Sea pancake! Students voted to put it on our department t-shirt 😁 I always heard people saying they liked it when I wear it in conferences and events.

It sounds quite late in New England. Probably because the unexpected warming this fall delayed the timing of foliage coloration. We started to see beautiful colors recently with consistent cold nights.

Agreed. The urgency has never been emphasized enough. More specific guidance of actions is also needed. We have sufficient technology and resources to overcome the crisis but lack the social mindset transition and unity on a broad scale.

Thanks for the second image explaining this... I wouldn't know 😂

Wow. Makes so much sense as I really thought this September was the hottest one I ever had in my life. Not a good sign.🫤

Thanks for sharing the story of your predictions! Would love to hear more! One of research topics that I am always passionate!

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Thanks for your message! I don't know how the organizers decided, but they did a good job reminding us to have things prepared for the hot environment. This is literally my hottest conference ever! Desert ecosystem is amazing! 😄 Hope to visit Palm Springs in a better time again!

Still remember how worried I was one day in 2014 knowing CO2 got surpassed 400ppm when I was a grad student. Now feel even worse though not surprised showing higher and higher CO2 in the Env Sci courses to my students over semesters.

And the loss kept increasing... look at the non-linear curves.😱

Somehow while people say protect the environment, it sounds we are doing a favor to mother nature. NO! We are doing it because we are in danger and we are responsible for this! We should do the right things for us and our children and future generations! And we CAN make it right by doing NOW! (5/5)

The stable climate is not just about temperature, but also few extreme events (e.g., droughts, heat waves, flooding, wildfires, etc.). Unfortunately, we already see the increasing frequency and intensity of them in recent years globally that cause huge damages, death, and economic costs. (4/5)

The relatively cool and stable climate strongly contributed to agriculture that support growing human population and civilization. There was no human in the dinosaurs age with that warm climate, so how can we adapt when we never experienced? If we have to, what is the price, can we afford that?(3/5)

I always use this slide in teaching Env Sci courses. Some people think the current rising temperature is ok because it happened before. But that warm period or dinosaur era is NOT relevant to human. What really matters to us is the stable climate that contributed to successful agriculture. (2/5)