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On the death of RCP8.5
We should celebrate progress, but not overstate it
May 18
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Zeke Hausfather
,
Glen Peters
, and
Piers Forster
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April 2026
Higher warming predictions for 2026 and 2027
An update to my December estimates of global temperatures over the next two years
Apr 30
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Zeke Hausfather
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Transition risk: The human cost of net zero
stranded assets and ghost factories
Apr 23
•
Andrew Dessler
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We're scientists. We know the climate's changing. And we know why.
It was reported in the New York Times (gift link) that U.S.
Apr 15
•
Andrew Dessler
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60
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How many people does heat actually kill?
It depends on how you count it
Apr 13
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Andrew Dessler
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Human-caused climate change is unmistakably distinct from Earth’s natural climate variability
Five independent fits across four independent archives and 66 million years — the empirical case in two figures
Published on Staying Curious
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Apr 7
March 2026
Climate risk explained
a chapter from my upcoming textbook
Mar 31
•
Andrew Dessler
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Using a 20-year period for comparing methane to CO2 is a terrible idea
Short-term thinking makes for bad climate policy
Mar 28
•
Zeke Hausfather
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Don’t panic: A field guide to the runaway greenhouse
the Earth may eventually turn into Venus, but not anytime soon
Mar 19
•
Andrew Dessler
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60
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The El Niño cometh
The latest models show a much greater change of a strong – or even super – El Nino developing later this year
Mar 12
•
Zeke Hausfather
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When will clean energy spending exceed military spending?
Why I may have been a tad premature in my 2026 prediction.
Mar 6
•
Zeke Hausfather
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The war in Iran shows us another cost of our fossil-fuel economy
our reliance on fossil fuels makes us less safe
Mar 5
•
Andrew Dessler
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