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What are climate feedback loops?

Positive climate feedback loops accelerate global warming

by Charlotte Venner

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Explainers
What are climate feedback loops?

Positive climate feedback loops accelerate global warming

by Charlotte Venner

Risk Tipping points
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Mapping heat and humidity risk in Miami, Florida

How to use the Probable Futures map of days above 28°C wet-bulb

by Charlotte Venner

Heat Maps Risk
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Two people collaborating over print outs of Probable Future maps
Director’s letter 2024: increasing our chances that the future is good

We built a resource that needed to exist—here’s how it’s going two years after launch

by Alison Smart

Adaptation Risk
Seasonal essays

March 19, 2024 11:06 pm ET

Equinox greetings: pioneers, arbitrageurs, and river rats

On the importance of investing in places for the long term in a changing climate

by Spencer Glendon

Adaptation Insurance Risk
Seasonal essays

December 21, 2023, 10:27 pm ET

Solstice greetings: seeing the divine in a graph

On power, morality, humility, and seeing the divine in a graph

by Spencer Glendon

Extremes Risk
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What is a 1-in-100-year storm?

A 1-in-100-year storm has a 1% chance of occurring in any given year

by Charlotte Venner

Extremes Maps Risk
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What is wet-bulb temperature?

This measure helps us understand how hot is too hot for the human body

by Charlotte Venner

Extremes Heat Risk
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What is drought, and how is it measured? 

Anywhere that has water can experience drought

by Charlotte Venner

Extremes Risk
Seasonal essays

June 21, 2022, 5:14am ET

Solstice greetings: bugs and guts

by Spencer Glendon

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