Scientific Publishing 101 by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee Publishing scientific papers, articles, and essays is far more backward than most people realize. In many fields, authors are not paid to publish; they may actually have to pay publication or open-access fees. Scientific publishing operates very differently from the music business. A young musician may […]
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How Is the Climate Energy Hitting You? The Worms Squirm
by Daniel Brouse Backyard Experiment How Is the Climate Energy Hitting You? is a collection of backyard experiments conducted in conjunction with you—the reader. The goal is simple: to look at how the increased energy in the climate system is showing up in our everyday lives. Is it becoming more extreme, more frequent, and more […]
How Is the Climate Energy Hitting You? — Central England
by Daniel Brouse and Rocky Rex Central England is providing a very tangible demonstration of what climate energy looks like when it moves through a real landscape. Not as an abstract temperature anomaly. Not as a number on a graph. As heatwaves. Drought. Wildfires. Crop losses. Water restrictions. And then sudden, intense rainfall arriving on […]
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Sea-Level Rise: Rubbing Salt in the Wound
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee How Is Climate Energy Hitting You? The Jersey Shore Is Sure Sea-Level Rise: Rubbing Salt in the Wound Sea-level rise is not simply a matter of the ocean getting higher. Climate change is altering the physical forces that move water toward and onto the shoreline. Rising seas, changing atmospheric […]
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How Is the Climate Energy Hitting You?
by Daniel Brouse What I Did on My Summer Vacation I thought it might be a fun experiment to see how the extreme weather fueled by climate change is impacting you—and me. I’ll start with “What I Did on My Summer Vacation.” Within 15 feet of my backdoor, we’ve experienced more violent storms than ever. […]
Taking the Temperature of Climate Change
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee Bend Over Much of the world is focused on 1.5°C. One reason the public has become so focused on this number is its simplicity. A 1.5°C (2.7°F) increase sounds like a straightforward, easily understood concept. It also doesn’t sound particularly frightening. After all, what’s the big deal about a […]
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Where’s the Beef? Tariffs, Inflation, and the Climate Cost of Meat
On August 21, 2026, President Donald Trump announced a temporary 90-day waiver of out-of-quota tariffs on imported ground beef, allowing up to 300,000 metric tons to enter the U.S. market tariff-free in an effort to reduce grocery prices. The president said he had secured a commitment that the imported meat would be sold at 25% […]
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A Hound’s Nose
Nemo’s Nose Knows I’ve been thinking about how to describe Nemo’s nose. He’s half Labrador and looks like a golden Lab, but his brain seems to be wired more like a hound. I’ve had Labs before, and they all loved the water. You couldn’t keep them out of it. Nemo is completely different. He prefers […]
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Treasury Doubles Bond Buybacks as U.S. Bond Market Volatility Deepens
The U.S. Department of the Treasury intervened on August 19, 2026, announcing that it will at least double the size of its liquidity-support bond buyback operations in an effort to calm a highly volatile Treasury market. Under the direction of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the maximum repurchase limits for longer-dated nominal coupon securities will increase […]
The Bleeding Edge of Climate Change
by Daniel and Sidd While Sidd was in town, I took some notes. Somehow, they turned into this: Climate Change: The Big Picture There are many ways to look at climate change. From a micro perspective, there are millions of individual feedbacks operating throughout the Earth system. From a macro perspective, there is the climate […]
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