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Andrew Dessler

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Andrew Dessler

@AndrewDessler

Prof of Atmospheric Sciences & climate scientist @ Texas A&M; AGU and AAAS Fellow; Native Texan; find out what I think at theclimatebrink.com

College Station, TX

artsci.tamu.edu/atmos-science/…

Joined August 2013

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Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Aug 28, 2022
profile picture pupdate: strong consensus for: dog, but more professional. Introducing my new profile pic:
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Aug 21, 2021
One of the things you learn as a scientist is the ability to look at a plot and think, "that just doesn't look right." That's the feeling I got when I saw this plot that Lomborg is currently pushing.
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Aug 18, 2022
if you're wondering why climate impacts seem to be getting much worse suddenly, let me introduce you to the concept of non-linearity. A short 🧵:
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Sep 21, 2020
If you don't like all of the climate disasters happening in 2020, I have some bad news for you about the rest of your life.
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Jul 29, 2023
Our actual climate policy
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Aug 7, 2021
I just got a copy of the embargoed IPCC Summary for Policymakers. I hate to break the embargo, but this is too important to wait. Here it is, the entire SPM. Surprisingly, it's just one paragraph long.
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Oct 14, 2023
one of my favorite things about eclipses: if you look at the shadow of the Sun below a tree, you can see an image of the crescent Sun. it's the same physics as a pin-hole camera.
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Jan 10, 2022
It's the most magical time of the year — when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Oct 8, 2024
Please take a moment and appreciate how good the National Hurricane Center's forecasts are. They are literally saving lives. Then, realize that Trump's Project 2025 wants to privatize it, so that people would have to pay for this. That's a bad idea.
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Jun 22, 2021
Dear reporters: At this point, you should assume that every severe heat wave has been made worse by climate change — that should now be the null hypothesis. If someone wants to argue that climate change played no role, the burden of proof is on them. Signed, climate science
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Jul 4, 2021
Quick 🧵 on wet bulb temperature and why it matters for human survivability. To understand this, first some facts about the human body. To survive, humans need to keep their body temperature within a few degrees of 98°F.
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Aug 19, 2023
I have some very bad news about the rest of your life
Forrest Wilder
@Forrest4Trees
Aug 18, 2023
i am tired of talking about the weather
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Aug 16, 2019
Senator Cornyn: I'm a climate scientist at Texas A&M. I'd be happy to explain why, even though it's summer, July's temperatures were extreme — and how we know humans are responsible. I'd be happy to put together a briefing for and/or your staff.
Senator John Cornyn
@JohnCornyn
Aug 16, 2019
It’s summer, Chuck
Andrew Dessler
@AndrewDessler
Mar 4, 2019
My 8th grader just came to me for help with his science homework — he asked me if I knew what El Nino was. I excitedly told him to have a seat while I opened a powerpoint file with 200 slides ...