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Open access notables Back in April of 2020 Chi Xu et al. captivated some public attention with their paper Future of the human climate niche,  which explained a reasonable case for its startling conclusion about routine habitability of large parts of our planet now supporting dense populations. Now come the same researchers along with added talent to refine and extend those results, and the news isn't getting better. Quantifying the human cost of global warming paints a grim picture. Here are our stakes in play, as reflected in the abstract:

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Open access notables The Intelligence Community Must Evolve To Meet the Reality of Arctic Change is a product of the Wilson Center's  subject specalist center The Polar Institute. As its title suggests the report is squarely centered on nitty-gritty details of geopolitical adaptations forced by climate change as they're reflected in national security matters, here (unsurprisingly given the Wilson Institute's mission and purpose) specifically the security of the United States. Let alone what passport is in one's pocket, the report's provenance and urgency is a bell...

Open access notables What does intellectual bankruptcy often look like? Trying to switch topics by going ad hominem, that's what. When somebody stops thinking and begins flinging irrelevant insults, threats and accusations at a person, we're seeing a crisply humiliating admission: 'I have nothing.' Going broke isn't free. In the case of climate science it's climate scientists who bear costs. Global Witness quantifies this, finding that some 50% of climate scientists have found themselves on the receiving end of vitriol hurled by (surrendering, let's remember) abusers in var...