By Daniel Brouse Over the past several years, we’ve trained our AI agents on our own climate research to explore new ways of communicating complex scientific concepts. As a result, some of our content reflects the depth of graduate-level research while presenting it in a more accessible visual format. We’ve intentionally experimented with different styles […]
Category Archives: Society
Climate Change, Gut Dysbiosis, and the Human Microbiome
How Environmental Stressors Disrupt Gut Health, Sleep, and Systemic Well-Being By Daniel Brouse The human gut microbiome is one of the body’s most complex and essential ecosystems, influencing digestion, immunity, metabolism, and even brain function. A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that climate change is emerging as a significant environmental threat to this internal […]
Also posted in Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, Medicine, Science, weather
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
Climate Change and REM Sleep: How a Warming Planet is Disrupting the Brain’s Most Restorative Sleep Stage
by Daniel Brouse Preface This summer, I began noticing a significant decline in both my overall sleep quality and, in particular, my REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. After reviewing the data from my sleep tracker, I was able to link much of the disruption to elevated nighttime temperatures. Then, last night, another factor became impossible […]
Also posted in Global Warming, health and wellness, Medicine, Science, weather
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
The Evolving Probability Distribution of Climate Extremes: Earth’s Energy Imbalance, Statistical Skewness, and Feedback Coupling in an Increasingly Energetic Climate System
Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee July 4, 2026 Abstract Global warming is often communicated through changes in average surface air temperature. While useful, this framing understates the fundamental driver of climate change: the accumulation and redistribution of excess thermal energy throughout the Earth system. Because more than 90% of anthropogenic excess heat is stored in […]
Also posted in Agriculture, Business, Education, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Politics, Science, Trees, weather
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
July Fourth in Philadelphia: Extreme Heat Puts FIFA Players and Fans at Risk
Philadelphia is forecast to experience a critical heat emergency on July 4, with heat index values expected to reach 91–95°F under dangerously humid conditions. Even modest physical exertion outdoors can increase the risk of heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and, in severe cases, death. Extreme heat is more than uncomfortable—it is one of the deadliest weather […]
Also posted in Business, Environment, freedom, Global Warming, health and wellness, Science
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt: Climate Change and the Rise of a Record-Breaking Ocean Regime Shift
by Daniel Brouse What many beachgoers describe as a “bad seaweed year” is actually evidence of a much larger transformation occurring across the Atlantic Ocean. Florida is experiencing another massive influx of Sargassum, and scientists monitoring the phenomenon report that the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt remains near record size. Rather than an isolated event, this […]
Climate Responsibility and Accountability
Addendum to: Solutions to the Fossil Fuel Economy and the Myths Accelerating Climate and Economic Collapse http://membrane.com/global_warming/Basic-Economics.html Climate Responsibility and Accountability Introduction The original purpose of Solutions to the Fossil Fuel Economy and the Myths Accelerating Climate and Economic Collapse was to focus on practical solutions rather than assigning blame. Since its publication, however, many […]
Also posted in Agriculture, Business, children, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Global Warming, Government, health and wellness, International, Law, Medicine, Politics, Science, Security, Trees, weather
Tagged climate change, economy
Comments closed
The Evolution of Climate Change: From Linear Warming to Nonlinear Earth-System Acceleration
By Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee During the 1980s, I worked primarily as an economist specializing in risk management. By the early 1990s, however, it had become clear that the greatest systemic risk facing civilization was not financial—it was climate change. Working with physicist Sidd Mukherjee, we began developing what we called the Nonlinear Acceleration […]
Also posted in Agriculture, Business, Energy, Environment, Finance, Global Warming, health and wellness, Science, Security
Tagged climate change, economy
Comments closed
The Full Economic Burden of Climate Change in the United States
Beyond Point Estimates: An Ensemble-Based Probabilistic Framework for Estimating the Full Economic Burden of Climate Change in the United States Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee Abstract Traditional estimates of climate damages generally report single-value estimates or narrow ranges that fail to capture the cascading uncertainty inherent in coupled human-natural systems. Climate change is not a […]
Also posted in Business, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Global Warming, Government, health and wellness, Medicine, Politics, Religion, Science, Security, taxes
Tagged climate change
Comments closed
Addendum: Distinguishing the Benefits of Energy from the Costs of Fossil Fuel Combustion
A common criticism of climate damage accounting is that it focuses on the costs of fossil fuels without acknowledging the benefits they have provided to modern civilization. This criticism conflates two distinct concepts: the benefits of energy and the benefits of burning fossil fuels. This paper does not argue that reliable energy, transportation, heating, cooling, […]
Also posted in Energy, Environment, Finance, Global Warming, Government, health and wellness, Politics, Science, Security, taxes
Tagged climate change
Comments closed