One‑Year 5% Cut Barely Moves Long‑lived Gas Levels
If only someone had looked at this, say, back in April 2020. 🙄 Turns out that a 5% reduction in emissions for one year for a gas that accumulates in the atmosphere has a tiny effect on concentrations. https://t.co/if0d8eyX1F https://t.co/UFWo16Rc47
El Nino Set to Push 2027 to Record Warmth
The El Nino cometh. This would push up our estimate for 2026 global temperatures (though its still unlikely to surpass 2024 as the warmest year), and make 2027 very likely to be the warmest year on record given the historical...
Clean Energy Investment Nears Military Spending Threshold, War Delays
One of my predictions in our Climate Brink year end wrapup was that 2026 might be the first year where global clean energy investment exceeds global military spending. Unfortunately with recent wars we will likely have to wait a few more...
Solar Optimism, Not Maximalism, Calls for Diversified Clean Energy
Good piece by @atrembath and @TedNordhaus on the distinction between solar optimism and solar maximalism. I'm definitely quite bullish on solar, but we also need other clean energy technologies (wind, storage, nuclear, geothermal, CCS for some industrial processes) alongside it....
AI Boosts Climate Research—But Beware Its Pitfalls
As a rare climate scientist working in Silicon Valley, I've been drinking from the AI firehose a lot more than my peers. I thought it would be helpful to lay out my experiences of both the promise and pitfalls of...
Science Now Overwhelmingly Refutes Trump’s Climate Repeal
The scientific understanding of human-driven climate change is much stronger today than it was in 2009 when the EPA first issued the endangerment finding. There is no scientific basis for the Trump administration's decision to repeal it https://t.co/l5qmBNkADn
Solar, Batteries Won’t Quickly Decarbonize China’s Aluminum Industry
Solar and batteries are an amazing success story, but lets be a bit careful in getting ahead of ourselves on their near-term potential to decarbonize Chinese heavy industries like aluminum (which is heavily dependent on colocated coal plants). A great...