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Andrew Dessler

@andrewdessler.com

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Prof of Atmospheric Sciences & climate scientist @ Texas A&M; AGU and AAAS Fellow; Native Texan; find out what I think at https://www.theclimatebrink.com/

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Nov 2

profile picture pupdate: strong consensus for: dog, but more professional.

Introducing my new profile pic:

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, @hausfath.bsky.social and Climate Brink have created the one climate graphic to rule them all with this Joy Division-inspired temperature anomaly chart

It's part of their extremely useful new dashboard dashboard.theclimatebrink.com

A chart of the global temperature anomaly distribution from 1940 to 2026, edging up toward 2C in this century and thus becoming increasingly red. It's in the style of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album cover

Reposted by A. E. Dessler, Gavin A. Schmidt

Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 1d

I've created a new dashboard for The Climate Brink that is updated daily with ERA5 global mean surface temperature data. It includes daily anomalies, monthly and annual forecasts, and a bunch of interactive data visualizations: dashboard.theclimate...

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 1d

do we have an HOA? need to keep property values up.

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 1d

340 W/m2 is the incoming solar power but 30% of that is reflected back to space, so energy absorbed is 340*0.7 = 240 W/m2

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 2d

A very long time ago, I put together a video on how the greenhouse effect actually works:
youtu.be/4PAbm1u1IVg?...

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 2d

Those are great posts

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 2d

On CO2 saturation… thetradeoff.substack.com/p/the-co2-sa...

The 'CO2 Saturation' Myth is an Old Ghost

Let it Rest in Peace Already!

thetradeoff.substack.com

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 2d

"Harvard Kennedy School announces Will Lewis will be joining as a senior fellow"

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 2d

what's amazing is that BK actually have a professionally made sign for this. it's like they thought, "we might run out of burgers, let's make a sign we can put out when that happens."

Maybe Miri @mirimiri9999.bsky.social · 3d

2026 in a nutshell.

Reposted by A. E. Dessler, Adrian Daub, Stephen D. Murphy

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!

When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.

There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.

The Texas gerrymander freakout
What’s happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy.

August 20, 2025

Brass-knuckled hypocrisy in Virginia
Voters will get a chance to reject anti-democratic gamesmanship in an April referendum.

Reposted by A. E. Dessler

Maybe Miri @mirimiri9999.bsky.social · 3d

2026 in a nutshell.

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 4d

Next CLIVAR climate risk webinar is TODAY at 11 am CT.

Webinar link:
usclivar.webex.com/usclivar/j.p...

Simona Meiler
Stanford University

Who Bears the True Risk? Stress Testing Systemic Risk in Florida's Homeowner Insurance System

John Abatzoglou
UC, Merced

The Escalating Control of Weather and Climate Extremes on Western US Wildfire

Reposted by A. E. Dessler

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 4d

Also, lots of hotels (particularly in places like Austin) have level 2 chargers where you can top off for an hour or two or charge overnight.

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 4d

A real game changer is getting a Tesla adapter for my car. Think what you will of Musk, he correctly identified that setting up a big charger network was key to driver satisfaction.

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 4d

EV range anxiety is a thing of the past. I’ve been driving my EV all over Texas and I never have trouble getting where I need to go.

The only thing I need to do is plan out my stops before I leave. That takes a few minutes.

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 5d

I hope you realize that I am joking

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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 5d

Brave and blunt talk at UT Civitas Institute by @andrewdessler.com listing some of the Scientific Felonies committed in criminally flawed DOE Climate report while authors of report (Koonin, Christy, McKitrick) look on.

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 5d

We discussed this ridiculous report and the reason it was published last year with @andrewdessler.com on Climate Chat:
www.youtube.com/live/6SPrGEY...

Debunking the DoE Climate Denial Report with Andrew Dessler

YouTube video by Climate Chat

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 5d

You’re not going out of it that easy

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Valerie M. Delmotte, Naomi Klein , and 8 more Michael E. Mann, Valerie M. Delmotte, Naomi Klein, David M. Schultz, A. E. Dessler, Luc Int Panis, Patrick A. Jansen, Jonathan A. Foley, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Dolly Jørgensen, Valentina De Marchi

Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 5d

I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team

Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 6d

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Jan 21

the problem is that people's memories of weather/climate only go back a few years. that's why you can't rely on your memories of weather, but instead have to rely on data.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org