The Most Dangerous Climate Is The One Between Climates

Stationarity is dead

MH · RLMartina H & Ricky Lanusse27 July 2026 · 10 min

The bars in the diagram show the start date of the spring flood for Torneträsk (Norrbotten). If the bar is blue and pointing upwards, the spring flood happened later than normal and if the bar is green, it happened earlier. (Source)

The climate between climates (photo and design by author)

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