Roger Pielke Jr.
Making sense of science, policy, and politics.
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder
Making sense of science, policy, and politics.
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise InstituteProfessor Emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder
New Publications: Peer-Reviewed Articles and Commentary
New on THB
Publications: Research and CommentaryRoger’s peer-reviewed articles, with free PDFs where available, and his op-eds and columns by year, in the new Publications menu.
New on THB
Debt Explorer: Dollars or Share of GDPAt readers’ request, the THB US Deficit and Debt Explorer now shows its results as a share of GDP, in dollars or in inflation-adjusted dollars.
Press & Podcasts
Comment les catastrophes naturelles relancent le débat entre décroissants et technosolutionnistesL’Opinion (France) — How a summer of disasters revived the debate between degrowth and eco-modernism, ahead of COP31.
Tropical Cyclones
Titled Chart DownloadsEvery chart saved from Global Tropical Cyclones now carries a title naming the chart, region and years.
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Debate: What is Climate Change?A conversation with Andrew Dessler
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A $28 Trillion MistakeMajor errors in two papers at the center of the climate liability movement
Tropical Cyclones
Season to date79 named storms, 851.5 ACE — +23% vs the 1980–present average, #8 of 47 years.
US Extreme Weather
Drought23.0% of the CONUS in severe-or-worse drought — 435th of 1,401 weeks since 2000.
Global Extreme Weather
Drought25.1% of global land in severe-or-worse drought — 10th of 569 months since 1979.
Decarbonization
SwedenCO₂ intensity of GDP down 3.2%/yr since 2000 — 0.154 to 0.068 kg per $.
Blog Archives
Propaganda Syllabus Module: Truthiness in PolicyIn the aftermath of the recent election, I thought it would be a good idea to put…
Substack Archive
Unbelievable: U.S. Flood DamageAn incredible trend that you never hear about
Publications
Rethinking the role of adaptation in climate policyAn early argument that 1990s climate policy discourse, dominated by emissions-reduction…
Press & Podcasts
Can Colorado afford to fire Deion Sanders? The answer is complicatedUSA Today
Press & Podcasts
Revenge of the Climate Heretics: 50 Leading Eco-Policy DissentersNewsweek
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Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics
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What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming
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Disasters and Climate Change (2nd ed.)
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The War Against Cheating and Corruption in the Cutthroat World of Elite Sports
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The Dispatch Commentary
Oct 2026
The Free Press Commentary
Sep 2026
The Dispatch Commentary
Aug 2026
The Dispatch Commentary
Jun 2026
USA Today Press
Nov 13, 2026
Newsweek Press
Nov 4, 2026
The New Republic Press
Oct 29, 2026
L’Opinion Press
Oct 21, 2026
Six public dashboards, each with its own data sources and its own update schedule.
Live hurricane and tropical cyclone data, tracked against the historical record.
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Trend analysis across tornadoes, hail, drought, streamflow, wildfire, and more.
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The same hazards as the US dashboard, worldwide.
Visit site →CO₂ intensity of GDP and per-capita emissions by country, with a calculator for the rate any target needs.
Visit site →Set eight assumptions and build an emissions scenario, against the record and the seven CMIP7 marker scenarios.
Visit site →Set economic and policy assumptions (productivity, labor force participation, immigration, interest rates, taxes, Social Security, health programs and more) and compare the resulting federal deficits and debt with CBO's February 2026 baseline for fiscal years 2027 through 2036.
View here →New pages, new features and corrections across THB and its dashboards over the past month, apart from the routine daily data updates.
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