Raymond T. Pierrehumbert

Raymond T. Pierrehumbert is the Louis Block professor in geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago and the King Carl XVI Gustaf chairman in environmental science at Stockholms Universitet.

Science
Nov. 17 2014 5:05 PMA Real DealTo appreciate the U.S.-China climate agreement, there’s only one number you need to pay attention to.Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Science
June 28 2013 12:12 PMThe Best and Worst Parts of Obama’s Climate PlanSome of it matters. Some of it looks like résumé padding.Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Science
Oct. 22 2012 11:41 AMMitt Romney's Coal ComplexThe GOP candidate’s distortions, flip-flops, and bad jokes about energy.Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Science
Oct. 1 2014 2:36 PMClimate Science Is Settled EnoughThe Wall Street Journal’s fresh face of climate inaction.Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Science
Feb. 6 2013 3:07 PMThe Myth of “Saudi America”Straight talk from geologists about our new era of oil abundance.Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Science
Aug. 29 2012 10:53 AMPaul Ryan Is a Climate Change DenialistSince entering Congress, he has been striving to perfect his anti-environmental record.Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
  News & Politics
Politics
Jan. 27 2015 6:07 PM How the Koch Brothers Could Make, Break, or Reshape Republican Politics in 2016 Charles and David Koch are putting $900 million into the 2016 race. How they can make, break, or reshape Republican politics.  Jamelle Bouie
Why Obama Took So Many High-Powered Officials to Cozy Up to the Saudi Royal Family
Bobby Jindal Pins His Presidential Hopes on a Prayer Revival. It Was a Bust.
Why Do Judges and Politicians Flip-Flop? A Survey.
Why de Blasio Was Right to Take On Criminal Justice Reform
How Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Won Over Iowa
Democrats Assumed They Could Embarrass the GOP With Climate Science. Democrats Were Wrong.
  Business
Moneybox
Jan. 27 2015 6:30 PM The iPhone 6 Just Shattered Apple’s Own Sales Records Alison Griswold
Yahoo Just Found a Way Around Its Potentially Multibillion Dollar Tax Bill
Looking for a Reliable, High-Yield Investment? Install LED Light Bulbs. Really.
Obama Wants to Tax College Savings Accounts. He Should Make Them Work for the Middle Class Instead.
The Myth That Middle-Class Students Don’t Get Financial Aid
Chipotle’s Sofritas Promotion Was So Popular That a Bunch of Locations Sold Out
This Hacker Figured How to Hijack One of the Most Popular Drones
  Life
Atlas Obscura
Jan. 27 2015 2:10 PM The Rusty, Creaking Cable Cars of Chiatura Ella Morton
As the Catholic Church’s Influence Wanes, Ireland Is Having a Gay Moment
This Prefab Cube Shrinks an Entire House Into One Tiny Structure
Help! Our Baby Won’t Sleep Through the Night, Making It Hard to Have Sex.
Meet Kevin Daniels, the Actor Behind One of TV’s Most Interesting Gay Characters
A Victorian Argument That Snow Is Holy, Illustrated by a Beautiful Catalog of Flakes 
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, We Mustn’t Forget Nazism’s Gay Victims
  Double X
The XX Factor
Jan. 27 2015 5:48 PM Watch the First Anti-Domestic Violence Super Bowl Commercial Amanda Hess
New Orleans Was Supposed to Get a New Planned Parenthood Clinic. Here's Why It's Still Not There.  
How the Great Blizzard of 1888 Killed the Petticoat
Study on Women’s Painkiller Use Causes Concern Over Hypothetical Embryos, Not Actual Women
Republican Women Stopped the 20-Week Abortion Bill. That’s Not Standing Up for Reproductive Rights.
Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel Are Treated Horribly. So They Started Their Own Party. 
Boehner Applauded Equal Pay at Last Year’s State of the Union. Why Not This Year?
  Slate Plus
Jurisprudence
Jan. 27 2015 11:18 AM Slate Voice: “American Liar” Listen to Mark Joseph Stern read his piece about Jesse Ventura’s defamation suit against Chris Kyle. Mark Joseph Stern
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 4
Jeremy Stahl on What Slate Stories Broke Facebook This Week
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 13
What Should Slate Do in 2015? Tell Slate’s Editor in Chief.
  Arts
Brow Beat
Jan. 27 2015 5:20 PM The All-Female Ghostbusters Cast Has Been Announced Chris Wade
Why Scientology Appeals to Aspiring Actors
In Season 3 of The Americans, the Clash Between Principles and Parenting Is More Violent Than Ever
The Real Reason People Keep Plagiarizing Tom Petty
Louis C.K.’s New Stand-Up Special Is Streaming Now. Here’s How to Watch It.
It Is 2015 and Some Crazy Blink-182 Drama Is Happening
My Daughter Doesn’t Watch Movies. She Lives Them for Years at a Time.
  Technology
Future Tense
Jan. 27 2015 3:41 PM Don’t Drink and Drone Lily Hay Newman
The iPad Is 5 Years Old Today. You Still Don’t Need One.
Watch GIF-iti Artist INSA Create the World’s Largest GIF
How Technology Is Changing the Family Tree: A Future Tense Event Recap
Police Oppose Police-Tracking Function in GPS App Waze
Why the Top-Rated Restaurants on Yelp Are Places You've Never Heard Of
The Simpsons Imagines How Elon Musk Could Save and Destroy the Future
  Health & Science
Bad Astronomy
Jan. 27 2015 11:41 AM Astronomers Find Ancient Earth-Sized Planets in Our Galactic Backyard Phil Plait
Western Australia Is Perverting Science to Kill Sharks, and Scientists are Furious
Online Comments Can Influence What People Think About Vaccines
Catching a Comet’s Dusty Breath
Stunning Comet Close-Up Photos Reveal a Tiny Alien World
The “Good Guy With a Gun” Is a Myth
It Is Statistically Impossible for Mass Surveillance to Be an Effective Anti-Terrorism Tool
  Sports
Sports Nut
Jan. 27 2015 1:16 PM Dear Patriots Haters A message from a Pats fan to all the chafing, crybaby chumps out there. Seth Stevenson
The Patriots Became Nearly Fumble-Proof After a 2006 Rule Change Pushed by Tom Brady
The New England Patriots’ Prevention of Fumbles Is Nearly Impossible
The Five Stages of Patriots Fans’ Ballghazi Grief
Why NFL Quarterbacks Should Be Allowed to Do What They Want With Their Balls
Why Bill Belichick and His Antics Make the NFL a Better Place
NFL Investigates Patriots for Possibly Tampering With AFC Championship Game Balls