Rodrigo Muñoz
@rodrigo-munoz.bsky.social
Climate Science PhD student at UNAM, México
Socioeconomic impacts of climate change, renewable energy
“And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.'”
Socioeconomic impacts of climate change, renewable energy
“And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.'”
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GeoMIP-Pattern – a pattern scaling dataset for efficient generation of custom geoengineering scenarios - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - GeoMIP-Pattern – a pattern scaling dataset for efficient generation of custom geoengineering scenarios
www.nature.com
I'm pleased to announce our newest paper published at Scientific Data, where we establish a framework for generating fast, custom SRM scenarios. This will allow us to develop probabilístic regional and global impact studies of geoengineering interventions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Rodrigo Muñoz
"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).
October 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).
I participated in this report by UNESCO, titled Who Bears the Costs? Addressing inequalities from climate change and climate action", published around two months ago. I designed three climate exposure and vulnerabiliy indices, which I'll explain in further posts.
doi.org/10.54678/GIX...
doi.org/10.54678/GIX...
August 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I participated in this report by UNESCO, titled Who Bears the Costs? Addressing inequalities from climate change and climate action", published around two months ago. I designed three climate exposure and vulnerabiliy indices, which I'll explain in further posts.
doi.org/10.54678/GIX...
doi.org/10.54678/GIX...
Another brief piece exploring some environmental philosophy topics. This time I wrote about Arne Naess' Deep Ecology and us being part of nature.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
From the wading pool to the diving pit: Deep Ecology
For thousands of years, humans have questioned our relationship with the environment around us.
rodrigoms95.github.io
August 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Another brief piece exploring some environmental philosophy topics. This time I wrote about Arne Naess' Deep Ecology and us being part of nature.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
This is the press release for our recent paper regarding SRM model emulation for impact evaluation
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rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/climate%...
August 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is the press release for our recent paper regarding SRM model emulation for impact evaluation
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/climate%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/climate%...
I really enjoyed writing this articles, where I talk about the wicked nature of climate change, how we are tangled in its net, and how can we break free from it.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
Untangling the wicked knots of climate change
What do cooking a frog in a pot, flushing the toilet, and turning the key to start our car have in common?
rodrigoms95.github.io
August 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I really enjoyed writing this articles, where I talk about the wicked nature of climate change, how we are tangled in its net, and how can we break free from it.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
Some thoughts on how residential energy consumption is expected to rise in a wamer climate (with very local projections!) and how countries with current low AC penetrations are expected to have double trouble with rising incomes.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
Your electricity bill will be more expensive due to climate change
The impacts of climate change on our household economies will be considerable.
rodrigoms95.github.io
August 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Some thoughts on how residential energy consumption is expected to rise in a wamer climate (with very local projections!) and how countries with current low AC penetrations are expected to have double trouble with rising incomes.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
Reposted by Rodrigo Muñoz
In 2019 BEVs were just 0.7% of new cars. By 2025 they hit 15.7%, with BEV+PHEV+HEV = 43%. Even on conservative estimates, BEVs will pass 50% by 2030 to become the #1 powertrain, while ICE crashes to ~15–20%. ⚡ From niche to dominant in a decade. #EV #BEV #Disruption #LFP #RIPICE
August 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In 2019 BEVs were just 0.7% of new cars. By 2025 they hit 15.7%, with BEV+PHEV+HEV = 43%. Even on conservative estimates, BEVs will pass 50% by 2030 to become the #1 powertrain, while ICE crashes to ~15–20%. ⚡ From niche to dominant in a decade. #EV #BEV #Disruption #LFP #RIPICE
In this article I talk about how solar energy's variability is a challenge to its integration, and how storage is essential to a decarbonized grid.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
The duck curve: solar energy’s challenge
A fundamental problem with solar energy is that it is variable.
rodrigoms95.github.io
August 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
In this article I talk about how solar energy's variability is a challenge to its integration, and how storage is essential to a decarbonized grid.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
In this article published originally in a local newspaper of Izcalli, a suburb of Mexico City, I wonder whether geoengineering can solve climate change (tl;dr most probably not)
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rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
¿Can geoengineering solve climate change?
