Andrew Dessler
@andrewdessler.com
Prof of Atmospheric Sciences & climate scientist @ Texas A&M; AGU and AAAS Fellow; Native Texan; find out what I think at https://www.theclimatebrink.com/
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Andrew Dessler
@andrewdessler.com
· Nov 2
profile picture pupdate: strong consensus for: dog, but more professional.
Introducing my new profile pic:
Introducing my new profile pic:
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Texas A&M panel: Firing violated professor’s academic freedom - @texastribune.org share.google/Q5UVRMb2CCd5...
Texas A&M panel: Firing violated professor’s academic freedom
University officials dispute the faculty council’s conclusion. Melissa McCoul lost her job after a video of a classroom debate went viral.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Texas A&M panel: Firing violated professor’s academic freedom - @texastribune.org share.google/Q5UVRMb2CCd5...
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Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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"[China] understood climate change as a severe threat but also as an enormous industrial opportunity. If the world needed to transition away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy, China resolved to be the supplier of the enabling goods and technologies."
e360.yale.edu/features/chi...
e360.yale.edu/features/chi...
As U.S. and E.U. Retreat on Climate, China Takes the Leadership Role
As U.N. talks get underway, China is emerging as a key leader in international climate efforts. It is empowering the global energy transition, and along with India and Brazil, is becoming the driving ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"[China] understood climate change as a severe threat but also as an enormous industrial opportunity. If the world needed to transition away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy, China resolved to be the supplier of the enabling goods and technologies."
e360.yale.edu/features/chi...
e360.yale.edu/features/chi...
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Electrification could now reach 75% of all energy demand, as the road-transport and heating sectors rapidly electrify 🔥🚗
These two sectors account for 50% of global energy use and are now ready to switch from fossil molecules to clean electrons.
https://loom.ly/BwyhReA
These two sectors account for 50% of global energy use and are now ready to switch from fossil molecules to clean electrons.
https://loom.ly/BwyhReA
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Electrification could now reach 75% of all energy demand, as the road-transport and heating sectors rapidly electrify 🔥🚗
These two sectors account for 50% of global energy use and are now ready to switch from fossil molecules to clean electrons.
https://loom.ly/BwyhReA
These two sectors account for 50% of global energy use and are now ready to switch from fossil molecules to clean electrons.
https://loom.ly/BwyhReA
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Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧵 (1/11)
Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate change » Yale Climate Connections
Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Let’s break down his tactics.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧵 (1/11)
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As a metaphor of the world today, a little too on the nose.
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
As a metaphor of the world today, a little too on the nose.
As a metaphor of the world today, a little too on the nose.
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
As a metaphor of the world today, a little too on the nose.
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Dana Nuccitelli (@dananuccitelli.bsky.social) debunks nineteen climate myths propagated by "two octogenarian fringe climate contrarians" on Joe Rogan's podcast.
Debunking Joe Rogan, Dick Lindzen, and Will Happer
Joe Rogan has one of the most popular podcasts on the Spotify and Apple Podcasts platforms, and a combined 50 million followers on YouTube, Spotify, and Instagram. And like nearly all of the most popu...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dana Nuccitelli (@dananuccitelli.bsky.social) debunks nineteen climate myths propagated by "two octogenarian fringe climate contrarians" on Joe Rogan's podcast.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Nice article from @apnews.com about how climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa's destructive winds and rain, analysis finds
apnews.com/article/hurr...
apnews.com/article/hurr...
Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa's destructive winds and rain, analysis finds
An analysis from World Weather Attribution reports human-caused climate change intensified the winds and rainfall unleashed by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Nice article from @apnews.com about how climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa's destructive winds and rain, analysis finds
apnews.com/article/hurr...
apnews.com/article/hurr...
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@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
Andrew Gettelman giving the @tamuatmo.bsky.social Dept seminar. He talking about AI in an Earth System model. Lots of interesting results.
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Andrew Gettelman giving the @tamuatmo.bsky.social Dept seminar. He talking about AI in an Earth System model. Lots of interesting results.
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“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
these people obviously have not read the Gates memo
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
these people obviously have not read the Gates memo
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Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
FLOWER MOUND, TX—Condemning the “woke left” for what he called the “modern evisceration of masculinity,” local conservative man Hank Daniels confirmed Monday that he was never going to stop being prou...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
College Station is crime-ridden hell hole. Thanks, Biden.
The perps better not relax: "This case remains under investigation."
The perps better not relax: "This case remains under investigation."
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
College Station is crime-ridden hell hole. Thanks, Biden.
The perps better not relax: "This case remains under investigation."
The perps better not relax: "This case remains under investigation."
I spent 11 great years at NASA Goddard. There are a lot of tremendously talented people there who push back the frontiers of knowledge every day.
Closing/shrinking Goddard is a real tragedy, but it's part of an ongoing effort that will make the U.S. a laggard in science and technology.
Closing/shrinking Goddard is a real tragedy, but it's part of an ongoing effort that will make the U.S. a laggard in science and technology.
An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Workers fear NASA is quietly gutting the iconic home of Hubble and Webb. The agency says it’s strategically closing buildings | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I spent 11 great years at NASA Goddard. There are a lot of tremendously talented people there who push back the frontiers of knowledge every day.
Closing/shrinking Goddard is a real tragedy, but it's part of an ongoing effort that will make the U.S. a laggard in science and technology.
Closing/shrinking Goddard is a real tragedy, but it's part of an ongoing effort that will make the U.S. a laggard in science and technology.
I took a recording of a few of my lectures, transcribed them, and told NotebookLM to convert it into a video. It's pretty good.
youtu.be/22ysrqtmrf4
youtu.be/22ysrqtmrf4
The Climate Crossroads
YouTube video by dessler2
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November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I took a recording of a few of my lectures, transcribed them, and told NotebookLM to convert it into a video. It's pretty good.
youtu.be/22ysrqtmrf4
youtu.be/22ysrqtmrf4
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time to add a new mute word
September 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
time to add a new mute word
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I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
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I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.
Thoughts from a climate scientist on the Bill Gates climate memo
I wanted to offer my thoughts, as a climate scientist, on the widely discussed memo published by Bill Gates in late October 2025. While I actually do agree with some of the specific points made therein regarding the urgent global need to accelerate efforts to reduce global poverty and improve human
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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.
On The Climate Brink, a great post from Zeke Hausfather about how CO2 and CH4 warm the climate differently. These key differences tend to get glossed over in any discussion.
Super pollutants are trendy, but we should be careful how we use them
Substituting short lived climate pollutants like methane for CO2 as carbon offsets risks breaking the math of net zero
www.theclimatebrink.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
On The Climate Brink, a great post from Zeke Hausfather about how CO2 and CH4 warm the climate differently. These key differences tend to get glossed over in any discussion.