Notices by Andrew Dessler (andrewdessler@mastodon.world), page 2

if this track moves a bit East, it's going to obliterate Tampa Bay

if you live on the W. Coast of Florida, make plans now. Make sure you have gas in the car, medicine, plans for pets, cash, know where you're going to go ... start planning now.

This is quantified in this paper by Fran Moore et al. @climatefran.bsky.social (https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1816541116): "The reference point for normal conditions appears to be based on weather experienced between 2 and 8 y ago."

A friend emailed me saying: "it was nice that Texas won the climate change lottery this year with a cooler wetter summer than usual"

Let's look at the data. Here's IAH summertime average temperatures:

2024 was definitely not "cool" by any metric. It *was* cooler than the hellacious summer of 2023, but it was still in the top 10% of summers over the past 55 years.

This points out one of the big problems with climate change: people's memories are terrible when it comes to extreme weather.

Recommended: Rolling Stone article, "Climate on the Ballot" by Thor Benson
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/climate-on-the-ballot-2024-1235096557/

@albertcardona @mattjhodgkinson @atthenius @williamgunn

to be honest, the problem with journals & reviewers is part of a bigger problem w/ academics: our publication system is broken

tweet thread from 2019:
https://x.com/AndrewDessler/status/1100771007437201409

Media organizations: please put buttons on your stories to share on Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads

I'm amazed at how many people who say they are concerned about climate change have this weird, pathological need to believe that we're doomed.

We're only doomed if we (as a society) fail to deal with the problem.

Get over yourself and get to work.

I think a lot of people are on the
cusp of having an "oh shit" moment about extreme heat. Hotter temperatures do not mean tank tops and grilling in the backyard, it means, at best, changing how we live. At worst, it means suffering and death. At worst, it means suffering and death.

Why 2023 was so hot? Article by Clark Merrefield on how reporters should cover this.

https://journalistsresource.org/environment/warming-2023/

Our actual climate policy

it's hilarious that The Onion makes more accurate climate predictions than the denier darlings Judy Curry, Joe Bastardi, John Christy, etc.

Nice article in The Conversation from Prof. Brian Tang on rapid intensification of hurricanes and how this connects to climate change.
https://theconversation.com/hurricane-beryls-rapid-intensification-category-5-winds-so-early-in-a-season-were-alarming-heres-why-more-tropical-storms-are-exploding-in-strength-233780

Can we air condition our way out of extreme heat? A primer on air conditioning from The Climate Brink
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/can-we-air-condition-our-way-out

Fun thermodynamics fact: if you want your house to be 75F and the outside temperature rises from 96F to 100F, your air conditioner will consume 42% more power.

Nice article in @texasmonthly by @peterjholley about Beryl and the climate challenge for Texas
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/hurricane-beryl-threat-summer-heat-without-power/

I have an oped in the @nytimes about the renewable energy transition. Gift link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/01/opinion/clean-energy-solar-wind.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wU0.hBwH.nCMN8tfx2wxZ&smid=url-share

It's long been said by my conservative friends that the "only solution to climate change is to develop technologies that are cheaper than fossil fuels and can address climate change without additional cost."

When that happens, people will follow their self interest and switch to renewable energy.

The first part has happened! Renewable energy is now cheaper in many applications than fossil fuels.

https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/is-renewable-energy-cheaper-than

And, indeed, we see the market switching.
https://www.climatecentral.org/report/solar-and-wind-power-2024