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Pinning down climate change's role in extreme weather
and did climate change contribute to the flooding in Dubai?
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Andrew Dessler
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A primer on cloud seeding
no, it did not cause the flooding in Dubai
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Andrew Dessler
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The fragility of Florida
How dodgy insurance in the Sunshine State is being used to systematically dump risk on the books of the entire country
Published on Moving Day • 
Is nuclear energy the answer?
probably not
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Andrew Dessler
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How extreme was the Earth's temperature in 2023
If 2023 Earth were a chicken tender, would it be mild, medium, Caliente!, Mui Caliente!, or Fire In The Hole!
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Andrew Dessler
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March 2024

Forest carbon's back-end durability problem
Most reforestation projects today ignore natural regrowth in making carbon claims
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Zeke Hausfather
19
Is renewable energy cheaper than fossil fuels?
In most cases, yes
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Andrew Dessler
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The Geoengineering Question
The idea of geoengineering is scary. There is a reason why the trope of human hubris creating unintended consequences is ubiquitous in literature, and…
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Zeke Hausfather
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TCB quick hit: Wildfire risk is increasing in a warming world
humanity is playing with fire
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Andrew Dessler
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February 2024

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