by Daniel BrouseAugust 29, 2025 Here’s an example response you can use when confronting a climate denier—this one addresses the accelerating rise in sea levels and the collapse of the AMOC. The climate denier said to me: “What an absolute load of BS. Sea level hasn’t changed to ANY verifiable degree in 2,000 years. Sit […]
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Sea Level Denial vs. Climate Reality: The Accelerating Collapse of Ice Sheets and Ocean Circulation
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Slate Auto: Reinventing the EV With a “Blank Slate” Approach
by Daniel BrouseAugust 28, 2025 Founded in 2022, Slate Auto is an American startup with a bold mission: to deliver an affordable, highly customizable electric vehicle that challenges traditional automaking. At the center of its strategy is the company’s first product, the Slate Truck—a modular electric pickup designed to transform seamlessly into an SUV. This […]
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Cape Coral’s Collapse: How Climate Risk and Insurance Costs Broke Florida’s Hottest Housing Market
by Daniel Brouse August 21, 2025 Cape Coral, Florida, has gone from one of the fastest-rising housing markets in the country to arguably the worst real estate market in the United States. During the early years of the pandemic, the city experienced a frenzy of demand. Median home prices skyrocketed nearly 75% in just three […]
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Antarctica, Inevitable Sea-Level Rise, and the Cascading Impacts of Climate Change
By Daniel Brouse and Sidd MukherjeeAugust 21, 2025 Introduction The destabilization of Antarctica represents the single greatest existential threat to humanity. What was once viewed as a slow-moving process unfolding over millennia is now accelerating at a pace that outstrips scientific projections. The August 2025 paper,“Emerging Evidence of Abrupt Changes in the Antarctic Environment,” confirms […]
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Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier Outburst: A Glacial Flood Emergency
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 […]
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 […]
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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