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Zack Labe (NOAA) -- Just Fired by DOGE

Zack Labe (NOAA) -- Just Fired by DOGE

I recently wrote a piece on this site that examined the concept of climate tipping points. In that piece I focused on two climate change features that have the potential to give us an early warning on climate disaster: the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, and Arctic sea-ice collapse. After a

And We All Fall Down

And We All Fall Down

The old dump truck struggled to make it up the grade. Long before it arrived I could hear it straining to maintain forward progress and not stall out on the slope, tires slipping on the gravel. The diesel engine growled, and the clutch complained, clanking from the pain of downshifting.

Global Warming Close to Home

Global Warming Close to Home

Climate. Just like weather: everyone is talking about it. But unlike weather, civilizations have been doing something about it – none to the good – ever since the industrial revolution. Since 1850, world-wide annual emissions of greenhouse gases have increased over 12-fold, trapping additional heat, and steadily warming the planet. Weather is