Geoengineering pretends to fight climate change by releasing particles that reflect solar radiation. Source: gwagner.com/wsj-sg/ Climate change is the result of activities that make up our econ...
rodrigoms95.github.io
August 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In this article published originally in a local newspaper of Izcalli, a suburb of Mexico City, I wonder whether geoengineering can solve climate change (tl;dr most probably not)
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
I wrote this small piece to reflect on how the local impacts of climate change are turning the worst recorded events into common ones. Izcalli is an industrial suburb of Mexico City, which has more than 23 million inhabitants.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
Extreme rainfall and climate change in Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico City
Photo: ADN 40. We are all familiar with the idea that climate change is bringing about rising temperatures and, consequently, more intense heat waves in summer. However, in reality, it involves a mu...
rodrigoms95.github.io
August 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I wrote this small piece to reflect on how the local impacts of climate change are turning the worst recorded events into common ones. Izcalli is an industrial suburb of Mexico City, which has more than 23 million inhabitants.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/izcalli%...
I created my Github website four years ago and never really used it. I've now updated it with my research and conferences, and reposted some writing I've done on some other sites. I hope to keep it up to date more often.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/
August 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I created my Github website four years ago and never really used it. I've now updated it with my research and conferences, and reposted some writing I've done on some other sites. I hope to keep it up to date more often.
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/
rodrigoms95.github.io/eng/
Furthest I've been:
N: Abisko, Sweden
E: Tokio, Japan
S: Puerto Montt, Chile
W: Portland OR, US
N: Abisko, Sweden
E: Tokio, Japan
S: Puerto Montt, Chile
W: Portland OR, US
Furthest I've been:
N: Kirkenes, Norway
E: Dalian, China
S: Pretoria, South Africa
W: Dallas, US
N: Kirkenes, Norway
E: Dalian, China
S: Pretoria, South Africa
W: Dallas, US
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Rovaniemi, Finland
E: Moscow, Russia
S: Cape Coast, Ghana
W: Baton Rouge, USA
N: Rovaniemi, Finland
E: Moscow, Russia
S: Cape Coast, Ghana
W: Baton Rouge, USA
August 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Furthest I've been:
N: Abisko, Sweden
E: Tokio, Japan
S: Puerto Montt, Chile
W: Portland OR, US
N: Abisko, Sweden
E: Tokio, Japan
S: Puerto Montt, Chile
W: Portland OR, US
Scaling patterns give us a glimpse of the regional impacts of geoengineering. Precipitation is particularly problematic, with both strong wetting and drying (and model disagreement) in the tropics. This is the percentage change in precipitation for every degree in global temperature reduced by SAI.
August 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Scaling patterns give us a glimpse of the regional impacts of geoengineering. Precipitation is particularly problematic, with both strong wetting and drying (and model disagreement) in the tropics. This is the percentage change in precipitation for every degree in global temperature reduced by SAI.
Spent the morning updating my research profiles. Here's my Researchgate in case you want to connect over there.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Rodr...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Rodr...
Rodrigo MUÑOZ SÁNCHEZ | Instructor | Master of Science | National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City | UNAM | Division of Civil and Geomatics Engineering | Research profile
I am an Adjunct Professor at the Environmental Engineering Department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). I am currently on a PhD on climate change impacts on renewable energy syst...
www.researchgate.net
August 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Spent the morning updating my research profiles. Here's my Researchgate in case you want to connect over there.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Rodr...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Rodr...
Pattern scaling, the focus of our paper, allows us to generate maps of temperature or precipitation anomalies for geoengineering scenarios using only global temperature increase due to GHGs and tenperature reduction due to aerosol injection. Custom scenarios can be modelled using climate emulators.
August 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Pattern scaling, the focus of our paper, allows us to generate maps of temperature or precipitation anomalies for geoengineering scenarios using only global temperature increase due to GHGs and tenperature reduction due to aerosol injection. Custom scenarios can be modelled using climate emulators.
This paragraph summarizes our motivations for researching SRM modelling, especially this phrase:
"while simulations show geoengineering is successful in dampening global average temperature increase, regional and local impacts … on the Earth system and the global economy might offset the benefits"
"while simulations show geoengineering is successful in dampening global average temperature increase, regional and local impacts … on the Earth system and the global economy might offset the benefits"
August 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This paragraph summarizes our motivations for researching SRM modelling, especially this phrase:
"while simulations show geoengineering is successful in dampening global average temperature increase, regional and local impacts … on the Earth system and the global economy might offset the benefits"
"while simulations show geoengineering is successful in dampening global average temperature increase, regional and local impacts … on the Earth system and the global economy might offset the benefits"
I'm pleased to announce our newest paper published at Scientific Data, where we establish a framework for generating fast, custom SRM scenarios. This will allow us to develop probabilístic regional and global impact studies of geoengineering interventions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
GeoMIP-Pattern – a pattern scaling dataset for efficient generation of custom geoengineering scenarios - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - GeoMIP-Pattern – a pattern scaling dataset for efficient generation of custom geoengineering scenarios
www.nature.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm pleased to announce our newest paper published at Scientific Data, where we establish a framework for generating fast, custom SRM scenarios. This will allow us to develop probabilístic regional and global impact studies of geoengineering interventions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Rodrigo Muñoz
Day 23: Bob Marley & The Wailers - War (1976)
With a significant assist from Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned -
Everywhere is war.
