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Understanding climate change will help Texas graduates manage climate risks and identify new business opportunities.Their words
Understanding climate change will help Texas graduates manage those risks and identify new business opportunities for solving the problems that climate change creates.
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Professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M; writes The Climate Brink with Zeke Hausfather.
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Understanding climate change will help Texas graduates manage climate risks and identify new business opportunities.
Understanding climate change will help Texas graduates manage those risks and identify new business opportunities for solving the problems that climate change creates.
theclimatebrink.comSaid 2 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Rising atmospheric water vapor raises the ceiling on how extreme rainfall events can become
So the increase in PWAT is not just a weirdo statistic. It is a statement about the ceiling on the worst rain events we can face.
theclimatebrink.comSaid 14 Sept 2026This on korrents
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From one piece The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record 2 beliefs · theclimatebrink.com
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Climate change made the July 2025 Texas flooding more intense than it otherwise would have beenTheir words
Given that we can connect increases in PWAT to global warming, we can confidently conclude that climate change made this rain event more intense than it otherwise would have been.
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Recordtheclimatebrink.com
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Rising atmospheric water vapor raises the ceiling on how extreme rainfall events can becomeTheir words
So the increase in PWAT is not just a weirdo statistic. It is a statement about the ceiling on the worst rain events we can face.
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Recordtheclimatebrink.com
4 September
From one piece The Worst Case Is Still on the Table 3 beliefs · theclimatebrink.com
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Keeping the RCP8.5/SSP5-8.5 runs as a plausible upper limit is particularly important given that recent research has emphasized the possibility that models are underestimating future warming.
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In fact, conventional risk management tells us that, when consequences are severe, low-probability extreme outcomes can determine the response.
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the temperatures produced under RCP8.5/SSP5-8.5 are a reasonable upper bound on what the future climate might be.
17 August
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The catch is that the future world that has been warmed by greenhouse gases and a present-day world that has been temporarily warmed by El Niño can have the same global-average temperature while having significant differences in the impacts of this warming.
12 August
From one piece ♫ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ♫ 3 beliefs · theclimatebrink.com
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This should turbocharge our resolve to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
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You read that right: The cost of climate-worsened wildfire smoke alone is larger than what earlier studies said every other estimated cost of climate change would be, combined.
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Climate change is absolutely making these wildfires more severe - there should be zero doubt about that.
3 August
From one piece Fixing one of climate’s worst plots 3 beliefs · theclimatebrink.com
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Irrigation cools the surface, and the expansion of agriculture and irrigation in the central U.S. in the middle of the 20th century played a key role in why heatwaves were low in the middle of the 20th century
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The 1930s U.S. Dust Bowl heat wave was caused by destructive farming practices rather than fossil-fuel emissions.Their words
The relevant human activity was not fossil-fuel combustion but bad farming practices that contributed to the Dust Bowl.
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The post-1970s global increase in heatwave frequency is caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activity.Their words
This differs from the Dust Bowl because it is a global signal, occurring essentially everywhere. This is almost certainly due to greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.
29 July
From one piece Wildfires are remaking the world 2 beliefs · theclimatebrink.com
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The transformation to come will be decidedly nonlinear, meaning it will not occur as small impacts over many years but rather a series of infrequent, huge events of enormous destructive power.
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Cooling or warming global temperature by around 10°F would produce an unrecognizably different planet.Their words
If you cool the Earth by 10 degrees Fahrenheit, you end up with a completely different planet.
27 July
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Understanding climate change will help Texas graduates manage climate risks and identify new business opportunities.
Understanding climate change will help Texas graduates manage those risks and identify new business opportunities for solving the problems that climate change creates.
Texas can’t hide from climate change by stopping students from learning about it Said 2 Oct 2026
Rising atmospheric water vapor raises the ceiling on how extreme rainfall events can become
So the increase in PWAT is not just a weirdo statistic. It is a statement about the ceiling on the worst rain events we can face.
