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Who I Am and How I Got Here
The oldest thing I can tell you about myself is the thing I have known the shortest time.
Jul 21
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The Ground They Wouldn’t Fight On
What a federal panel of climate skeptics chose to argue about — and the one thing they left alone.
Jul 7
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A Different Way to See Climate Change
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Jul 5
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Checking My Own Work
Before this diagram went in front of a national audience, I held it to the standard I’d want to hold anyone else’s.
Jul 4
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Full Circle
Bringing the deep-time series to a close — with three last pieces, and some overdue thanks.
Jul 4
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June 2026
An open letter, in four questions
An open letter to the reader who feels the climate case is overstated
Jun 11
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Climate sensitivity: where the numbers come from
Four quantities, four experiments, four ways of asking the same question
Jun 11
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The Phoenix We Are Choosing
When does reverse migration become the norm?
Jun 5
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Change the Frame, Add the Long Game
The world doesn’t end in 2100 or 2150
Jun 2
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May 2026
Climate change: From the deep past to the distant future
The science is solid. Uncertainty remains. The biggest unknown is our response.
May 18
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The 10,000 Year Anthropocene Loop
What the deep past and the deep future tell us about the journey ahead
May 11
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April 2026
To All the Cars I’ve Loved Before
A parody, with apologies to Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
Apr 29
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Dean Rovang
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