How Authoritarian Populists Consolidate Power and Implications for a Second Trump TermPRINT AS PDF Democracy is fragile. When confidence in institutions is lost and the will to defend them evaporates, democracy is lost. […]

COP 29 Becomes the Latest Failure to Address Climate Change PRINT AS PDF 2024 remains on track to become the hottest year on record on all of the major climate data sets. To avoid setting a new […]

Election 2024: The Breakthrough of the Trump Message PRINT AS PDF In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, Democrats are scrambling for answers that explain their defeat in the P […]

Trump Wins a Return to the White HousePRINT AS PDF On November 5th, former President Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential election. He won both the popular vote and […]

Three Major Newspapers Abruptly Abandon Presidential EndorsementsPRINT AS PDF With less than two weeks to go to arguably the most consequential U.S. Presidential election since perhaps before the […]

Science-Integrity Startup Highlights Journals and Authors with High Risk Articles and Retractions PRINT AS PDF The COVID-19 pandemic and continuing evolution of climate change has witnessed a seeming explosion of junk papers making […]

Emerging Drought Intensifies in NYC and Philadelphia Areas PRINT AS PDF While extreme heat in parts of the western United States, including Phoenix’s 21-day stretch where it tied or broke d […]

Historic Heat in Arizona Continues PRINT AS PDF Another week has passed, and the unprecedented autumn heatwave of 2024 continued in Arizona. Through Saturday, October […]

Great Autumn Heatwave of 2024 Continues to Sear Southwest PRINT AS PDF An autumn heatwave without precedent continued to scorch parts of Arizona, California, and Nevada this weekend. In 13 […]

Climate Change Produces Simultaneous Extreme ImpactsPRINT AS PDF Over the past week, there were three climate change-enhanced events: unprecedented late-season heat in Phoenix, […]

Extreme Duration Heatwaves Reach Populated U.S. CentersPRINT AS PDF Phoenix and Las Vegas were among U.S. cities that experienced their hottest summer, by far, this year. From late spring […]

Phoenix Registers 100th 80° or Above Low Temperature PRINT AS PDF Amidst a record-breaking string of 100° days, Phoenix has recently recorded its 100th 80° or above low temperature t […]

Phoenix Experiences Hottest Summer on Record PRINT AS PDF For the third time in five years, Phoenix experienced its hottest summer on record. As had been the case during the […]

A Trip to China PRINT AS PDF During August, I visited China (Beijing and Chengde). Much has changed there over the past ten years. Ten years ago, […]

Vice President Harris Gives Convincing Nomination Acceptance SpeechPRINT AS PDF Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination acceptance speech was outstanding and effective. It will galvanize Democrats, a […]

China Sees Improved Air Quality PRINT AS PDF Since my last visit to China five years ago, the air quality has improved markedly. Back in 2019, it was rare to see […]

Standard VII Follow-up: 2020-2023PRINT AS PDF When it comes to follow-up for Accreditation Standard VII, the most common issues are listed below: Standard VII: […]

Standard VI Follow-up: 2020-2023PRINT AS PDF When it comes to follow-up for Accreditation Standard VI, which remains the second most frequently cited standard for […]

World Sees Highest Daily Temperatures on Record PRINT AS PDF During the past week, the global mean temperature, as estimated by the ERA5 reanalysis dataset, surpassed records set […]

Las Vegas Roasts in Record Heatwave PRINT AS PDF At the time of writing… it is altogether too hot to write at any great length about it. The discomfort… is something whi […]