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record Said 14 Sept 2026
Climate change made the July 2025 Texas flooding more intense than it otherwise would have been
Given that we can connect increases in PWAT to global warming, we can confidently conclude that climate change made this rain event more intense than it otherwise would have been.
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record Said 14 Sept 2026
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Temperatures from high-emissions climate scenarios are a plausible upper bound on future warming, even though the emissions themselves are unlikely.
the temperatures produced under RCP8.5/SSP5-8.5 are a reasonable upper bound on what the future climate might be.
The Worst Case Is Still on the Table Said 4 Sept 2026
In risk management, severe but low-probability outcomes should shape policy responses, not just the likeliest scenario.
In fact, conventional risk management tells us that, when consequences are severe, low-probability extreme outcomes can determine the response.
The Worst Case Is Still on the Table Said 4 Sept 2026
Climate models may be underestimating how much future warming will occur.
Keeping the RCP8.5/SSP5-8.5 runs as a plausible upper limit is particularly important given that recent research has emphasized the possibility that models are underestimating future warming.
The Worst Case Is Still on the Table Said 4 Sept 2026
The same global average temperature can arise from greenhouse warming or from El Niño and still produce very different regional climate impacts.
The catch is that the future world that has been warmed by greenhouse gases and a present-day world that has been temporarily warmed by El Niño can have the same global-average temperature while having significant differences in the impacts of this warming.
Is this El Niño a glimpse of a future, hotter Earth? Said 17 Aug 2026
Climate change is making wildfires significantly more severe.
Climate change is absolutely making these wildfires more severe - there should be zero doubt about that.
♫ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ♫ Said 12 Aug 2026
The economic damage from climate-driven wildfire smoke deaths exceeds all other previously estimated categories of U.S. climate damage combined.
You read that right: The cost of climate-worsened wildfire smoke alone is larger than what earlier studies said every other estimated cost of climate change would be, combined.
♫ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ♫ Said 12 Aug 2026
Newly discovered, costly climate impacts like wildfire smoke should strengthen the case for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
This should turbocharge our resolve to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
♫ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ♫ Said 12 Aug 2026
The post-1970s global increase in heatwave frequency is caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activity.
This differs from the Dust Bowl because it is a global signal, occurring essentially everywhere. This is almost certainly due to greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.
Fixing one of climate’s worst plots Said 3 Aug 2026
The 1930s U.S. Dust Bowl heat wave was caused by destructive farming practices rather than fossil-fuel emissions.
The relevant human activity was not fossil-fuel combustion but bad farming practices that contributed to the Dust Bowl.
Fixing one of climate’s worst plots Said 3 Aug 2026
Expanded irrigation in the central U.S. during the mid-20th century cooled the surface and suppressed heatwave frequency there.
Irrigation cools the surface, and the expansion of agriculture and irrigation in the central U.S. in the middle of the 20th century played a key role in why heatwaves were low in the middle of the 20th century
Fixing one of climate’s worst plots Said 3 Aug 2026
Cooling or warming global temperature by around 10°F would produce an unrecognizably different planet.
If you cool the Earth by 10 degrees Fahrenheit, you end up with a completely different planet.
Wildfires are remaking the world Said 29 Jul 2026
Climate change's effects will unfold as sudden catastrophic events rather than as steadily accumulating small changes.
The transformation to come will be decidedly nonlinear, meaning it will not occur as small impacts over many years but rather a series of infrequent, huge events of enormous destructive power.
Wildfires are remaking the world Said 29 Jul 2026
It is already too late to fully prevent climate change because the atmosphere has been irreversibly altered by carbon pollution.
At this point, we've missed the boat at completely preventing climate change. Our atmosphere has been fundamentally altered by carbon pollution.
