Laura Routh
@laurarouth.bsky.social
On break from writing about climate change at https://www.thestatesclimateproject.com/ and elsewhere, too. Born 316.91 ppm. Caregiver to a loved one. Following posts on climate, economics, and mental health.
Gift link, heard through @davidrvetter.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Yes no CRISIS. "At stake is not the narrow insurers’ view of the “pooling of risks” or a dramatic wake-up moment of a doom loop prophesy, but rather a citizenry bound in “communities of fate” & the moral economy of the welfare state. "
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“ … it’s not entirely clear that it will ever play out as a system-wide financial catastrophe—more likely is that we see more of the same, with intensifying and unevenly distributed social consequences.” Great overview from @katemac.bsky.social and Tim Sahay www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
Insurance in the Polycrisis | Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay
The future is triage on an uninsurable earth.
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Yes no CRISIS. "At stake is not the narrow insurers’ view of the “pooling of risks” or a dramatic wake-up moment of a doom loop prophesy, but rather a citizenry bound in “communities of fate” & the moral economy of the welfare state. "
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Just like Kyla, by the end of the post, I was crying, too.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just like Kyla, by the end of the post, I was crying, too.
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High latitude blocking, and especially when located near or over Greenland, tends to severely disrupt mid-latitude weather patterns for weeks at a time--resulting in unusually persistent troughs/ridges and associated warm/cold air outbreaks that can defy seasonal predictions.
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
High latitude blocking, and especially when located near or over Greenland, tends to severely disrupt mid-latitude weather patterns for weeks at a time--resulting in unusually persistent troughs/ridges and associated warm/cold air outbreaks that can defy seasonal predictions.
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Then, by late week, pronounced ridge-trough pattern over continental U.S. will shift eastward & partially break down--likely opening the "storm door" along the West coast. A pretty wet period is likely thereafter, with moderate to even heavy rain extending all the way into SoCal.
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Then, by late week, pronounced ridge-trough pattern over continental U.S. will shift eastward & partially break down--likely opening the "storm door" along the West coast. A pretty wet period is likely thereafter, with moderate to even heavy rain extending all the way into SoCal.
I’m sad to hear that!
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’m sad to hear that!
I thought so, too! Jackson, MS…my birthplace and where I lived during my formative years
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I thought so, too! Jackson, MS…my birthplace and where I lived during my formative years