by Daniel BrouseAugust 13, 2025 A massive upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt, dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier, began releasing on Tuesday, prompting officials to urge residents in parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of a potentially dangerous surge of floodwater. The National Weather Service (NWS) Juneau office issued a flood warning for areas along […]
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Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier Outburst: A Glacial Flood Emergency
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Tariffs Fail to Tame Soaring U.S. Budget Deficit as Spending Outpaces Revenue
by Daniel Brouse August 13, 2025 The U.S. government’s budget deficit surged nearly 20% in July 2025, reaching $291 billion for the month, despite a sharp rise in customs duty collections from President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies. According to Treasury Department data released Tuesday, the deficit increase underscores that tariffs — often touted as […]
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Evaporation: Death by Corn Sweat
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee August 10, 2025 Introduction: Observing a Vanishing Pool I’ve been researching evaporation for decades, but sometimes the most telling experiments happen in my own backyard. At the start of this pool season, rainfall far exceeded evaporation. Then, for the past two months, the balance flipped: with little rain and […]
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What Happens If the AMOC Stops?
by Daniel Brouse August 10, 2025 The AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) is one of the planet’s most important climate engines, moving warm water from the tropics northward and sending cold, dense water back south at depth. It’s also deeply intertwined with a giant climate feedback loop — the kind that can trigger sudden, far-reaching […]
Sudden Sea Level Pulses: How “Cork Release” Events Could Rapidly Reshape Coastlines
by Daniel BrouseAugust 9, 2025 Greenland Subglacial Flood Sheds Light on a Dangerous Climate Feedback The Earth’s climate system is a tightly woven network of interdependent processes. Disturb one, and you risk setting off a cascade of reinforcing feedback loops. Consider just one example: the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). When […]
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The Hidden Tax: How Rising Tariffs Harm the U.S. Economy and Burden Everyday Americans
As of August 7, 2025, the effective average U.S. tariff rate on imported goods and services has surged to approximately 22.38%. Historically, that number has hovered around 2.5%, reflecting decades of relatively free trade and open global markets. This abrupt increase represents not only a dramatic reversal of U.S. trade policy, but also the single […]
Understanding Urban Heat Islands: Causes, Data, and Climate Context
by Daniel Brouse August 7, 2025 Urban heat islands (UHIs) are a well-documented phenomenon in which cities and densely developed areas experience significantly higher temperatures than surrounding rural environments. This temperature disparity is not the result of long-term climate change, but rather of localized factors that alter how heat is absorbed, stored, and released. The […]
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Breathing in Danger: The Health Crisis of Air Pollution and How to Protect Yourself
by Daniel Brouse August 6, 2025 Over the past several years, extreme air pollution events have become alarmingly common across the United States and beyond. If you’ve been noticing hazy skies, itchy eyes, or difficulty breathing, you’re not alone—and you’re not imagining things. With increasingly frequent wildfires, industrial emissions, and fossil fuel combustion, the air […]
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Tariffs, Hypocrisy, and Geopolitical Backfire: Trump Slaps 50% Tariffs on Indian Goods Over Russian Oil
In a move that is already sparking backlash among global trade experts and U.S. allies, former President Donald Trump has issued a directive to impose an additional 25% tariff on a wide array of Indian goods—raising the total tariff rate to 50%. This decision, according to Trump, is a response to India’s ongoing purchases of […]
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The Deadly Nexus: Climate Change, Pathogens, and Political Denial
By Daniel BrouseAugust 6, 2025 A recent study published in JAMA Health Forum, titled “Global Estimates of Lives and Life-Years Saved by COVID-19 Vaccination During 2020-2024”, provides powerful evidence of the lifesaving impact of COVID-19 vaccines. The study estimates that vaccinations prevented 2.5 million deaths globally over the 2020–2024 period. The sensitivity analysis suggests a […]
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