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Emissions are rising because poverty is falling
An inconvenient truth about the fate of the Global South
Feb 18
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Quico Toro
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The Newton Trap
The Carbon Markets that matter don't exist yet
Feb 16
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Quico Toro
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James Hansen in plain English
If the planet really is warming significantly faster than mainstream scientists think, the next eighteen months are going to prove it.
Feb 12
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Quico Toro
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The grownups are catching onto phytoplankton carbon
Notes on a landmark report by some very serious people
Feb 9
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Quico Toro
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Visualize Ocean Intelligence
A speculative history of the AI-enabled future of marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
Feb 6
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Quico Toro
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A move 37 for the ocean
What AI could do for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
Feb 2
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Quico Toro
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The Carbon Ocean Loop
The gas in your tank didn't use to be dinosaurs. It used to be phytoplankton.
Jan 31
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Quico Toro
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The climate after the rupture
The liberal international order is dead. Climate people need to a new strategy.
Jan 27
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Quico Toro
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The Venetian Option
A speculative history of post-Trump democracy
Jan 25
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Quico Toro
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Stop Pretending Climate Change Is Simple
Navigating the Three Visions of our Climate Future
Jan 19
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Quico Toro
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Why nobody in Caracas is celebrating
Ten years ago, Venezuelans learned what happens when the regime is down but not out
Jan 4
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Quico Toro
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What if we're on a much worse climate trajectory than we realize?
What if we really are heading for a +5 degree hotter world after all?
Dec 16, 2025
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Quico Toro
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