Andrew Dessler
@andrewdessler
Prof of Atmospheric Sciences & climate scientist @ Texas A&M; AGU and AAAS Fellow; Native Texan; find out what I think at
Matthew Wielicki is the new head of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Without comment, here is an exchange I had with him on Twitter a few years ago, so you can assess for yourself his suitability for the job.
He was probably confused and meant to criticize this report, which the NAS just released. Article about it: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/c...
This led me to think about this plot, showing summer max temps in the 1930s and recent decade. From: www.theclimatebrink.com/p/which-was-...
The Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M @tamuatmo.bsky.social is convening the Texas Hazardous Weather Coordination Workshop. Sept. 24, in College Station. More info: sites.google.com/tamu.edu/tx-...
Dr. Chris Callahan @ccallahan45.bsky.social used the results from a previously published analysis of heat-related mortality in France to estimate how many people this heat wave killed. The answer: 2,700.
Here is a plot of the hottest day in June in an ensemble of bias-adjusted models vs. observations. You can see how models are underpredicting extreme temperatures.
Job opportunity for senior biology faculty. I've visited CMC and it seems like this is a great opportunity. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32274
Examining a huge ensemble (> 2500 runs) of the 1979-2024 period and found this day. Holy cr*p it's hot.
Judy Curry asks an interesting question on her blog: does anyone care what I say?
if I were a baseball player and my last name was Outman, I would change it. #Astros
sent by someone sitting on the ground at IAH (Houston Intercontinental): 172°F seems wrong, but also seems right
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10/ It didn't work the first time, so I told it to try again. It did work the second time.
9/ And, as new features occurred to me, I could just ask Claude to add them. e.g., I wanted an edit button in the search results, so I told Claude to add one.