Archive - The Climate Brink

Why is the Texas grid in such bad shape?

A lesson in free markets and the failure of our elected leaders

Jul 17 •

Can we air condition our way out of extreme heat?

part 1: a primer on air conditioning

Jul 8 •

June 2024

The growing carbon debt

Why the climate change is different from other environmental challenges

Jun 27 •

Zeke Hausfather

Is climate change making Florida's flooding worse?

almost certainly yes

Jun 17 •

The real lesson of the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption

when it comes to climate change, humanity is by far the most powerful force

Jun 10 •

Fossil fuels are shredding our democracy

Their goal is to stop us from switching to clean energy

Jun 3 •

May 2024

A problematic estimate of warming from low-sulfur marine fuels

A new paper provides a reasonable forcing estimate but errs on the global temperature response

May 30 •

Zeke Hausfather

Democracy and insurance

Here are a few things that caught my eye this week.

May 14 •

Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive

a lot of climate misinformers don't want you to understand this

May 6 •

Warmest April on record – but a possible return to predictability?

While temperatures in 2023 were "gobsmacking", 2024 is shaping up to be a more normal El Nino year

May 1 •

Zeke Hausfather

April 2024

Pinning down climate change's role in extreme weather

and did climate change contribute to the flooding in Dubai?

Apr 25 •

A primer on cloud seeding

no, it did not cause the flooding in Dubai

Apr 19 •

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