# Climate in Plain Sight

> Climate in Plain Sight is an independent publication that explains climate science, impacts, and responses for curious non-specialists. It connects physical mechanisms to evidence and everyday decisions without sanding off uncertainty or serving doom by the bucket.

Climate in Plain Sight publishes original, long-form guides about climate science explainers. Every article opens with a concise direct answer, is structured with clear headings and FAQs, and reflects mainstream expert consensus.

## Climate Impacts

- [Climate Change Around 2040: Reading the Projections](https://climateofourfuture.org/climate-change-by-mid-century/): Climate change around 2040 means a warmer global climate with increasing heat hazards, continued sea-level rise and regionally different water-cycle…
- [Climate Change and Extreme Weather: What We Know](https://climateofourfuture.org/climate-change-extreme-weather/): Human-caused climate change changes the likelihood or intensity of many extremes rather than acting as the sole cause of every event.
- [How Does Climate Change Raise Sea Level?](https://climateofourfuture.org/how-climate-change-raises-sea-level/): Climate change raises global sea level mainly because seawater expands as it warms and because melting glaciers and ice sheets on land add water to the…

## Climate Basics

- [Our Climate Future: What Models Actually Project](https://climateofourfuture.org/climate-future-what-models-project/): Climate models project continued near-term warming, with greater heat and other risks as warming increases.
- [Climate Scenarios Explained: Reading SSP Labels](https://climateofourfuture.org/climate-scenarios-ssp-pathways-explained/): Climate scenarios describe possible futures under stated assumptions, not forecasts of which future will occur.
- [The Greenhouse Effect Explained Without the Fog](https://climateofourfuture.org/greenhouse-effect-explained/): The greenhouse effect is the process by which gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor absorb and re-emit some infrared energy leaving…
- [Keeling Curve Explained: Reading the CO2 Record](https://climateofourfuture.org/keeling-curve-explained/): The Keeling Curve records atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, beginning in 1958.
- [Weather vs. Climate: The Difference That Matters](https://climateofourfuture.org/weather-vs-climate/): Weather is the short-term state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place, including rain, wind, and temperature.

## Climate Action

- [Climate Mitigation vs. Adaptation: Why We Need Both](https://climateofourfuture.org/climate-mitigation-vs-adaptation/): Climate mitigation limits future change by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions or increasing durable removals.

## Full text for LLMs

- [llms-full.txt](https://climateofourfuture.org/llms-full.txt): every article as plain markdown in one file
- Each article is also available as markdown at https://climateofourfuture.org/<slug>.md

## Site

- [About](https://climateofourfuture.org/about/): editorial approach and standards
- [All articles](https://climateofourfuture.org/all/)
- [Contact](https://climateofourfuture.org/contact/)