Wildfires are remaking the world Said 29 Jul 2026
The intense U.S. heat of the 1930s was driven by regional natural variability plus human-caused poor land management (the Dust Bowl), not global warming.
the heat of the 1930s was a regional event, due to a combination of unforced variability and human activities (poor agricultural land management).
Raw Data, Wrong Answers Said 27 Jul 2026
Climate skeptics' opposition to data adjustments is driven by which results those adjustments produce, not by scientific principle.
the opposition to adjustments is entirely instrumental: climate skeptics like the results that the raw, biased data give them for the US, and they don't like the results that bias-corrected data give them.
Raw Data, Wrong Answers Said 27 Jul 2026
Failing to adjust raw data for known measurement biases produces inaccurate results.
If you do not adjust the data for known biases, you're getting the wrong answer.
Raw Data, Wrong Answers Said 27 Jul 2026
Climate models are underestimating how intense heatwaves become at a given level of global warming.
the temperatures seen in France show that climate models continue to underpredict the magnitude of heatwaves for a particular level of global warming.
Deadly heat wave in France shows the future of climate risk Said 7 Jul 2026
Without a shift away from fossil fuels, heatwaves will keep worsening and cause more deaths as they outstrip public health systems' capacity.
Without a move away from fossil fuels, future heatwaves will keep testing the limits of public health systems and more people will die.
Deadly heat wave in France shows the future of climate risk Said 7 Jul 2026
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Loved Goodbye, Miami
I first discovered Jeff's writing in Rolling Stone with his masterpiece Goodbye, Miami.
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Liked The Deluge
Over the past few months, I’ve found myself buried in an array of fantastic non-fiction and fiction books that revolve around this theme. Works such as Fire Weather by John Vaillant, The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle, and The Deluge by Stephen Markley have brought the realities of climate change to life in a way that equations and data do not.
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Liked The Great Displacement
Over the past few months, I’ve found myself buried in an array of fantastic non-fiction and fiction books that revolve around this theme. Works such as Fire Weather by John Vaillant, The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle, and The Deluge by Stephen Markley have brought the realities of climate change to life in a way that equations and data do not.
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Liked Fire Weather
Over the past few months, I’ve found myself buried in an array of fantastic non-fiction and fiction books that revolve around this theme. Works such as Fire Weather by John Vaillant, The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle, and The Deluge by Stephen Markley have brought the realities of climate change to life in a way that equations and data do not.
theclimatebrink.com 3 Jul 2023
Recommends The Heat Will Kill You First
One book I've been especially eager to get my hands on is Jeff Goodell's The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (order your copy here). I first discovered Jeff's writing in Rolling Stone with his masterpiece Goodbye, Miami. Since then, I've made a point to follow his work, as his thoughtful examinations of climate change impacts have consistently struck a chord with me. Extreme heat is a fascinating topic, and I’ve previously written about how it can become deadly. But there's a clear distinction between understanding the science behind heat and grasping what it truly means for our daily lives. That's where Jeff’s book really shines.
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- Texas can’t hide from climate change by stopping students from learning about it 2 Oct 2026 Climate change will shape the future of Texas. Students should be allowed to learn about it.
- The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record 14 Sept 2026 More water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news
- The Worst Case Is Still on the Table 4 Sept 2026 Why removing RCP8.5 from the National Climate Assessment would be a serious mistake
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- Is this El Niño a glimpse of a future, hotter Earth? 17 Aug 2026 There are important differences between long-term global warming and El Niño warming
- ♫ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ♫ 12 Aug 2026 and your lungs, your blood stream, your brain, just about everywhere
- Fixing one of climate’s worst plots 3 Aug 2026 the 1930s were hot over the U.S. Midwest, but not that hot
- Wildfires are remaking the world 29 Jul 2026 With great sorrow, we watch as the Earth is rebuilt into a different, warmer planet.
- Raw Data, Wrong Answers 27 Jul 2026 What happens to the 1930s temperature record after correcting measurement biases and station coverage
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