song.link/y/-JwL3lPBQ5E
#ALL50RTS
With a significant assist from Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned -
Everywhere is war.
song.link/y/-JwL3lPBQ5E
#ALL50RTS
July 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Day 23: Bob Marley & The Wailers - War (1976)
With a significant assist from Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned -
Everywhere is war.
song.link/y/-JwL3lPBQ5E
#ALL50RTS
With a significant assist from Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned -
Everywhere is war.
song.link/y/-JwL3lPBQ5E
#ALL50RTS
Reposted by Rodrigo Muñoz
"The Great Wave" of carbon dioxide (CO₂) #ClimateChange #ScienceArt
Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io
Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io
May 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"The Great Wave" of carbon dioxide (CO₂) #ClimateChange #ScienceArt
Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io
Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io
Reposted by Rodrigo Muñoz
🤖 Producción de IA
"La producción de datos, concretamente de inteligencia artificial, no dista mucho de la producción capitalista de toda la vida", reflexiona @atxe.bsky.social en su nueva viñeta.
https://climatica.coop/secciones/vinetas/
"La producción de datos, concretamente de inteligencia artificial, no dista mucho de la producción capitalista de toda la vida", reflexiona @atxe.bsky.social en su nueva viñeta.
https://climatica.coop/secciones/vinetas/
April 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🤖 Producción de IA
"La producción de datos, concretamente de inteligencia artificial, no dista mucho de la producción capitalista de toda la vida", reflexiona @atxe.bsky.social en su nueva viñeta.
https://climatica.coop/secciones/vinetas/
"La producción de datos, concretamente de inteligencia artificial, no dista mucho de la producción capitalista de toda la vida", reflexiona @atxe.bsky.social en su nueva viñeta.
https://climatica.coop/secciones/vinetas/
Reposted by Rodrigo Muñoz
“It is when you look on the face of any woman or man and see that they are your sister or brother. Because if you cannot do this, then no matter what time it is, it is still night.”
February 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“It is when you look on the face of any woman or man and see that they are your sister or brother. Because if you cannot do this, then no matter what time it is, it is still night.”
The centers of the world are the enclaves where Nature still resists – and not the centers where the political and financial decisions that destroy our home-planet are made. The centers of the world are the Amazon, the Oceans … and not Washington, Paris… — Eliane Brum, 2025 World's Top Thinker
February 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The centers of the world are the enclaves where Nature still resists – and not the centers where the political and financial decisions that destroy our home-planet are made. The centers of the world are the Amazon, the Oceans … and not Washington, Paris… — Eliane Brum, 2025 World's Top Thinker
Our team at the Climate Change Research Program (PINCC) at UNAM did this amazing web app that lets you know the temperature increase since famous song were released:
datapincc.unam.mx/cronicasclim...
datapincc.unam.mx/cronicasclim...
Temperature Anomalies
Proyecto enfocado en el análisis y visualización de anomalías de temperatura y eventos históricos climáticos
para comprender el impacto del cambio climático en un contexto científico y educativo....
datapincc.unam.mx
January 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Our team at the Climate Change Research Program (PINCC) at UNAM did this amazing web app that lets you know the temperature increase since famous song were released:
datapincc.unam.mx/cronicasclim...
datapincc.unam.mx/cronicasclim...
So apparently current policies point towards the RPC4.5 trajectory (even though I feel the SSP3 fragmented narrative seems more plausible than the inertial SSP2 one). That is assuming current policies don't diverge starting tomorrow...
This reflects a bit of good news; 2.7C is a lot better than the 4C that many thought we were heading for a decade ago, and reflects real progress on moving away from a 21st century dominated by coal. At the same time, its far from what is needed:
January 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
So apparently current policies point towards the RPC4.5 trajectory (even though I feel the SSP3 fragmented narrative seems more plausible than the inertial SSP2 one). That is assuming current policies don't diverge starting tomorrow...