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Reflections on climate, energy, and staying curious about science.
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Earth's Climate Before Fossil Fuels and With Fossil Fuels
One figure. Two snapshots. The difference tells the story.
What is true in life is true in climate change.
“You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.” — Maya Angelou
Six Generations
My great-grandfather was born in 1850. The same distance forward lands on 2200.
Climate Sensitivity: The Most Contestable Number
It attracts argument because it can be argued, not because it determines urgency.
Building the Loop
How the return was computed, what was chosen, and how I checked it.
The Anthropocene Loop
The Holocene has lasted 11,700 years. Modern climate change outlasts it.
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.
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.
A Different Way to See Climate Change
Dean Rovang - Staying Curious · justdean.substack.com · ORCID 0009-0006-1351-5320
66 million years of natural climate variability before fossil fuels
How I define Earth's equilibrium band from paleoclimate records