mastodon 4.7.3Prof of Atmospheric Sciences & climate scientist @ Texas A&M; book: Introduction to Modern Climate Change; AGU and AAAS Fellow; Native Texan
Find out what I think on https://www.theclimatebrink.com
Informative post on The Climate Brink by Zeke @hausfath.bsky.social on the differences between CO2 and CH4 in warming the climate and the scourge of GWPs and CO2e in evaluating climate policy.
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/using-a-20-year-period-for-comparing
On The Climate Brink, I write about the connection between climate change and flooding in the Pacific Northwest.
Yes, climate change is enhancing the flooding.
Is climate change responsible for increasingly frequent or severe cold events? The evidence suggests it is not. Instead, the impact of climate change is warmer winters and less severe cold events. Zeke Hausfather has a great post on TCB talking about this. https://substack.com/home/post/p-186376927
On The Climate Brink, an obituary for the DOE Climate Working Group report
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/obituary-the-doe-climate-working
On The Climate Brink, I am posting draft chapters from my climate risk textbook. This post is the chapter that explains what "climate risk" means.
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-risk-explained
On The Climate Brink, my last post talks about the runaway greenhouse effect and whether we should worry about it. No spoilers here, you'll have to read it to find out!
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/dont-panic-a-field-guide-to-the-runaway
On The Climate Brink, my latest post is on what the war in Iran tells us about the hidden costs of fossil fuels
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-war-in-iran-shows-us-another
Zeke Hausfather makes his predictions for 2026 and 2027 temperatures. I don’t need any fancy science to tell you that both years gonna be en fuego.
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/my-2026-and-2027-global-temperature
On The Climate Brink, I write about embedded energy and the 100 energy slaves that you have working for you (if you live in the U.S.).
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/you-have-100-energy-slaves
If you are interested in running for President or Secretary of the AGU's Global Environmental Change section, email me (adessler at tamu dot edu) and attach your CV. We are looking for candidates and the deadline is coming up soon.
My year-end wrap up with @hausfath.bsky.social on The Climate Brink
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-climate-brink-2025-wrap-up
🚨CLIVAR Climate Risk Seminar today at 2 pm ET/1 pm CT/11 am PT🚨
Brett Sanders | University of California, Irvine | The Devil is in the Details: Significant Biases in Flood Hazard Mapping from Data Sources and Modeling Conventions
On The Climate Brink: Cook like a physicist
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/cook-like-a-physicist
Check out the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences youtube channel, where Dr. Chris Nowotarski talks about the rain event going on in TX over the next couple of days.
https://youtu.be/k0DZtrUcASk?si=kHlG1QMb3favN71g
