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Aug 21
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New Report Warns Planet May Be Warming Twice as Fast as Expected

By Abrupt changes, abrupt climate change, catastrophes, Climate Catastrophes, climate response, climate sensitivity, Impacts, IPCC 2021, Legacy Policy, modeling, Reports, Sensitivity, Solutions, The Unexpected

South Padre Island, South Texas, Laguna Madre Windsurfing Beach, non-storm high tide flooding. The Laguna Madre is a long skinny tidal estuary that separates Padre Island from the southern coast…

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Jul 03
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New Evaluation of Climate Models Reveals Abrupt Changes Ahead of Schedule

By abrupt change, Abrupt changes, abrupt climate change, ahead of schedule, Amazon, Amazon Collapse, climate models, dieback, Drought, Extreme Weather, forest health, Forest Mortality, Greenland, Gulf Stream, Gulf Stream Shutdown, ice sheets, Impacts, modeling, The Unexpected

It’s not the averages that will mess up your hair, it’s the gusts. This work on modeling the unmodelable (Drijfhout 2015) is a couple of years old now, but it gives…

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Mar 25
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Sing Delay, Delay, Delay: 0.5 C Limit to Dangerous Climate Change

By 0.5 C, 1.5 C, 2 C, abrupt change, Abrupt changes, abrupt climate change, Arctic, Arctic sea ice collapse, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, CO2, dangerous climate change, delay, Emissions, Greenland, Gulf Stream, Gulf Stream Collapse, ice sheet, Impacts, Legacy Policy, Methane, modeling, Policy, sea ice, Strategy, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse

Point 660, Greenland Ice Sheet, 20 miles east of Kangerlussuaq on the west coast. Physics is important. An enormous amount of heat is required to melt ice. This is why…

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