Deadly humid heat affects billions including the US Midwest this century. “It’s very disturbing,” study co-author Matthew Huber of Purdue University. “It’s going to send a lot of people to emergency medical care.” The study Greatly enhanced risk to humans as a consequence of empirically determined lower moist heat stress tolerance was conducted by Purdue […]
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Deadly Humid Heat in the USA
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Tipped Tipping Points, Feedback Loops, and the Domino Effect
By Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee September 29, 2023 A look at three (3) of the multiple tipping points we appear to have breached and The Domino Effect: Mountain Glacier Loss Collapse of AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) Amazon Rainforest Dieback Crossing one tipping point would be alarming. For instance, crossing the tipping point for […]
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Collapse of the Amazon
September 28. 2023 1) much of July was spent at record temperatures +3C 2) the collapse of the Amazon rainforest is likely to happen at +2-4C. The collapse of the Amazon is expected to occur because of changing weather patterns and circulation that result in drought. 3) Today Brazil set up a task force for […]
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10% of Swiss Glaciers Melt
* As thawing accelerates, Swiss glaciers lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years * One glacier had to stop being measured because it disappeared * The thaw is irreversible * Much of Europe’s drinking water comes from the glaciers “The acceleration is dramatic, with as much ice being lost in only two […]
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California Homeowners Insurance Consider Climate Change Prices
California use to only allow a max of 7% increase a year on homeowners insurance… and only base premiums on past payouts on a property. Not anymore. “California will let insurance companies consider climate change when setting their prices, the state’s chief regulator announced Thursday, a move aimed at preventing insurers from fleeing the state […]
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Climate Change: Insurance Risk
The 9th National Risk Assessment for Homeowners Insurance found climate risks place 39 million U.S. homes at risk of losing their insurance. “Sound pricing is going to make it unaffordable to live in certain places as climate impacts emerge.” “There’s this climate insurance bubble out there,” said Jeremy Porter, the head of climate implications at […]
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Climate Denial Part III: The Climate Denier Syndrome
by Daniel Brouse Climate Scientist In Part I, A Climate Denier Making a “False Narrative” Political Stand, Darren Wolfe made a host of false and misleading statements about climate change. In Part II, Freedom of Speech, we explained how making false climate claims is equivalent to telling people to ignore the fire alarm in a […]
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Climate Denial Part II: Freedom of Speech
by Daniel Brouse Climate Scientist Climate Denial Part I: A Climate Denier Making a “False Narrative” Political Stand Climate Denial Part II: Freedom of Speech, Authority, and Regulation According to an analysis from the Center for American Progress, there are still 139 Republicans in the 117th Congress, including 109 representatives and 30 senators, who refuse […]
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Climate Change Case Study: How to Shutdown a Climate Denier
by Daniel Brouse Climate Scientist Climate Change Case Study: How to shutdown a climate denier making a “false narrative” political stand Darren Wolfe is the self-proclaimed “world’s first authoritarian libertarian” In this study, we show how to prove liars about climate change are lying. According to an analysis from the Center for American Progress, there […]
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Climate Change: Rate of Acceleration
By Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukhurjee August 25, 2023 How fast are humans causing the climate to change? When we started our experiments in the 1990’s, we thought the time scale was in millenniums. If climate change were happening on a linear basis, we would have been correct; however, by the late 90’s we were […]
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