# CLIMATE / Earth's thermostat in motion

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Slides: 13
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:43.865Z
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## Summary

What we know, how we know it, and where we're heading. A 13-slide synthesis of paleoclimate records, attribution science, and the road ahead. Key sections include: CLIMATE / Earth's thermostat in motion; The greenhouse effect: certain molecules trap outgoing IR.; The records reach back 800,000 years.; The hockey stick: unmistakable since 1850.; Mauna Loa, since 1958: 280 → 422 ppm.; It's us. The fingerprints are unambiguous.; Doubling CO₂ buys us roughly 3°C of warming.; Tipping points: irreversible on human timescales.; Heat. Sea level. Drought + flood. Ecosystems under stress.; The cost curves already won the technical argument..

## Slide Outline

1. CLIMATE / Earth's thermostat in motion
2. The greenhouse effect: certain molecules trap outgoing IR.
3. The records reach back 800,000 years.
4. The hockey stick: unmistakable since 1850.
5. Mauna Loa, since 1958: 280 → 422 ppm.
6. It's us. The fingerprints are unambiguous.
7. Doubling CO₂ buys us roughly 3°C of warming.
8. Tipping points: irreversible on human timescales.
9. Heat. Sea level. Drought + flood. Ecosystems under stress.
10. The cost curves already won the technical argument.
11. Some warming is already locked in.
12. 1.5°C is nearly out of reach . 2°C is still defensible.
13. Go deeper. Trust the data, follow the work.

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