by Daniel Brouse Coatesville, PA: Hydroclimatic Whiplash — Dying of Thirst in a Flood The climate problem can arrive through your water tap. Pennsylvania American Water issued a mandatory water conservation order on Sunday, September 6, 2026, affecting approximately 23,000 customer connections across the Coatesville water system. Residents were ordered to reduce water consumption by […]
Category Archives: Environment
How much land do I need for my own shit?
Tonight’s homework assignment: How much land do I need for my own shit? (AKA The Eat n’ Poop Experiment) Both literally and figuratively. This is an experiment I’ve been working on for years. And when you actually try to do it—when you have to think about where your food comes from, where your water comes […]
Tipping Point Season: The Amazon Dieback
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee Public Access Version: Amazon Dieback Simplified 🌎 TIPPING POINT SEASON: THE AMAZON DIEBACK The Amazon is more than a rainforest. It is part of Earth’s climate-regulating system—and one of the places where a regional disruption could become a global problem. This tipping point season, watch the Amazon closely. A […]
Scientists Using AI: From Computational Efficiency to Climate Innovation
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee Why Do Scientists Use AI? The short answer is: We’ve conducted case studies on the use of AI in a wide variety of environments, including everything from the dynamics of nonlinear chaotic systems to songwriting and musical production. All produced similar results—benefits to the environment, the economy, and society. […]
Tipping Point Season: Greenland Simplified
🌎 TIPPING POINT SEASON: GREENLAND What does a tipping point actually look like? It may look less like one dramatic event—and more like a system changing, feedback by feedback, until the changes begin reinforcing one another. That is what makes Greenland so important. Greenland has now experienced 30 consecutive years of ice loss. From 1986/87 […]
A Simplified Introduction to Tipping Point Season
🌎 TIPPING POINT SEASON What if climate change isn’t simply about a planet getting warmer? What if we are entering a period when multiple climate tipping points begin activating, interacting, and amplifying one another? That is the argument behind the paper, “Tipping Point Season.” The first tipping point season emerged in 2023–2024, when global temperatures […]
Tipping Point Season
by Daniel Brouse Introduction: What Is Tipping Point Season? The first tipping point season was 2023–2024, when global temperatures exceeded +1.5°C for an extended period. During that season, nine tipping points became observable: This phenomenon occurred simultaneously with El Niño. ENSO is not a cause of climate change; rather, it is a manifestation of the […]
Tipping Points That Toppled
When Climate Feedbacks Stop Looking Theoretical By Daniel Brouse The 2023–2024 El Niño event made observable what had previously been discussed largely as theoretical: multiple climate-system tipping processes were being pushed simultaneously. At least nine potential tipping points were being knocked or pushed toward critical thresholds during the 2023–2024 period. Two of the clearest examples […]
Tipping Point Season: Permafrost Thaw Simplified
by Daniel Brouse Tonight’s homework assignment: Tipping Point Season. Now that we’re deep into Tipping Point Season, my first assignment was to identify the most observable tipping points emerging this season and compare them with what we were seeing last season. Tonight’s publishing is Permafrost Thaw: The Sequel. The first chapter was the 2023 warning […]
How Is Climate Energy Hitting You? Chester County, It’s Shocking
by Daniel Brouse A Shocking Trend: Lightning Strikes Are Surging Across the Delaware Valley Lightning is one of the most spectacular—and potentially destructive—ways atmospheric energy reaches the ground. And the trend in Chester County is striking. Over the past decade, the number of lightning strikes has increased dramatically, rising from approximately 18,200 in 2016 to […]