day in the observational record.
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Andrew Dessler
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