andrewdessler

andrewdessler, 6 days ago to random

Every once in a while I read something and think, "I wish I'd written that." This is one of those times.

Time is up for neoliberals (gift link)
https://wapo.st/3wy6NKy

andrewdessler, 9 days ago to random

Q: How to make a small fortune in real estate?
A: Start with a large fortune and invest in Louisiana real estate.

h/t to Susan Crawford from her terrific substack post:
https://susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/betting-on-the-big-easy

andrewdessler, 12 days ago to random

The trouble is that the world has adapted to and constructed cities designed for 20th century temperatures and rainfall, but climate change brings more heat and downpours, said Andrew Dessler, a Texas A&M University climate scientist.

“We’re departing the climate of the 20th century right now and we just can’t handle these events,” Dessler said. “So they’re getting slightly more extreme, but they’re passing our ability to handle them.”

https://apnews.com/article/bizarre-weather-climate-heat-flood-extreme-e13a4a5f2c4de870269b36d5de570aa5?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share

andrewdessler, 12 days ago to random

typing planet "Jupiter" and almost — almost! — typed it Jupyter

andrewdessler, 13 days ago to random

The latest from The Climate Brink: Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive

https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-change-is-making-hurricanes-09e

andrewdessler, 14 days ago to random

Your occasional reminder that one of the longest standing predictions of climate science, which has subsequently been verified by observations, is that rainfall events will become more intense.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/houston-texas-flood-rain.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

andrewdessler, 24 days ago to random

If you’re wondering how climate scientists connect climate change to individual extreme weather events, or whether climate change contributed to the flooding in Dubai, read this!

https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/pinning-down-climate-changes-role

andrewdessler, 1 month ago to random

Hey reporters: please do not connect the flooding in Dubai with cloud seeding. If you seed clouds all the time (which they do), then when intense rain occurs (which eventually it will) you may conclude that cloud seeding was responsible. But what about the 999 times when you seeded and it didn’t flood.

andrewdessler, 1 month ago to random

holy cow, this is dark.

a lot of what she says is correct — academics can be a soul sucking career. but it does work and academic research is responsible for a lot of great things in the world.

https://youtu.be/LKiBlGDfRU8?si=KSe-o9-PvRPM7HWV

andrewdessler, 1 month ago to random

let's see how ERCOT dealt with the eclipse

first, total power mix. you can see solar decline, and it's picked up by natural gas

andrewdessler, 1 month ago to random

Problem with our neighborhood fusion generator

andrewdessler, 1 month ago to random

holy crap, this article is amazing

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10894-023-00361-z

andrewdessler, 1 month ago to random

Nice explainer about whether the global warming is accelerating or not by @ClimateAdam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p0HdzZsdII

andrewdessler, 1 month ago to random

How extreme was the Earth's temperature in 2023? I write about this on The Climate Brink.

This is not an April Fool's joke.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theclimatebrink/p/how-extreme-was-the-earths-temperature?r=27daj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

andrewdessler, 1 month ago to random

Tweeps who teach python: are there any tricks/suggestions for teaching algorithmic thinking… eg how to take a problem and break it into its constituent parts?