by Daniel Brouse Sierra Nevada: Hydroclimatic Whiplash, Atmospheric Rivers, Rain-on-Snow, Droughts, Landslides, Wildfires The Sierra Nevada is becoming a powerful example of hydroclimatic whiplash—where climate energy intensifies both extremes, shifting California’s water cycle from a relatively predictable seasonal rhythm toward rapid swings between atmospheric-river flooding, premature snowmelt, and summer drought. Excessive winter moisture associated with […]
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How Is Climate Energy Hitting You? North Texas
by Daniel Brouse North Texas: Drought, Wildfire, Evacuation, Water Scarcity, Livestock Liquidation, Crop Failure The Ross Fire: Climate Energy on the Ground The Ross Fire has exploded across more than 50,000 acres of North Texas, triggering mandatory evacuations, school closures, and a major emergency response. Driven by triple-digit heat, exceptionally low humidity, strong winds, and […]
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Penn’s Sylvania Experiment: Native Trees of Pennsylvania
by Daniel Brouse Introduction: Tree Mortality Many people believe that planting trees is one of the most important ways to help save the planet and reverse climate change. Planting trees can certainly help—but planting a tree and growing a healthy, mature forest are two very different things. The problem is that climate change is increasing […]
How Is Climate Energy Hitting You? The Mountains Crumble to the Sea
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee In memoriam of Anne When Mountains Crumble to the Sea: Glacial Retreat, Permafrost Thaw, Hydrostatic Pressure, and Landslides Mountains may look permanent. They are not. Across Alaska, Greenland, Norway, Chile, New Zealand, and the European Alps, glaciers are retreating, permafrost is thawing, and mountain slopes that were stabilized by […]
When Climate Energy Changes the Ecosystem: Forests, Fire, and the Transition to a New State
How Is Climate Energy Hitting You? Western U.S. Woodlands: Ecosystem Conversion or Vegetation Type Conversion Towering woodlands across the Western U.S. are being permanently replaced by spiky shrubs as bigger and hotter wildfires sweep through forests that have not evolved to survive such high-intensity blazes and a warmer climate. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” said […]
How Is Climate Energy Hitting You? Reno, Nevada
by Daniel Brouse How Is Climate Energy Hitting You? Reno, Nevada: Hydroclimatic Whiplash, Flash Droughts, Extreme Winds, and Wildfires Reno, Nevada, is experiencing some of the most pronounced climate stresses in the American West. Rapid warming is intensifying the region’s existing desert and alpine vulnerabilities, while simultaneously altering snowpack, water supplies, vegetation, wildfire conditions, and […]
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Scientific Publishing 101
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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