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Attribution & Evidence

Exploring how science explains and attributes environmental hazards and change.

Climate Models, Energy Balance, and the Math of Inevitability

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Climate Models, Energy Balance, and the Math of Inevitability

A short attempt to rescue climate modeling from both mystique and dismissal (and to name why it hurts to understand it) This week I’ve been reading a 2016 paper by Thomas Anderson, Ed Hawkins, and Phil Jones that traces the evolution of climate models from early, hand-calculated energy budgets

How Weather Becomes Memory

How Weather Becomes Memory

For a university assignment, I spoke with people from different regions and generations about their perceptions of extreme weather events. These were the guiding questions — and I invite you to reflect on your own experiences for a little climate-literacy exercise: * What do you remember about past extreme weather events or

Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

Attribution & Evidence

Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

Summary of SPM.A, SPM.B, and SPM.C from the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate as part of our Topic 3 module assignment The Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate presents

Climate Change at a Glance

Attribution & Evidence

Climate Change at a Glance

Two slides, one story of a warming planet. This short project was part of my MSc module Climate Change and Environmental Hazards. The task: explain the causes and global impacts of climate change in just two slides. When I started, I approached it like any science assignment, with facts and

Row of wooden houses on stilts above the exposed shoreline in Homer, Alaska.

Crossing Thresholds

Investigating Climate Change in the News and on Social Media – October 2025 This week I explored three recent pieces that reflect different facets of our changing planet, from the chemistry of the ocean to bird migration patterns and the rising force of storms. 1. Ocean Acidification - Crossing the Boundary