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July 2025

Why you can be confident that climate change made the Texas floods worse
the importance of testing the right hypothesis
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Andrew Dessler
108
Have renewables decreased electricity prices: European edition
Just like in the U.S., the answer is yes
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Andrew Dessler
88
Have renewables decreased electricity prices?
Empirical evidence in the US over the past 24 years points to yes
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Zeke Hausfather
56
Update on Texas flooding
climate change almost certainly played a role
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Andrew Dessler
73

June 2025

The great acceleration debate
Why the consilience of evidence points toward acceleration
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Zeke Hausfather
51
How renewables are saving Texans billions
A dive into ERCOT data reveals how solar energy is driving down electricity costs for Texas
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Andrew Dessler
45
Stumped! Climate skeptics are misinterpreting research about mid-Holocene forests uncovered by receding glaciers
(So I reached out to the scientists for clarity)
Published on The Trade Off • 
What do the latest WMO temperature projections imply for 1.5C?
The next five years are expected to be quite warm
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Zeke Hausfather
22
The role of aerosol declines in recent warming
SO2 declines have contributed ~25% of recent warming and driven recent acceleration.
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Zeke Hausfather
15
Our newest endangered species: The vanishing American scientist
The proposed federal budget slashes federal funding for scientific research at a tremendous cost to innovation and breakthroughs.
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Andrew Dessler
17

May 2025

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